Madcatminis......Mini :)
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Right then boys and gals me mini will be finished hopefully mid may as I thought I'd show you all the fruits of my labours. :)





















Should have it sprayed in the next couple of weeks so I'll add some more photos then. Happy viewing peeps.

good work :) very neat

2012 Avon class c 2nd place 13.8 @98mph

Very nice....

But you cheated with the fuel lines and ran them outside the rear subframe..... it took me ages to get them bent to fit behind the subframe (like the brake pipe) and now I'm wondering whether it was worth all my time

Is the pump on the other side of that plate with the filter on ??? (the plate with the two bobbins from the subframe).

If so, you again squeezed it in better than I managed, my plate ended up slightly below the subframe

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

Yep I cheated with the pipes. The pump is the other side of the bracket. the large filter is a vauxhall part. I knocked the bracket up at work, it's just some 1.6mm stainless plate fillet welded then some stainless jubilee chips welded to either side.

Are you going to be putting the filter pre pump?

Thats what i was thinking stefaz, looks like the pump/filter might need swapping round to pipe it up easier?

Other than that looks like a very neat install :)

I've piped it up tank, filter, pump. I'll try and take a better photo for you.

Did some spraying today (well my mate did) so it wont be long now till it's on the road. Woo hoo.

Nice one mate .

looking good. like he swaged holes in the bonnet

2012 Avon class c 2nd place 13.8 @98mph

Well here it is..... The finished artical. Hope you like it gents. It'll be making is debut at Avon. Say hello if you see a wierd looking chap standing by it.

looks good. see you there

I like this alot! But the colour is not my favorite. Original looking though and not over the top with the wheels. Good job!! :)

Looks nice, personally I'd loose the turbo badges & close the bonnet as it has potential to be a real sleeper.

I wouldnt change the way it looks at all - lovely!

Thanks for the comments guys. The colour is it's original colour. I think it was called 'cinbar red'.

Booked in for it's mot monday so I'll let you all know how it gets on. Might take it to hytech motorsport in cradley later that day to get it set up... I canna wait man.

that looks very smart!

hope the mot goes well mate

My build thread..

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=542985

tidy all i can say

Woooo Hooooo. Passed!!!!! No problems at all, 1 advisory on exhaust smoke but it cleared up later on in the day with a bit of use.

Hey hey ! Great news.

"So wat we gonna do tonight Brain?"
"Same thing we do evernight Pinky!"
"Try to take over the world!"

Nice one

well done - looks good, nice colour and im a fan of the black detailing.

imo - think it would look better with the bonnet closed, i ran with the bonnet like yours but have since changed as im sure i read somewhere that it hinders the aero-dynamics.

Edited by MarkGTT on 7th Jul, 2010.

Well after a coupe of months of use I've decided that over christmas the engines coming out.......The clutch is slipping like a greasy pig.
I could just do the clutch with the engine in situ but I wanna go with some straight cut drops, change the cam for an mg metro cam and change the timing from belt set up back to chain.
I have also got a great 2nd hand turbo from Mr Joshua (top bloke) as mine was smoking pretty badly, but after changing the oil to millers it has stopped....weird???
During the running in period I nailed it to see what a hard run in does, so it will be good to see the effects of the internals.
I'll keep you all posted.

What clutch and cam are you running currently?