1985 city slicker, with added blow
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Well im halfway through the project, so i will post info from the past, right up to the present day:

Started off as a completely standard 1985 City, with no rust, and had just had a semi restoration by the previous owner replacing all the rusty bits, so the shell was 99% rust free. He had then roller painted it in rustoleum red





Stripped her down completely bar the subframes, so i could whack off the front end and fit an FG front







welded on brackets and relocated washer bottle





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Fit all the fasteners (however i am replacing the dzus fasteners with m8 stainless bolts for a better, more secure fit, and fit the bonnet with locking pins









Fit the FG boot with a locking bonnet pin





Pulled front subby off, cleaned it up and the few remaining bits i was keeping, then put in a big order and reassembled













bought a saftey devices rear cage and a harness bar and got the plates for the welded in and fitted





New rear subby and mostly all new bits arrived, so assembled it:



replaced the few tiny remaining rust spots











ordered the front half of the cage and put that in





Rolled shell over and wire brushed the entire underside, hammerited and then stonechipped. did the same to inner wings and flitch panel











Sparco sprint 5 seats and OMP subframes arrived so welded in my seat crossmembers









Bolted her in and couldn't resist a little test run









Remade some handbrake brackets









Then made my new column support and modified the exisiting column















Put subframes back on





Put the front end back on and made some final adjustments and cut out the headlight holes



Welded up the unused wiper holes in the scuttle, they'll need filling and smoothing before paint, but luckily our bodyguy is doing all the prep work!

So thats the point it is up to now, should be going for body prep and paint some time in march

Meanwhile i'll be sorting out an engine for the beast.

Provisional spec is looking like an M.E.D F.I.S 1293 built engine with a T2 turbo on mirage manifolds

Already got some turbo stuff sorted

Have a HIF44 turbo carb and rebuild kit

Metty plenum chamber with dump valve take off and intercooler mod

Fuel pump blanking plate

In car boost controller

Diaphragm dump valve and fitting kit

Currently in the middle of sourcing a T2 turbo

looks like your going to have a great little motor

Done now needs redoing lol

looks like a cool project, i like the steering column set up.

cool

this is going to be a build to watch !

Yes i moved to the darkside

Instagram @jdm_brett

Steering column is interesting

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph

www.twin-turbo.co.uk

Like everybody I guess, I am now thinking about modding my steering column ...

And I blame YOU for making it look such an easy job !

(cheer for that by the way)

Rusty by nature

Forgot i had this thread on here, should probably update it!

So have acquired a T2, been rebuilt, and the other bits an pieces





Got my Mirage Manifolds and oil/water feed shizzle





Rebuilt my HIF44 turbo carb







Chipped out the old sound deadening and put a bit of etch primer on the bare spots, after welding up a few tiny holes in the floor







Also finished lining the bonnet up, had to remove material from the edges to get the panel gaps right, and im going to go with leather straps on the front for extra security





Picked up a complete metty turbo unit with 16k on it, in the middle of flogging the T3 setup, to make way for the T2, so am ordering some bits for it, im going to keep it stock for now, and put a 6psi actuator on my T2 so i can run standard C/R, then at a later date i'll increase the C/R and run some more boost.



Got the fuel pressure regulator and turbo fuel pump thrown in





So that's the state it's in now, desperately trying to get it off to paint, but my dad is dragging his feet in terms of talking to his mate who will be painting it, as im back to uni on sunday, so would of liked to of been here to talk to the painter

Completely forgot i had this thread on here, 4 months later, and a lot has happened. Sorry if some of it doesn't make sense, as i've copied it over from TMF

Been cracking on, firstly with the turbo. First of all i rotated the turbine housing so the oil drain is in the correct place, which was more hassle than i thought, had to heat up the housing to rotate it.



Then cut the actuator tab in half and re-welded it on the other side as the actuator will be on the other side. (have also ordered a 7psi actuator so that i can run with the standard C/R for now)



Had to drill out the helicoils that were in the turbine flange so the studs from the manifold can fit through, and then finally i mocked it up on the back of the engine, and im very happy. The manifold needs a tiny bit of tweaking so the studs on the head line up with the manifold, however it's all good.

Obviously the compressor housing needs rotating upwards, but i don't have any circlip pliers big enough, so will have to beg/borrow/buy some.





