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looking forward to seeing the car at Avon now

well i have been down at S.R.E today and i now have. 150bhp and 165ibs/ft.

I am packing the car now and off we go to avon.

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

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

Is it strip worthy?

Jack Jones

I'd have come up to watch and interrogate If I'd realised, I've spent half the day reading as I had nothing better to do.

Nice numbers though.

nice work - looking forward to seeing it in action

jk

If Carling made Mini engines
it would probably be like this one!

good work mate - see ya Saturday

Nice one, will see you there sat mate.

Thanks lads,

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

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

Well as you lads know, I am off to the Ring at the start of the month and I had a list of sutff to get done. I had to get it all done today as i am away tomorrow for the week, hill walking in wales.

Anyway I had to swap the N/S outside CV and sort out a oil leek at the T piece, do a oil change, get the bonnet back and sort the new bonnet pins out. Then i got the inlet manifold off as its been leaking fuel on boost and i got my mate to build up the flanges with weld. I then faced it so it was all nice and flat, then i hand filed them down to match the outlet flanges. I also put some locating rings in there too and it all seems fine now.

Thanks Simon.

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

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

Work on the MK1 has been not stopped in preparation of the mammoth trip tomorrow.
On Sunday I had a nice drive up to see Robert to give him some advice on how to wrap presents (but that’s another story) On the drive up and on the way back the oil temp went over 120c so i called in at Think auto and got an oil cooler and bits and fitted that.




So with the new cooler fitted to the car i went out to warm it up on my test track next to my house.
This is NOT me this is the road i did 3 laps!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTz_2qIG2ZY

The cooler keep the temp down to 100c But when i got back there was a bad smell and this is what i found on the back brake.




So I have a new set of Ferodo pads fitted now. Also i had to replace the Speedo cable as that had snapped as well

Oh and a pic with my new bonnet fitted with a bit of a lift



Thanks simon.

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

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

Colour match looks bang on on the bonnet. Good luck at the ring.

Audi s4 b5 - 470bhp & 486ft lbs

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

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

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

Would like to no if that bonnet lift, works are you doing it to drop the temps?
But i really don't think it suits you're car

Audi s4 b5 - 470bhp & 486ft lbs

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

It looks higher that it was at avon? might be the pic

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

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

good luck round the ring are you going round with a stop watch?

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

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

good luck mate, have fun :)

Yes i moved to the darkside

Instagram @jdm_brett

just been to the ring for the first time this year passenger in my mates clio 172. I did get one lap driving managed a 10:30 which isnt too bad seeing as i'd never driven the car before or the circuit... really interested in finding out how the mini goes as i'd love to take mine there once its together...

Speeding is like masturbating, everyone does it, but not all of us film it and put it on the internet

[quote=fab,8th Oct, 2010]fuck off

It looks like the Mk1 is run in now, with the 1200 odd miles there and back, also the 4 laps of the Ring.


It was not a bad 4 days away apart from the campsite which, let’s just say wasn’t the Ritz. It was full of Germans who were there to watch the touring car championships. They love to camp!! but it has to be with: 4 crates of beer; a big bonfire; huge speakers nailed to a tree; a marquee to put your tent up under and a lot of loud and random music. We saw a man brushing his teeth with beer, one using a leaf blower to fan the fire, one with a fridge freezer in his van, full on dj decks, a mini van turned into a beer fridge and a projector so they could sit up til 4am watching crashes on the ring. They also like to wake you up at 06:00 playing ACDC loud enough to wake the dead.


The track was impressive and there are some crazy drivers out there!!! But watching the professional BMW and Jaguar test drivers was pretty good. I have some vids
The mini only hour was early morning before the track opened and it was very wet as the heavens had opened throughout the night and left it very very slippery. There was about 40 mini’s including the German mini club who were absolutely mental and knew the track well! The first lap was a bit like wacky races and at one moment I was surrounded by about 6 German minis, they were like the Luftwaffe. A lot of the slower mini’s dropped out and one of the Germans was trying to overtake me on a tight bend and snapped the bottom arm retaining bolt which made him spin out into the armaco. By the 2nd lap I had a better idea and pushed the car a bit faster, with my conscience on my shoulder (the wife!!!) reminding me we still had to drive it home and that it was not a race. On the 2nd lap I also had a touching cloth moment when I got complete brake fade at about 60mph on a downhill bend, they came back soon after but it was a tense moment and my wife’s words began with an ‘F’. By the 4th lap I had mastered the conditions and it seemed like we had the track to ourselves which was nice, we only saw one other car. The only down part of the day was that when we went back to the car after some breakfast and was going to go back onto the track, I realised there was some oil coming from the oil cooler. After some inspection it looked like something had knocked it and fractured the joint between the fitting and the cooler. I had to quickly bypass it with what tools I could find while the Gestapo were trying to move me on. It all went downhill from then on, the track was shut more than it was open due to bad weather and accidents. We saw numerous bikes on the breakdown truck and even a Porsche. There was one fatality whilst we were there and a lot of oil spilled on the track.

Apart from all the negatives we did enjoy the adrenalin rush of being on the track and the little mini holding its own against its new bigger brothers and scaring the crap out of ourselves. The final good point about the trip was that we and the mini got back safe and sound and in working order and proving the doubting Thomas’s wrong. The organiser said that they had never had a turbo mini make the journey in one piece and that mine wouldn’t make it either so it’s one up for TM.

I can also now be one of those twats who has a sticker on my car saying i’ve been to the ring and got stung for this sticker!

The BMWs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ5Snx8CXy4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jmeGYtcxkI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D73ZEQQsp5U

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

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

sounds like a good trip and no issues!

Well done! Shows the cars screwed together well

Edited by supermotolee on 9th Aug, 2011.

Speeding is like masturbating, everyone does it, but not all of us film it and put it on the internet

[quote=fab,8th Oct, 2010]fuck off

Well done for getting there round and back in one piece, I'd love to do it one day

Jack Jones