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On our one and only run so far with the Miglia Turbo and GT2056 the log shows boost starting at 2500rpm and 12psi at 4000rpm.

That is with the actuator set as slack as a gays elbow.

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."

Could the difference in threshold of yours and bretts car be related to differences in cam and manifold?

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

Could be cam, we are running a lot more overlap than the Phase2.

Also, the actuator was probably not sealing the wastegate.

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."

most my early logs was with 4.5mm pre-load so basically the waste gate never opened

i dont think my logs show the true boost threshold either as a large amount of antilag/ launch control was in usage at pod
just looked through all my logs, and i think i found the one that i bogged in second and it pulls 204kpa @ 2648rpm

[Edit]
dont forget the stupid advance i was running wouldnt that help the turbo spool up?
33.4 degrees advance hit dett as soon as boost came on in 3rd and backed off

Edited by Brett on 9th Oct, 2011.

Yes i moved to the darkside

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Had the head of today for a few reasons first of all i was very surprised to see the gasket still intact looked almost reusable but i resisted lol all the piston rings on no1 seem to have lined up and its leaving an oily burn mark. but on all the cylinders there is what looks like scouring it only comes half way up the bore and its not grooved its like its super polished its in line with the g-pins and mine are floating with nylon end stoppers so it must be that
Amused by the abuse my exhaust gasket has taken ive used it about 8times i can think off its only an ally coated cardboard thing now replaced with one that has fire rings on it
and a uk bk450 back on
some proper coolant going in as its getting really cold now


In all nothing to report

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Edited by Brett on 23rd Oct, 2011.

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good to see its all intact, get some paint fired at it

Audi s4 b5 - 470bhp & 486ft lbs

On 30th Apr, 2012 Brett said:
yeah stick the bit in and give it a wobble

On 23rd Oct, 2011 bennyy said:
good to see its all intact, get some paint fired at it

Yes i moved to the darkside

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we had a few unusual hot days this week so i got busy, doubt the rest will be done for a while now though,

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Remind me again. How do you polish a matt finish paint?

with wet wipes

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Looks great mate, bet it sounds good too.

Love this mini. Rough but ready, very ready.

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the bonnet always was temporary but now i need the new one

got some tubes and stainless sheet to make a swerl pot and a catch tank hopefullt that will help the cooling situation

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Well this is one of my favourite builds!

cheers dude,

had an insurance quote this evening, tbh i was surprised how vague they wanted the details
for instance the engine is listed as bored out lightened rods, lightened crank
when i went into details he said that its not needed..
24y/o, 0/ncb, fully comp, 2nd car, 8k agreed value, all mods 'vaguely' stated, full and unlimited eu track cover,
2 non fault accidents,
1 at fault accident
driver by trade
and
£525 for the year
and he thinks that will about half when i hit 25y/o

i payed almost that for the clubby

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gota love no silencer its the future,

i put a silencer on mine the other week, started the car and took it off 2 mins later

13.95 1/4 mile on a 2.95 fd. Carnt be that hard to beat!

Who was the quote with Brett?

HIC

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Whoaaa, lifes not fair, I was payibg £2800, before I sorned it.

Edited by bennyy on 24th Nov, 2011.

Audi s4 b5 - 470bhp & 486ft lbs

On 30th Apr, 2012 Brett said:
yeah stick the bit in and give it a wobble

I found best for me was Peter james

Is that a turbo?

Audi s4 b5 - 470bhp & 486ft lbs

On 30th Apr, 2012 Brett said:
yeah stick the bit in and give it a wobble

Yeah, footman James and peter James won't insure turbo cars, I have tried.

Audi s4 b5 - 470bhp & 486ft lbs

On 30th Apr, 2012 Brett said:
yeah stick the bit in and give it a wobble

The fact its my second car helps the price alot. hic have always been cheepest for me on the minis

Yes i moved to the darkside

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