My build - update
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as some of you may know, I had a transmission failure in October (No-one to blame nut myself, Standard box, drops, diff and over 12psi boost).

I looked into getting the whole lot upgraded and rebuilt, but it was looking really expensive. So I had a look for a second hand, built up engine and box of a reasonable spec.

Luckily, Carl was in the process of going non A-series
http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=178397
So I quickly snapped up his A-series.

Here's the spec...

167bhp. 177ftlb torque at mikeanics rolling road in congleton running 20psi.

standard reconned turbo head with 1.3 roller rockers, sodium filled exhaust valves, double valve springs and ally rocker cover.

standard T3 turbo with braided oil feed pipe, turbo carb(rebuilt a couple of years ago) giallofly modified plenum for intercooler and dumpvalve take off. dumpvalve. pipercross air filter. ford turbo actuator (about 10psi) use a bleed valve to run 20psi

A+ block over bored 20 thou(1293) avonbar/accralite 18cc dished forged pistons. center main strap. avonbar phase 2 camshaft. vernier adjustable double link timing gear/chain. got the earlier and apparently stronger cam 5281 (do a search for the correct number dont know if thats right lol)

minisport straight cut gear set, minisport straight cut drop gears. minispares 4 pin diff, minisport lightened and balanced pre verto flywheel, grey diaphram and organic race plate.

megajolt ignition system all parts included. exhaust down pipe with a/f sensor in it.


Since buying the engine, I've been in touch with Steve, BENROSS for a full race head and the elbow and manifold work. I've painted it in black (not sure if I will gain or loose bananas by doing this!?!) Fitted the Megajolt, removed the damaged unit, swapped the turbos over (mine had less play in the shaft), fitted Nic's plenum, ND Alternator from Matty added an oil cooler and changed all the brake and clutch hoses for braided items.

Pics to follow.

Edited by theoneeyedlizard on 19th May, 2023.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

The engine in Carl's car...



After painting and fitting plenum, new water pump, Nippon Alternator etc



More pics to follow...

Edited by theoneeyedlizard on 10th Jun, 2009.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

After removing the old unit I found this rather nice subframe to bulkhead bracket that the previous owner had made. I gave it all a good clean and painted the lower parts with Waxoil underseal paint. Hopefully that will scare off the tin worm for a bit.

Edited by theoneeyedlizard on 10th Jun, 2009.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

I made up a heatsink for the Edis unit out of one of those crappy oil filter cooler things that I ahd lying around in the garage. Best thing for it!!



And fitted the Megajolt etc. I haven't taped up the wiring just yet as I want to make sure that it all works beforehand. There's nothing worse than removing insulation tape from metres of wiring loom!



I used the stabiliser arm that was originally fitted to my car. Looks to be a good piece of kit, although it had come apart from vibration. Hopefully cured with a bit of threadlock.



Sorry about all of the pics, I've never done anything like this before and got a bit trigger happy.

I'll keep you all posted with my progress.

Cheers for all of the help so far.

Edited by theoneeyedlizard on 10th Jun, 2009.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

whats that engine steady thing?

Looks like a damper off a mountain bike?

1/4 Mile 14.3secs 96Mph Terminal 10psi of boost.


Fibreglass Parts? - http://www.tdkracing.co.uk/
Split Rims? - http://www.force-racing.co.uk/

Looks great! Excellent work

What fanbelt is that you have?

Check out the (slow) progress at.......
http://www.turbominis.co.uk/dn89mini

I've not seen another one like it.

It's got poly bushes inside it, with a piston like thing attached to one bush and the other end is mounted to the outer casing.

It's definitely not a damper off a mountain bike.

I'll pull it apart and take pics if you want to see it in detail.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

looking good, but i hope the bolts on the centre main stratp had 6 dashes and not 3 like a i think i saw,

carl

WWW.FORCE-RACING.CO.UK PLEASE CLICK HERE

? I will ask Carl, Will this cause a problem?

In the 13's at last!.. Just

well theres some pics there gary

lets see what power the same engine makes with the head iam doing for you

Will be interesting no doubt.

I'm hoping for about 140 nana's at 10psi. That will be the setting for most road outings, but I'll have to see what it'll make at 20psi to see by how much the head has improved things.

Edited by theoneeyedlizard on 10th Dec, 2007.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

that will be fascinating to see how steves head does compared with a stock one , be some good advertising for you steve i imagine .

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

good work fella, looks great.

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

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

What have you done with your old engine mate?

looking good:)

http://www.funkypower.co.uk/catalogue.php?...id_product=4077

internationally known as "big" swede

In the 13's at last!.. Just

In the 13's at last!.. Just

You've done what Carl should have done, had he stuck with the A-series.

You won't need 20 psi with Steve's head

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph

www.twin-turbo.co.uk

no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.

no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.

if it makes less at the same boost iam in the deep stuff........lol

would be nice on the same rollers though

if it makes less power on the same boost I'll eat my own plenum chamber!

In the 13's at last!.. Just

ouch! theyre not soft like the aluminium ones