Turbo project - back on the road June 16
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Well done, it's about bloody time though...

Well done Rob, its a good feeling

About time, nearly 5 years after the original post!

Nice one rob. You should bring it to the next sprint at kames in a few weeks time. I should hopefully be competing barring any disasters! First time out in the 16v turbo

Awsome-good work chief

On 5th Oct, 2014 Shauna said:
What that's crazy, you go commando hahaha! How heavy is your helmet ?

Nice motor !

Phil.

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and 15 yrs after the car came off the road!

Well done Rob, stellar job

Well done Rob

Time to put some miles on it now.

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

well I got it insured this morning. i'll try and get it taxed tonight online if I can and then I can hit the road some point this week

Well a bit of an update. Got the car taxed and have been putting a few miles on the engine.

I noticed that i wasn't really getting any boost (fine while i was running it in) however not what i was expecting after all the years building the car! Spent a bit of time yesterday looking at the issue and it looked like the signal tube was kinked a little. Ended up rotating the actuator and replacing with a known good one and 4psi boost found - god news.

Re-torqued the head today and decided to play with the bleed valve a little. Now got around 10psi and feck me it goes like a scalded cat!

Still got a few bits to sort out but it is good to have the car on the road after all these years

Edited by Rob Gavin on 19th May, 2014.

Congratulations!

In the 13's at last!.. Just

rob , please don't knock out your pistons boosting too much pre setup old bean .

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

Robert, rest assured, the valve was closed again last night so back to 4psi. AFRs are good and the map came from a known similar spec car so should be a little safer for now....

will be getting it set up soon when I can find a local place willing to play with the megajolt

well done mate

Well, its been on the road a month or so now so it was time for a breakdown!

I've been playing about with the fuelling as i was getting a lean off initially under load. Took it out along the country road just up from the house for a test.

So, heard a pop and then engine cut out. Pulled in to the side and it fired straight back up but as soon as i put any load on it, it cut out again, however if the revs had picked up, when the engine died, i could hear a 'whirring' as something slowed down. Could only suspect the turbo is screwed so dissconnected one of the intercooler pipes and it drove back N/A without hitch.

So question is, do i simply put another T3 in or gt? Time aint on my side so i'm thinking t3

T3 for simplicity.

Thats my thoughts Andy. Got some broken ones sitting at the workshop so think i'll get a kit and rebuild one of them

I've got a T3 I won't be needing Rob, drop me a pm if you need it.

Edited by Carl S on 21st Jun, 2014.

Carl, i'll bear it in mind. Got an option up here first to try before i go to the market

Mine acted like this when the part throttle lean off pipe split.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

Interesting. May give it a quick check....

mine did exactly this when i split an intercooler hose it would run fine at light load but on a heavier load it would go so rich it would misfire and cut out

Yes i moved to the darkside

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I had this too when a slack IC hose popped off and I spluttered home, but by the sounds of it your issue might be a bit more serious. The joys of turbo mini ownership!

Well i've picked up another turbo locally. Got it for free in exchange for giving a mate a hand to move a couple of cars about - got to be worth an hour of my time!

Replacement unit appears to be a turbo technics rebuilt unit so hoping its a good one, although we have absolutely no history for it.

Still need to check a few things but this one spins a lot nicer than mine ever did