My lil Project
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Well I bought my mini about 5 yrs ago now in a sorry green state, there was nothing for it but a bare shell rebuild. I was at uni at the time hence it taking so long and still not finished. Below is what she looked like on day 1. The engine that you see there is now in the back of my garage, its way past its best and very much stripped down, I do however have everything off it (may come in useful later), it appears as tho the previous owner was planning a turbo conversion but never got that far.



A respray in something unmissable was called for:



And then lots of work and a "new" (replacement) engine. The guy I bought it from said it was a totally standard 1275.



Its a little further on now with the wiring loom almost complete, a fuel cell in the boot and a facet red top fuel pump. The nitrous kit has come out and put on the shelf, that may go back in at a later date after the turbo.

Now the question is what do I need to do to turbo it. If I go the turbo route I will go for the Mirage Manifold option so as not to mod the bulkhead.

First off the engine number is 12HC14AA, I believe its an MG block but no idea if its a turbo block, it just so happens to be exactly the same number as the old engine, more info on the engine would be great.

Off the old engine as I said I have all the parts, including a HIF44 with a BDL needle, the inlet manifold for it and the black box thing (im sure it has a name) that fits to the back, and a distributor with AUU1080 2002 stamped on it and a 9 EM Ignition Module on the side. I know the 44 will be ideal, not sure on the needle and no idea at all on the dizzy.

Other than that im all ears

Edited by Simon on 13th May, 2011.

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looking good.

Looking good mate, Dont matter bout block number really especially if youve been running nitrous already.

Back once again like a renegade master

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Dont worry mate, itll last.
If you go turbo route you might be best going for a new low comp (Benross :))head if the engine is running okay. IE no knocks or major ngine leaks

Back once again like a renegade master

BDL is a standard MG metro NA needle so OK as a basic starting point for a turbo engine but a starting point will be about all it is usually. Black box I take it you mean the plenum chamber, yes you will require this,

Edited by Tom Fenton on 7th Aug, 2007.

plenum chamber thats the one. to me it doesnt look like the inlet port bends over and down as much as others i have seen.

what about the dizzy? is that any good. its not the one that is currently fitted incidentally and has been in a box of parts for a number of yrs.

im pretty certain i will be going the turbo route hence signing up here to find out what bits i need / already have :)

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right, time for an update as there have been some big changes.

first off, nitrous gone, sold it to a nice little boy racer and made a profit so why not.

engine, ever so slightly broken, fitted mega jolt, forgot to remove dizzy drive shaft, bits of shaft and cam gear teeth all over the place and took a trip round the gearbox for good measure.

decided to take this as an opportunity for a complete change, so:

Morspeed Trackday Engine 1380cc Turbo Kit
Morspeed Booster Super Squish 4 Head
Lightened con-rods
Wedged and bladed crank shaft
11 Stud Conversion
Straight Cut box with x pin diff

still trying to decide on which turbo setup to go for.

Still waiting for a few items but bits are turning up slowly, as well as:

Carbon Arches:




Revotec hoses (same as samco)


2 core comp rad


Halogen headlamps and indicator (i'll be enquiring where the other indicator has gone tomorrow!)


my fave 2 items:

KAD quickshift


Molybdenum 4 cross pin diff






Straight cut input gear


Straight cut primary gear


lots of gearboxy bits


lots of gaskets


and yesterday refurbed my heater so it looks like new

Edited by Simon on 15th May, 2008.

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looks like your heading in the right direction mate. keep it up

What's the exhaust system..?

Si

I drill holes in everything..!

exhaust is a custom stainless jobbie, main pipe is off the center LCB system, and the box is a scorpion titanium bike can.

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Nice! Sounds like its going to be a very nice motor, keep updating

cheers, its a lot of work when your doing it all yourself on a limited budget but were getting there. hope to have it on the road for the summer.

2 other pics i found. bonnet is almost finished, its a carbon one with a ally scoop, just something a little different really.

Edited by Simon on 15th May, 2008.

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And particular bike..? I really like the idea of this. Very light to.

Where's the best place to purchase said item.

Si

I drill holes in everything..!

looks like a yammy R1 can. ive got the carbon one to go on mine but its not quite as light as you would think. although still reasonably light.would recomend a reasonable aftermarket bike exhaust as they will flow better and are lighter!

Im liking the strongbow ancillaries aswell haha

bike can is actually a universal one, 2" inlet which was key. ebay has loads.

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ooo looks very similar to the r1 i have. yummy akropovich (sp) on a mini ebay is king.

just a quick update, not much but these arrived today

Ratios:

1 - 2.544
2 - 1.731
3 - 1.258
4 - 1.000

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I like the strongbow can on the fuel pump lol

very nice, has the exhaust got removable baffles?

the arches are normal ou wide miglias?

Ass; Daniel

they look the same as mine which are normal width.

no exhaust its pretty much straight through already, i have been told i can drill the rivets and remove further baffling but i'll be leaving it.

arches are normal width.

should get some more goodies delivered today :)

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remember youll need a different fuel pump and reg to run a turbo if you go down that route (sorry if its already been mentioned)

nice build by the way!

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

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