My '79 turbo project - Update 16/08/14
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Thanks for replying Dan, i like alot of the stuff on that site but never seen the pedal! may have to buy one of these!

No problem, i've got a few bits from them and it really is good stuff!

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So a few of you may have seen i had some issues getting the thing started a few weeks a ago. It turned out to be the trigger wheel was put on 90 degs wrong. So some nights after work soon sorted this out and it runs! :)

Very very happy, just a case of bolting some brightwork and sorting out a dash for it. Then a rolling road session and MOT.....Happy days, here are a few pics of the completed engine bay.


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Oh and i've got a wee video of it driving. Just to put my mind at ease that i built the gearbox right

Dan.

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Looking good.

There are going to be a few really nice minis going to be going on the road this spring.

Cheers Andy! Can't wait for some good weather and track time.

Heres a quick video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3xtZMIOl3k&feature=youtu.be

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Awsome work mate, first drives always exciting!!

Dave the Cake

Looking fine!

Cheers chaps! Will have to get some better videos when it's tuned.

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So it's been a while since i updated this thread, and a lot has happened. The car has been set up for 9psi and its hilarious! Great fun and god knows what it will be like when the boost is turned up.

On another note i've recently been in quite a bad car crash. It was my mates civic and i was a passenger, the car flipped about 3 times and was going too fast. I'm ok and lucky to have come out of it with some stitches and bruises.

Here are a few pics of it pretty much done. (It never will be )


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Edited by danb41 on 24th May, 2013.

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CRUMBS!!
Glad to hear your ok, cars not looking to bad either

Cheers Nic, just need the bonnet painting and a few other bits and i will be happier. Suspension need setting up too.

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Looks great!

In the 13's at last!.. Just

WOW, lovely... i like the bonnet in white

Pedro Silva

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Right so a bit of a downer update, I had problems with the clutch not disengaging properly which was causing some crunching into gears. An MED clutch arm / new clevis pins / system bleed and welding/ re-drilling the clutch pedal. The clutch felt as it should and all gears were great apart from 2nd!

So the consensus was clear that 2nd gear baulk ring has shat it's self! A bit disappointing to say the least, as the gearbox has done only a 1000miles or so. After a butchers over some old posts revealed that the ''Competition'' baulk rings from Minispares were the reason.

The pictures show where i am at currently, trying to get it all back together for MITP ect.











The last two pictures show some wear on the primary gear bush, It was ever so slightly ''snaggy'' pulling it of the crank. Is the normal wear for the milage done, or is a new bush needed?

Cheers
Dan.

Edited by danb41 on 30th Jul, 2013.

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That's exactly what mine did, mine was worse so I ended up rebushing it. You may get away with it by just taking off the high spots in the bush.

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

That's bad luck mate.

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

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

Yeah it's a pain in the arse, but i'm glad i've caught it at this stage! I have had the gearset apart tonight and 1 of the baulk rings sits right up against all of the gear cones I try. So this explains the crunching in 2nd.

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Bit of bad luck on the gears but on the bright side you've got a bloody great looking car there.

Life is always a matter of opinion and quite frankly, no ones opinion really matters.

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Edited by Miniac on 11th Jul, 2013.

Life is always a matter of opinion and quite frankly, no ones opinion really matters.

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So after some long days and evenings, the car is nearly back together! I've rebuilt the gearbox with some rather expensive "Genuine' baulk rings, and got a refund from Minispares for the baulk rings that pooped them selves.

Met up with matty and did lots of measuring of my primary, against his spare primary and crank it seemed fine. So I ended up taking the high spots of and sorted out the primary endfloat, now it's all is good :)
I checked the crank endfloat whilst it was all apart, which was sweet. And made the idler gap a bit smaller.

Just have to wait for my blowing exhaust manifold to come back from being machined flat, and a few bits from Minispares. So MITP is doable! :)







Cheers for watching!

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looking good

BHP sells engines, but Torque wins races!

glad to hear your back on the right track. roll on MITP!

looking spot on! Did this to drive through wokingham at all?

So it's back together and the gearbox is working well! Just in time for MITP, and it's also booked in on a RR Thursday. Hoping for a nice bit of power and more rpm to use for the strip.


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