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Anyone any good with the enigma code?

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Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

wheres the money shot?

I run a supercharger and I don't care the TB is on the wrong side.
VEMS + 12 PSI + Liquid Intercooler = Small Bore FUN!

looks good to me :)

Yes i moved to the darkside

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It had a really bad miss fire where the arrows was

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

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

Lads it was not a big numbers morning as it was a just see if the thing was running safe so I don't kill it any time soon, plus it was the first time it had been under any load.

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

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

I'm no expert Simon so please take anything I say with Caution! but the AFR's lean off slight about the same point as the table notes a miss; just wondering if the lean-off, albeit slight is a reason?

A missfire tends to show up as a lean condition since the lambda sensor reads the excess oxygen in the exhaust. If a four gas analyser was also used a peak in hydro carbons would also show up.

It looks like they have been doing sweeps in 400 rpm increments.

What does the ignition map look like at 3200rpm above 100kpa? including the adjacent RPM columns either side.............

Simon I'm not sure what trigger wheel you use is it one that can slip like the sc one?

I run a supercharger and I don't care the TB is on the wrong side.
VEMS + 12 PSI + Liquid Intercooler = Small Bore FUN!

he uses the the force one that is part of the pulley i think.

Yes I am running a pulley with the holes in it.

Ok then a update re where the mk1 is at !!

I got it all good to go to IMM but no real shake down was carried out so I stuck it on a trailer, as I would run it in down there.

So anyway we got to the IMM and all was good. I used the time to sort a problem I had with the dip beam and John said "let's go for a little drive". It all started off good and the mk1 was running sweet. Just to point out I had set it to 5psi and that's where I was planning to keep it, when we got on the dual carriageway John said "fuck me this is quick" at that point I turned the BIG RED fun button and went to 22psi all was good and the mk1 felt the best it ever has!!! I did have some vids but some one lost his phone

Next day came and we got up and went for a TM road race (who could get To Asda first!) I had Shauna with her GoPro as my co pilot, I am sure some vids might pop up in time.

When we set off back to camp the mk1 was well down on power! I was thinking shit I have seen this before! so we got back and did a TM 1hr head gasket check but all was good hmmmmm then as I bent down pick out a fag I had dropped I saw that the down pipe was hanging off. So I popped it on and I was back in the fight

So I said to Steve come on we will have a test drive on the back road. All was good and it was back to the way it should be and then nothing!!! No drive just lots of revs I had all gears but I could not move

So the TM pit crew was deployed and we cracked open the beers to work out what has gone wrong. We first came up with that it could be the clutch plate let go, so I need a new puller why not have a look here, so Mike and I go and seal the deal on a plate and a puller, as John gets pissed.

All was fine when we pulled it, so I was thinking the pinion nut could of came off, as it had before so we stuck it on the trailer and got on it!


Fast forward a day..

So i pull the engine, and set a new PB should I point out lol, strip it all down but all was good,, very confused so I sat back and had a drink and a fag, then I was thinking maybe the alloy flange had let go, so I give the drive shafts a good wiggle and they were fine. Then I started to look at the balls in the pot joints all was good till one fell off in my hand!!! Shit the bed! I had snapped the end of my shaft off!! And it was stuck in the pot joint.

So I stuck the engine back together but as I was doing it upside down I must of mis-aligned it, at first as the mean bolt had hit the windage tray and bent it . As I did not find out until I was doing the flywheel up and I could hear it rubbing so all came apart again

I was pissing about with it with no luck I ripped it out, and moved on with the rebuild, drop it all back in and flushed it with some cheap oil and fired it up

As of tonight it's good to go for a good session on the RR as a good shakedown and to see what it's making













Husband and wife bonding


Back in and new oil in
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Fingers crossed I will be running this weekend
Thanks for looking simon

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

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

Glad to hear it was nothing serious mate, you were only saying at IMM about how you'd twisted one of the driveshafts previously, that 22psi launch must have munched a shaft a bit and let go afterwards haha.

Shite the bed...

I run a supercharger and I don't care the TB is on the wrong side.
VEMS + 12 PSI + Liquid Intercooler = Small Bore FUN!

Good effort if your going down the strip next weekend! I'm sending you one of the videos atm but it's taken forever!

They don't die, they just get faster!

This weekend mate.

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

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

I've stripped my engine and box in the past the night before Avon for the exact same reason!

Good job it's set to go for the weekend!

was nice to see the "swis cheese" ( as my litle nefyew discribed it) mini allong with some others. jumped over the fence of my camping area to see a white turbo mini with an exhaust or some sort sticking out the bonnet ( or where the bonnet should be) running on that open side.

you can do anything if you set your mind to it...
i rather blow it up winning than keep it together losing.

finish date set for project 1... march 2018

i blew 2 pot joints pulling onto the trailer ( my own fault for building the cages back to front)
that was a full disc-disc drive line rebuild through the night and then a drive down to pod :)

i think if we all take spare engines and gearboxes Simon might get a couple drag runs

Edited by Brett on 5th Aug, 2014.

Yes i moved to the darkside

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Good going sorting that so quick.. and getting the mrs on it too!! Was nice to meet you at i.m.m and see your mini it is a very nice machine (even if you dont think so lol) and thanks for the boot! Impressed with the quality, see you at pod!

Like john says the only luck I have is bad luck lol!

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

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

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

Yes it will john

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

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

Look forward to seeing a video

Edited by BronkoMini on 5th Aug, 2014.

The only one I have I can't get to upload on photo bucket

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

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.