Craigie-B 1310cc t2 mini turbo project :) (updated 17/11/2012) Now MOT'd
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hope so my man :)

Looking good :)

Yes i moved to the darkside

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Looking good :)

Yes i moved to the darkside

Instagram @jdm_brett

I did all that last year tbh mate, im not really big on going to clubs, dont get me wrong I have fun just not out partying/drinking every night :)

Okay got quite a bit done over the past week :)

First of all me and my Uncle, used Sprockets method of removing the outer raceway, warmed it up and hammered the casing - came straight out! Lovley, we tried the next bearing down and unfortunatly when we hammered it, the casing split across which let liquid through so we had to go get it welded up:




Lovley jubbley, so that night I was going to paint the transfer casing and the clutch/wok cover, so I busted otu the wirebrush on a drill and started taking all the old paint off when i really liked how they came out so I left them bare






Been shopping over tha past few days as well:

Running in oil:


Flanges and pipes for my exhaust manifold:



AFR Gauge:



My Uncle gave me a little help this morning getting the transmission side of things all put back on:






Now im just waiting on my dad to finally make me this manifold and downpipe so I can get this engine int he car and start running in :)

normaly there are locking plates for the screws in the clutch housing.

http://www.minifreunde.at

You would of been better with 20/50 oil. Looks good though.

Audi s4 b5 - 470bhp & 486ft lbs

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

I've never had any locking plates for them :s

I thought they would be fine as its only for running in, im going to be buying some of this for proper use:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Millers-CTV-Semi...=item460291c754

Big Day!

Got the old one out today

Subframe all unbolted and held up by bricks:




Mini was too heavy to lift as it was still filled with everything else so nabbed neighbours engine crane:



Slowly it seperate, was a right PITA:







Finally seperated:






Next we had to put the body into the corner I call the "Graveyard" this is because everytime I put a car in this corner it sits there broken untill I sell it :(

So it was time to put the mini into the graveyard :(

Picking the rearend up and shifting it round:





Putting into its new resting place:




My mini was running at 1rp (Rob Power) at this point:



Bernies final resting place for now:





Cheers for reading as usual

Edited by Craigie-B on 23rd Apr, 2012.

Loving the wooden-one-height-fits-all-car-lift. Get the new engine in!

Be in soon, need manifolds and stuff making first but this gives me time to tidy up the bay and the subby etc

looking good mate.
can't wait to hear it and see it!

Ordered Poly Bushes and am going to get the subframe and suspension powdercoated so it all lasts

orderd 4 brand new standard shocks as well as cant afford the gaz setup I want :(

All coming along mate, nice one.

is this running yet craig?
come on pull your finger out

Edited by jameswildcooper on 3rd May, 2012.

Lmao, Hopefuly my dads going to make
the manifold for me tomorrow or sunday then its a case of putting it all back together and building/installing the megajolt/wiring and then get it mapped

good lad get it ran in and lets get down the pod

Did a bit of tidying up in the bay while I wait for my manifold that my old mans making dum de dummmmmmmm:

got the old wire brush extension on the drill took all the bubbly paint down to the shiny metal and then stole my dads hammerite kurust and paintined it, turned up beige and then painted smooth silver over the top so hopefully it will last about 3 years before any bubbling and by then I can afford to have the whole shell acid dipped and setup for a b18c4

So here it goes:













Looks lovley

Oh my god im getting fed up of this taking its time now :/ just want to go boooooostinnn :/

keep it up buddy; there is nothing worse than waiting for someone else though!

Yees I know be good when its finally finished

Found a few piccies on my camera I forgot to uplaod before:

Got the wife to help me wirebrush the engine bay before I painted it:





When we stripped the subframe down for powder coating, noticed the passenger side top suspension arms was seized solid - this is probably why my car was pulling to the left so drasticly when you let go of the steering wheel, here my old knackered shocks and arms:



I absolutly suck at painting so got her to paint my new top suspension arms and my hubs as well:



Painted calipers red:



Old Engine:



New Engine as it is atm:



T2 Turbo :



Got subframe and lower suspension parts back from powder coaters



All new and shiny looking



So started assembly:



Installed my lovley polybushes:





and she is now sitting like this:



havent put the hubs on yet because I still need to move the subframe around on my own for now

Edited by Craigie-B on 28th May, 2012.

Okay so today was another big day.

Been working on the mini this week. Doing a bit on the subframe, then I relised that I needed a cone compressor - as budgets getting tight I couldnt afford the 60 to buy the tool or the 35 it was to get a set of hilo off the bay.

I did take some pictures but relised halfway through today that I am a bit simple and such the memory card wasnt plugged into camera proper.

So far this week I have the following finished:

Fitted Ball Joints correctly
Stripped subframe again
Undersealed subframe
Re-built the bottom arms in the subframe
Exhaust Manifold
Downpipe
Sensor Bracket
Rubber Cone Compressor Tool
Clutch and Brake Cylinders/Servos (Whatever there called)

Engines Almost ready to go in,

Heres the pictures! Enjoy!





















Made my own Rubber Cone tool:


WTF is this bit is it standard?



Cheers for looking :)

hiya that is a clutch damper it was standerd on some metros so not needed

My small bore turbo project http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=473901

So I can remove it completley and use the cylinder that was on my 998?