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some good fab work here, wouldnt mind a clubby estate my self

Yes i moved to the darkside

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I had a bit of a play after work and made up the boxes that will be welded to the front panel and bolt onto the lower rad mounts. The thick plates will have captive nuts on them and will be welded inside the boxes.


This is more or less how they'll fit. To take the rad out I'll remove four bolts on either side and drop it down.

I thought I'd have a go at gas welding the captive boxes. Need some more practise but I really enjoying the process so far.


Got everything clamped in place. The bolts should be fairly easy to get to even with the engine in.



It sits quite nicely in the car.


I also started chopping the headlight backings up, I did cry a little when I remembered what I paid for them.






Most of the original headlight backing on the body has gone as well, this wasn't quite as painful.




Quad headlights are the bomb.


I've managed to get the quite far back, this should make for a nice deep grill.

a lot of nice touches

Cheers Rob.


I decided not to use the MG ZR column as it's too bulky but I still wanted to use the nicer switchgear so I took the mounting collar off and put it on a Mini column.




The angle of the stalks on the MG switchgear mirror the spokes of the Clubman steering wheel I'm now using so that's nice as well.



Now that the radiator is firmly mounted I could do the final trimming on the headlight backings. I need to remove the top pipe on the rad a weld it back on at 90* to where it is now but all in all I'm pretty happy with how it all fits together.




I thought I'd borrow the headlight surrounds from the Capri we've been working on. I'm going to make my own ones that will be part of the grill shell but this just gives a rough idea of how each side will look.

You can replace the light units in the capri frames with these:

http://www.powerfuluk.com/products/other-v...conversion.html

Then you can use proper H4 bulbs and the light units are smaller, so less hacking about to make them fit well.

I pulled my mock up motor out this evening and started popping bits on it.

I mounted the MPI Mini belt tensioner and found was about 8MM off centre. Fortunately I had some 8MM plate left over from turbo flanges so I knocked up a nice spacer that will be welded to the tensioner.




The bottom alternator mount is underway as well. It's mounted off the two original oil filter housing bolts and will have a leg going to the alternator mount on the timing case.


I also did the ears for the bottom of the alternator. These will be welded to the plate on the block once I've got the pulleys lined up.

So I had the awkward situation this evening of realising that the mounts I'd started making wouldn't work so I took another shot about it today.

The new bracket will all be welded together as one piece and sit a lot closer to the engine block.




Here it's still sat about 30MM further out than it should and it's already further in than the original.


The height should work quite nicely.


And the SC will be able to sit in just about the right position.



I got the patterns all laid out and cut from some 4MM sheet, should be plenty strong enough.




Also the post man came today and delivered a very nice Swiftune alloy/steel vernier duplex timing gear set.

Was that from Ebay? if it is Dam you I was going to bid on that!

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

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

Looking good I would be interested in buying a bracket kit from you if you fancy making another one :)

SUPER-TURBO???? Pleas say its going to be a SUPER-TURBO!!!

I was thinking this but then read that he tried it in a customers turbo 998.

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

So it doesn't look like much but I got the alternator mounted today.

I bolted up my billet timing case and notched the backing plate around the standard alternator mounting lug.



At long last it's bolted up independently.


I'm really happy with how far it's tucked in.


Alternator removed, I just need to trim the bracket down now.

Coming along well. What alternator is it that your using?

and there goes my hopes of a compound charge mini

great work though

What the mind can conceive the mini can achieve
MITP 2012 17.01 seconds 1/4 mile against "The Don"
MITP 2013 16.83 seconds 1/4 mile

Looks sick dude

I popped the alternator mount off this evening and welded it up.


Once I'd cut it down I made a template up to mount onto the timing case.


Cut out of 8MM steel.


I notched each side of the joint out and welded it up them smoothed it down.


Alternator back on, next stop belt tensioner and supercharger mounts.

looking good mate, that alternator bracket looks so good, its a shame no one will ever see it

also something worth considering,it looks like your supercharger would make checking spark plugs quite difficult?

Yes i moved to the darkside

Instagram @jdm_brett

Great work as ever. Defiantly interested in a kit if you do make one next year :)