Smart Performance RR day and RWYB Weekend (2-3 October 2010)
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The green efi Mini was really well built. Shame i didnt see it run! Was the throttle body a custom built item looked very standard looking

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph

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im gunna have a look at this problem over the next few days and then get it re RRed just to see what i should of got. but looked at my graph showed some promising results. it should be there with simon's and johns in theory. just couldn't remember there graphs.

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Yes it's the taking part, don't worry about the lower figure.

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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Well it was a really great day meeting the faces of everyone and seeing the art of work behind you all. I thought I had my ideas sussed but now I'm back at square one lol. So when's the next meet

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Now I,ve seen the reports and pics I,m really sorry I didn,t make it.

Maybe it was for the best as I sure as hell would have brought down the average.

Well before I start the longest post ever, first of all I would like to thank Wil_h, all the lads at smart and everyone I was chatting to yesterday for a good day.

Right then my day at smart started off with me setting off at 07.00 from Surrey in fog. When I hit the M40 the fog was still in and I sat at a steady 70-80mph all the way up.
When I got to J9 the car was not running it's best so I stopped and noticed that the oil temp was very low, the gauge had not moved at all. I had had a good idea at the petrol station that morning and I got some Cadburys chocolate fingers for lunch. I put the box around the oil cooler and let it heat up a bit and off I went to smart. I got there at 09.50 where I met Paul s & sturgeo.

So on to the rollers:
The first time I went in my bottom gearbox steady was on the roller because the car is so low. So NO run there.

My second run was with the steady removed and it was funny watching Chris fold himself in to the MK1. The run was all going well but when it was up at speed a big cloud of smoke appeared as the in bored cv boot had come off and covered the windscreen, roof, TV screen and the inlet and outlet manifold with grease so NO run again

This is the point where nic said he would help me as I gave him my last big cable tie when I helped him with his cv boot that morning. Well John lent me his scissor jack from the van and along with my jack we got the car up high enough to work on .(with some bricks and bits ) Cowboy was not the word. With the 2 cable ties I got off Chris we managed to fix both inboard cv boots done thanks nic & Carl S for the help

Third time lucky and back on the rollers all 3 runs were good and I think I got around 115bhp I have forgotten now, ii will find out when I get the mag well I was happy as I thought I am not going home on a AA truck

Then more chatting and more chatting and force feeding Robert Cadburys chocolate fingers and more chatting it was time to go home as I had been putting it off

On the run back the car was running good and when I got to the M40 services I stopped for some food and fuel. Next is where it all went wrong, back on the M40 the rain started and then I was thinking what is that all over the screen (cv grease) sh1t so i steered the boat all the way down the M40 not seeing much at all. I missed my junction so I went the long way around and onto the M25, when I got on there the wiper started to do mad stuff then everyone was flashing me I was thinking what the fuck is going on. Then ALL the gauges stopped working but it was driving ok so I looked for a bridge to stop under. When I stopped I found that I had no lights (I had not noticed as the M25 has lights on it) I had a look and the damn alternator bracket had gone Man Down again! but luckily the Cadburys chocolate fingers box had stopped the alt earthing out on the cooler.

So I called the AA at 9.30 they said we will get back to you. At 22.30 i got a call to say that they were on the way and they would be there at 23.40, so I got some stuff out of the car and went to sleep on the hard shoulder, then some traffic wombles came and woke me up and said the truck was on it's way I said, I know.

The AA got to me and this 6ft odd unit got out and said can I have the keys I laughed and said NO you will not fit so we had a bit of a chat about it and I drove it onto the truck . When I got on the truck, all pissed through (all 3 coats) I was thinking about sleep when I told the guy where to take me. The response I got was I know when I was there 10 years ago as a recruit (as I live and work as an instructor at the biggest Army training depot) so no sleep all the way home with him telling me how hard his training was, I just said I knew all about it as I am an instructor there and it's my job to make it hard. I eventually got home at 12:30 so it was a long old day

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

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

Bad luck! :(

still at least tis an easy fix.

i know lucky the box was there as i have remade the loom once before.

Edited by madmk1 on 3rd Oct, 2010.

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

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

time to sort out a proper support bracket, that Mk1's FAR to nice to lose!

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

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

phew, thank god it was just that, the rain was so bad on the way home

data log ,of my last run ,with the normal ex run laid on top..
atmos pressure was only 14.3 psi on the day ,so boost is .4 down on standard .

Edited by robert on 3rd Oct, 2010.

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

Was a cracking day. Chris seemed to be well busy. Compliments to the burger chef!

Hospitality was spot on too.

A Couple of extra things would have been nice on the rollers.

Boost tee off, proper rpm monitoring via a pick-up etc but it was a nice setup none the less

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

Some nice results there! Wish I could of made it. :(

Nic - Im sure I remember saying to you I thought yours would be pushing 260bhp.

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1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

Those chocolate fingers boxes sound amazing, I'm going to mache one up and use it to make pistons from

What a shit, it could have been such a great day

Those cadburys fingers sound like a useful thing to have in the car!

Glad to hear its nothing terminal though

Still shocked that the 200+bhp cars were all driven there and back.

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 shocked that I made it there and back. First time I've not come back on a recovery vehicle in the last 3 rr sessions!

In the 13's at last!.. Just

I'm shocked you mad it back too...

16 psi and puddles.... PMSL

Lol. It was seriously wet on the way back. I was too excited about it surviving the rollers to be cautious though.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

Did anyone manage to get a copy of all the graphs?

Mine was on the rear seat base which appears to have got a little wet on the way home........

Nice prediction matty, can you start predicting 296 next?

sorry to hear about your issues mate.
lol Nic that would make you only having 295!

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

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

Sorry to hear of your on going dramas Simon, but glad you made it home safe.