My Mini Cooper With Side Mounted Turbo
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man all these gt15 numbers are hurting my head lol looks good though mate wish i could even remotely put something together like that :)

Hi Guys,

Took the day off work yesterday to dedicate a full day to getting more done on my engine

So I adjusted the manifold for a shorter middle run and then refitted it. also made up a blanket heat shield for the servo and a heat shield between the manifiold and the brake resevoir i think it looked good

Also plumbed back in the rad and put the alternator back on

Really feels like an engine bay again. now I can go buy a Intercooler knowing how much space I have left

Ive still got a fair few full days left on this but I am happy how its coming along

Had a good day on the car yesterday

Installed plenum and intercooler and plumbed in all sensors and filled her up with oil/water

Went for a basic start up on edis with no megajolt map running and.....she started

I know she don't sound great but wanted to test for leaks and see if we had a spark and was fuelling

Little video to show her running
http://youtu.be/iyvLIkhnMA4

sounds ok mate pity the vid wasnt longer though , excellent work so far ,good skills

give em hell

Cheers for the kind words feller.
I have a longer clip http://youtu.be/9-4BoNSQm3A

Still lots of tiny jobs to do till I can drive on the road but know I have started her up it just makes me more determined to finish!!

Looks really good :) . Just watched the videos and read this whole thread , really impressed . Got total respect for someone doing it different rather than just bunging in a standard metro turbo lump .

Look forward to reading more ....

Well done

Cheers redrat.

Well I learnt tons from this site and was tempted to go the mirage way as seems the done thing on here

But me and my good friend where saying we loved the original janspeed turbo set up
And I took inspiration from that

Still have a list of things to do but I will keep the pics updated as I go

Bit of an update.....

been a fair few months since had chance to work a full day on the car

here is a pic of her just bleeding the brakes and sorting the Map for mega jolt


still got a snag list to do but got the car drivable (no Mot) and took it for a sneaky drive round my close

little video
http://youtu.be/cIQb0b9qslQ

next got to sort out dash and fix dials back in then MOT time

well I've had my 13x7 rims on the car a few years and I the other day I decided I wanted a change.
I wanted something a little different from what you can normally buy so I sourced an old set of 12x5 KN Mercury rims

when they arrived they had been sprayed but I wasn't happy with the DIY job someone had done on them so I just had them painted and polished out here is a before and after pic.

what do you guys think?

Get Carl to split them to 6.5". The'll look the tits.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

Depends how much meat there is in the rim, but agree they would look good split.

Just out if interest, what is that intercooler off? Looks nice and small, i need one similar! Thanks in advance.

It's tempting about asking for Carl to splitrim but I am already over spent on these wheels and I still need tyres for them

Chris it's a escort rs turbo Intercooler

Super cheap they are
Found one on eBay for you
http://bit.ly/18Qz7l7

Thanks very much! Great looking project by the way!