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Sorry for the hijack last night!

AlexF

£650? there not that much!!

Ben

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how much is the 3 tunnel one or was that a one off?

The 3 Tunnel Diffusers are £590

Ben

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Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

the radiator is deffinately going in the boot now!

it brings with it a rather striking new look, along with the window inlets my brother got me for christmas!

just need to source a suitable core and some puller fans now!

somthing like this looks to be a good size.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GOLF-1-GTI-RADIATOR-...bayphotohosting

brilliant id been looking for something like that, i will head over to my local gsf and measure one up.

i remeber talking to someone racing a miglia that said they used a golf radiator too!

probably the same rad as your lupo?

one on the lupo is different i think, its quite tall.

Hell this is another big time build, and looking really good.

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on a carb?
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on Injection?

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thought i better dig this thread out!

done a bit more now! will have to try and get some photos sooner or later.

side vents are cut into window, cross member has been lightweighted, rear suspension/ brakes is nearly all done just need dampers and finish my ARB sorted out my shortened handbrake cable.

might start to sell these if there is any demand, about £10 for a shortened single front cable.

went to my fabricators today and am getting made

catch tank
fuel tank
fuel swirl pot
header tank
water swirl pot
plenum

quite excited to see how it all turns out, and if they come out well i will be selling more on here!

Nice to see things still hapening andy.

Get the pics up

Rick

Andy, not really wanting to dampen your spirits but using the rear side windows to collect air is a poor idea, iv'e been there done that and failed,
there is just no air to be collected from that point on the car, and the faster you travel the worse it can only get ,

air is being deflected off the screen and forced out wide , and in my experience still far enough from the side of the car to even miss a 6" scoop ,


carl

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what about some slight roof scoops and venting? ala rally cars?

the air needs to be collected form a n area where it flow close to the car surface , thats why rally cars collect from the front top of screen,
the rear side window area of the mini is useless,


carl

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yeah sorry i meant up the front, then venting/tubing along the roof to the radiator?


im not sure if a BINI Cooper S boonet scoop style in the front of the roof section would work?

if it would then that wouldnt be massively intrusive on the cars looks?

Looks so good what you have done, nice to see it.

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on a carb?
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on Injection?

http://www.mattwoodsphotography.com

Not at all carl. Ive no real experience of anything like this, i just have to go with what ive seen done before so advice from other people is a big help.

I will look at getting some more air from somwhere else.

Andy - bring air in from the floor area fromjust in front of the heal board is a good area - once the airflow gets past the engine it goes laminar along the floor until it gets to the subby area then goes turbulent - unless theres a diffuser to pass it out.

cars like the early esprits had long tubes leading from the front of the car - down the centre tunnel aiming at the rear diff to cool it - it worked!

If Carling made Mini engines
it would probably be like this one!

Hey Andy, Ive been following the Gurston Hillclimb for a few years and have worked on a couple of cars up there. One of the guys who has the original diffuser that yours was based on was toying with the idea of putting naca ducts in the diffuser, with a couple of small puller fans in the boot to take take some air from under the car into his boot mounted twin radiators...
An interesting idea, I Dunno if this will help you...

this vent may help abit?

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Thats a good idea azz I was looking at it after what johnk was saying, I will look into that!

I think ben and nick have a little carbon fiber trick up there sleeves to help me out with this too!

just so you lot dont think that ive been totally lazy!

here are a few snaps, ive been inspired and learnt a lot this weekend just gone so once im back from holiday and have been payed i will be working a lot on the car.

Edited by andywaller on 29th Jun, 2009.