Tom's Hillclimb/Sprint car
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Well... after 12 months of having the engine back from the builder its ready to be dropped in this weekend... Still alot to do but dropping the engine in feels like one of those golden mile stones

nothing better than working on your car on xmas day lol

Well... it has only taken me 3 years to get to this point. Yesterday I got the engine in the engine bay, its not bolted in yet as I was on my own but at least its in the general area!





I started lifting it in with the rad attached but decided to sack it off in fear of damaging the paintwork.

looks good mate.

I have started posting on Instagram also my name on there is turbomk1golf

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

Really like this car, can't wait to see it finished.

Cheers Gents, should be wiring it up pretty soon and fitting the exhaust and gear linkage etc :)

Avoid these mounts folks, utter crap.

ENGINE MOUNTING WITH EASY FIT CAPTIVE THREADS MNUAL GEARBOX
http://www.minispares.com/Product.aspx?ty=...id=36757&title=

thats a tidy engine bay looks great

Edited by wng691s clubby on 7th Jan, 2012.

Done now needs redoing lol

What's up with the engine mounts? Did the captive nut/thread pull through?

Jack Jones

That is beautiful.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

Tick tock...

Engine is in, just waiting for a few bits and then I can wire up the megajolt. Picking up my manifold from Bingley Hall

Hello Tom

Its the first time I Post on turbo minis, and I would like to give you my congratulations for such great rebuilt, Its beautiful!!

I would like also to ask where did you bougth your wheelset, and if you now how much it weights wheel.

Keep up the good work, and please keep posting pictures!

Edited by Lsantos78 on 11th Jan, 2012.

Cheers
Luís
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Rover mini Cooper 92
Mini Cooper S mk3 71
www.LS-Motorsport.net

Bang tidy. Keep up the good work!

CHeers guys, much appreciated. Lsantos the wheel set was bought 2nd hand but you can still buy them from here http://www.minispares-online.co.uk/?cat_id...03&prod_id=3196

As for weight I am unsre, I may be able to weigh one but it will have a tyre on. I'll see what I can do.

If anyone wants to buy a brand new weber linkage see the for sale section, I bought it on Monday and fitted it tonight but it won't allow me to use the weber TPS I am using with the megajolt.

This is the linkage you need tom, thats how i had it working on my car.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WEBER-DCOE-SP-TH...=item2eb9df6518

I have started posting on Instagram also my name on there is turbomk1golf

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

£100! FFS!

Couple of tiny updates... I picked up one of the most expensive items for the car since I started the whole project... and it was a bloody exhaust manifold! I'm working on the car today so more updates later.

In the mean time here are a couple of tiny things I've done. I had this alternator bracket cut from stainless steel by a client of mine who has an engineering company. The standard one wasn't long enough for the smaller alternator so I drew this up and saved the file as a CAD file and boom.



And these lower engine steadies, they are BMC green so the strongest available
The thing in the foreground is a BMC green towel.

Looking awesome buddy. Cant wait for more updates

I managed to get quite a lot done today, fitted the rocker cover, breathers and catch tank, tidied up a few odds and ends and cut a hole in the floor/heal board for the internal gear linkage, its in primer now so I'll show some photos when its painted.

Now I know what size the jubilee clips need to be I am going to order some stainless ones.

Edited by tomkidd on 5th Feb, 2012.

what starter motor are you using tom? looks like it would clear my rad

everything looks spot on!

I managed to get a cinquecento rad in between the front panel and starter motor but decided to run a side rad for now. The only thing it touched was the flywheel housing which could have some shaved off.

The starter is made by WOSP and I got it from Bingley last year from H&H ignition. They were doing them for £125 delivered.

http://www.wosperformance.co.uk/

Edited by tomkidd on 5th Feb, 2012.

Hello Tom!

Every day I came here to see if you post any new pictures showing your great work...

I'm waiting for you next post with the pictures with the internal linkage... I will have to do the same soon :)

Cheers

Edited by Lsantos78 on 3rd Mar, 2012.

Cheers
Luís
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Rover mini Cooper 92
Mini Cooper S mk3 71
www.LS-Motorsport.net

So... I am so bloody close with this it is untrue.

We spent all day on Saturday working on it, trying to get it ready for its MOT on Thursday.

The plan was to get it running but we didn't manage it :(

We had it turning over but the fuel pump pissed fuel all over the boot as one of the unions wasn't in tight enough... For the angle I needed the union to be facing it seemed that it wasn't screwed in far enough so it sprayed fuel out :

Then the waterpump was leaking as one of the bolts was slightly too long and was bottoming out on the inside of the block...

Still, it is very close. Hopefully it'll be running tomorrow night as I need to be able to drive it for its MOT on Thursday.

Nice work. Are you using it on the Blackpool run this weekend if it passes the MOT ?

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