Made an Oil return

started by cutting two 45 degree pieces of tube



welded together



removed the outlet on the standard metro turbo return plate



welded on the new outlet



then bolted to the block, need to get hold of a hose to go between the tubes



Also intercooler turned up, i believe it's from an escort, thinking i'll go with a alloy front mount though



Made meself an actuator mount

obviously it doesn't fit in the standard place so had to turn it around. Ive seen other actuator mounts that come off of the manifold studs on the head, but the space is so tight in there already, that adding a bracket in there would make it impossible to do the nuts up.

So decided to mount it off the exhaust flange bolts instead, fairly agricultural looking, but i had to make it stiff so it doesn't flex

Started by cutting the old mount up



welded a strip to it



put another strip on





all mounted up







Also, finally found a boost signal nipple



Tubbed the rear arches, no pics of the finished article as i forgot to take any







All good and finished now, and seam sealed the welded edges

Have also started stripping the engine but as some of you may have read on TMF, i buggered up my crank, as my flywheel puller broke, and embedded itself in the end of the crank nose, so im stuck for now, waiting to get the flywheel off. I have ordered a new crank, and it's been sent to MRA-minis for a regrind, so looks like it'll be a more involved rebuild than i first thought, hence i have constructed a rough and ready worktop to rebuild it on.



Also, as im now at a standstill, i started cleaning up and priming some of the tinwear, so it's all ready to go once it's needed





Got it all stripped down, left the pistons in the bores as there's no need for them to come out, everything came apart fine with no surprises

Put in a huge order with minispares and a few other places, so hopefully will have all the bits to put it back together this weekend, if i get my crank back from grinding.







One buggered crank nose..



Lovely little shiny bits megajolt trigger wheel and sensor mount

Also all my parts turned up minus the exhaust manifold gasket which is on back order.



Off she goes to the paintshop, doesn't she look so sad to leave :(



waiting on the shell to come back, and engine parts to arrive, so been painting some bits so they're ready to go on, when it's back







Finally got the crank back from regrinding, along with the shells, and a dizzy blanking plug, Big thankyou to Martin at MRA!

Also got a bargain on ebay, two TRS 5 point 3" wrap around harnesses for £120! less than the price for just one new!







She's back!

Excellent job, am so pleased with it, and was an extremely good price, just need to re-shim the doors as they're a bit tight to the A-panel

i'll let the pictures do the talking

nice project looks great

Done now needs redoing lol

thats looking really nice mate.

Audi s4 b5 - 470bhp & 486ft lbs

On 30th Apr, 2012 Brett said:
yeah stick the bit in and give it a wobble

Cheers fellas. Engine will be going back together tomorrow hopefully, the good thing about having to wait 3-4 weeks for my crank, is it means i've managed to collect all the bits i'll need to whack it all back together, so shouldn't have any hold ups.

Was hoping to have the nice 3 day weekend to get a lot done, but turns out i have to work monday now, and sunday will probably be written off with a hangover

Car looks good, but...



If your welding is anything like mine, that will leak like a sive....

its looking like it will be a beaut when its built up :)

one day boost will be mine!

Great stuff, don't suppose you fancy weighing one of those seats for me?

I only say because I've made three for our van now and all of them have leaked. Apparently silver soldering is the best way, but then it might just be my welding that is shit!

very nice project mate

makes me want to go and do some work on mine!!! though im still waiting for my roll cage to come!

keep us posted with your progress mate.

My build thread..

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=542985

Keep forgetting to update this

Got the short block back together now and the gearbox on, fresh coat of paint and a few of the ancillaries on. Just need to get the clutch and flywheel on and the covers, then the manifolds and turbo can go on and it can be dropped in.



Been hoarding some parts, tiny little alloy FMIC, engine bay fuel pressure gauge, sytec fuel filter and 5 meters of stainless fuel hose.







And tried the new shoes on to check how much they protrude (obviously needs lowering but theres no weight in the car, and the hilos are pretty unwound at the moment)

looks great! love the colour its similar to mine, is it tweed grey?

It's early Yukon grey mate. Thanks!

I have discovered I have a liking for grey paint jobs on minis thanks to threads like this. I like that intercooler too, may I ask where you got it from?

Thanks for the kind words bud. Intercooler was from ebay, says he has none available at the moment but i think he knocks them up in batches so just keep an eye out

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/220881830789?ssP...9#ht_500wt_1204