1293 Turbo neon - Rebuild Pt2
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Glad its just something daft, not sure where you can get the leads unless you just pop into your local motor spares place and ask to look at some

Build your own.

Got all the stuff off ebay and trigger wheels.

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

I do fancy some go faster blue leads

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/8mm-Blue-Silicon...=item27ce53a497

This is what i used.

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

Thanks Lee

Trigger wheels only sell the clip type ends for the coil pack. I need the push fit.

Easy to make the leads up?

Make sure they send the steel pins that go in the ends of the leads too.

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

Ran out of petrol on the way to the petrol station but now with fuel in it wont start!! Starting to hate this car

What a bugger, one thing after another, hopefully that's the last of it though mate

Don't half pull strong now I have rebuilt the turbo! Jesus.

Nothing like working till late and getting it fixed then going for a blast at 12 haha.

Good stuff! Deliver my bits back in it tomorrow! Lol

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

I will try to remember the stuff haha

Great news, whats was the issue?

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

Fuel regulator was pushing 11psi of fuel into the engine! which just filled it up with about 2.5L of petrol mixed with a full load of oil.

Proper shocked as i filled one 5L oil tub and a 2L bottle along with some on the floor.

The reason the regulator was pushing 11psi was down to either dirt in the return or a air lock which i had to blow out.

Its a shame that its still burning a little bit of oil though, worse when cold then gets slowly better as it warms up.

This could be residual oil hopefully and will clear up soon.

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

Maybe Lee but i suspect i have some worn rings or something is still slightly wrong with the turbo (spindle shaft worn)

Christ, that's a fair bit of fuel in the sump! No wonder you ran out of fuel!

does it run on the map you have now ok?

im just about to start mine is it ok to running it like yours wth low boost?

Carl i know it was like a fountain when i took the dashpot off and turned the key so the pump came on. Ran some shit oil through just to try and get all the fuel out so hopefully all good now.


I started mine on a 20degree map to get it running and run the cam in. Now running a 24degree map at 7psi of boost.

Just get a basic map for your engine spec and keep the boost low until you know its ok.

tbh i dont know to much about the corrilation of advance vs boost, just know that too much advance and boost =boom :L

is it possible to have to little advance?

Its just as bad to not have enough advance.

Turbo's low advance but that can lead to detenation and Ka BOOOOM, I'm running the Benross Chris MAP and things seem fine, not pushed it past 3 1/2k but let it build boost to check the boost level and saw 0.9 Bar (12PSI) on the lappy so just dialed in a little more ready for tomorrows RR.

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

Personally i'm still learning myself.

I've personally looked at loads of different MAPS off people and tried to understand how it works.

I made a drastic mistake with the first ever n/a MAP and killed a head gasket in 5 miles. After that i just dropped the factory MAP in the mini and took it to the RR and got it sorted.

The factory MAP is about as safe as you'll get to start your engine and limp it to the RR.

Off piest question is your ignition Megajolt or NoDIZ ?

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

Head gasket just went. Give up now.

Nick you have been so unlucky!

They don't die, they just get faster!