Here we go.... 1310 16v DOHV - Supercharged (Specialist Components) 190BHP Mini - For Sale
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Well, where do I start! With the facts I suppose...

- Over £27,000 spent (Excel document of receipts available on request)
- First and currently the only SC supercharged k-series 16v in the UK.
- 250 miles since being rebuilt (driving back from Norwich). Been garaged since then.
- 190BHP!
- Resprayed twice without doing any miles as I wasn't happy with the paint job quality.
- The car is immaculate, everything has been attended to either new or replaced, I've never even had the car insured apart from to drive it home from SC.

So why am I selling? This wasn't part of the plan and it doesn't financial make sense to sell the car without putting it in Mini Magazine or without an MOT but unfortunately I can't have this amount of vested capital in the car at this point in time, I need to buy a house and unfortunately I've recently split from my partner where the car is garaged. Purely bad timing. Please see at the bottom for current state. Any questions please email me.

This is not advertised any where else and is purely just open to Turbo Mini Members as a first pass before I put it on pistonheads and Ebay. Matt Woods has contacted me along with Mini Magazine to be a feature car so who ever buys this car is getting a beauty. Generally upset to be selling... this was a dream of mine as a kid.

Spec:

Bodyshell

Originally a 1987 Park Lane in Black.
All rust removed and replaced with new panels
Full bare metal respray (twice)!
Respray includes underside (stonechipped first) inside, under bonnet and inside the boot
New Steel front end – including 2 wings, 2 a-panels and front panel
Inner wings removed and brace bars fitted
Inner and outer Sills replaced
Driver’s side door step replaced, including bottom section of rear quarter panel
Both rear arches replaced
Full boot floor replacement
Rear valance and both corner closing sections replaced
Rear Bins and seat Swab removed
Turbo Bulkhead box fitted
Additional Box fitted above Bulkhead box for additional clearance
New 6 Point Bolt in roll cage in Black
Doors are lightened, inner panel and window mechanism removed
New door seals
Polycarb tinted windows all round (except windscreen) with sliders in doors
New Tinted windscreen fitted
New Window seals and Chrome inserts all round, including rear opening quarters
This car has had not patching; if the panel was rusty it has been cut out and replaced
Fibreglass Mk1 style KAD Bonnet
New Mk1 Moustache and moustache ends
New Mk1 Wide Slat Chrome Internal release Grill
New Chrome Bumpers and over-riders Front and Rear
New Fibreglass Mk1 Style Bootlid with Correct number plate carrier
MK1 rear light conversion
MK 1 external door hinge conversion
New Crystal Halogen Headlights
Clear front indicators with orange bulbs
All new bright work, including door handles, light surrounds etc


Engine and Gearbox

1310 Block
Refurbished 16V 'K' Twin Kam Cylinder Head with LT Camshafts and Stage One Gasflow
VP2 bearings + thrusts
Turbo oil pump
SC's own Supercharger K Conversion Kit
Rotrex C30-64 Supercharger
SC Race Exhaust Manifold
SC Water and Oil ancillary Kit
New Cast Pistons, Pocketed for Valve Clearance (Omega - 10cc bowl)
A+ Engine Block - Acid Dipped, Rebored, Honed and Sleeved
Reground Crank, Wedged, Bladed and Balanced
SC Billet Throttle Bodies with Plenum Chamber, Uprated Fuel Injectors and Fuel Rail
MED Pre Verto Ultra Light Weight Clutch Plate
Paddle Clutch
New Water Pump
Iridium spark plugs
ARP Con-rod Bolts
Centre Main Strap
Wasted Spark Coil Pack and HT Leads


New Fuel Pressure Regulator
New Braided Fuel Pipe throughout.
MPi Fuel Tank
webcon fuel pump
Fuel Pump wired with inertia cut-out.
New Water pump and fan
New KAD top engine Steady
New Avonbar Ultimate Water pump top engine steady
New KAD Lower Gearbox Engine Steady Kit
Denso (Small) alternator
New Stainless steel catch tank.
Radtec - Extreme Mini side mount radiator

GearBox

Rebuilt Straight Cut gear A+ Gearbox – Synchromesh
4-pin Differential or Quaife ATB Limited Slip Differential
New Straight Cut Gearbox, using a clubman gear set
New Timken Roller Bearing Straight Cut Drops
New Kad Internal Gear Linkage and Quickshift
New front mounted Mocal 10 Row Oil cooler
New KAD adjustable oil pressure regulator

Ignition

SC Typhoon Engine Management System Pre-Mapped for the Engine on an Engine Dynamometer
SC Complete Engine Management Wiring Loom & Sensors
SC Crank Trigger Kit

Suspension and Steering

Front subframe shot blasted and painted black
New Rear Subframe
New Quickrack
New Track rod ends
New Ball Joints
New Wheels Bearings Front and rear
New Inner and outer CV joints
New adjustable Hi-Los Front and Rear
New Gaz Lowered Adjustable shocks Front & Rear
New KAD adjustable rear camber brackets
Standard rear radius arms with new bushes and rubbers
Adjustable, rose jointed front tie rods
Adjustable, rose jointed font lower arms

Wheels & Brakes

Set of 5 KN Mercury Alloy Wheels with New Yokohama A008 Tyres
Brakes are Servo assisted, with braided hoes from master cylinder to bulk head regulator
Minisport Alloy 4 pots
New Vented Discs machined to 7.9inch
Braided hoses Front and Rear
All new copper pipe used, with main run inside the car
New Wilwood internally mounted adjustable brake bias
Original Minifin Rear Brake drums
New Rear back plates
New rear cylinders and shoes
New Handbrake cable
New Rear KAD handbrake Quadrants
New Kad Fly-off handbrake
Suspension professionally set and balanced by Neil Slark

Interior

New Wiring Loom
New Custom Smiths Gauges (Revs, Speedo, Oil Pressure, Oil Temprature, Fuel, Boost).
New Lightweight accelartor pedal
VARLEY RED TOP 15 RACE 12V

Other

New old stock Wiper motor
Chrome Wipers, nozzles and blanking plates
Varley Red Top Racing Battery

Current State:

The car runs as you'd expect but requires the following to be finished which is reflective within the asking price.

- Indicator stalk to be installed and wired in (brand new stalk supplied)
- Front roll cage installed but requires bolting in.
- Inter cooler included but needs piping in. I never got round to buying a new one from PACE and installing it.
- No MOT.
- Water temperature dial not working.

Asking price: £12,000

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Edited by surftolive on 23rd Mar, 2014.

This is absolutely awesome! Good luck with the sale

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Good luck with the sale, I really like that!

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1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

belt driver turbo / centrifugal supercharger

This is a brilliant car by the looks of it

I want. Good luck with sale. Wish I had some money spare

More Boost, More FUN!

Ok guys, this is now on for £10,500 ONO. Please let me know if you'd like to arrange a viewing.

Mark

could well be interested in the engine if it comes to it. where are you based?

Such a shame no one has actually got this thing on the road and running properly .

Good luck with the sale .

Steve

You of all people Steve will now how much of a bargain this is as well! The amount of time and money we've both put into this is crazy! Still for sale.

M

Did this ever sell? Look immense! Sorry to drag up old threads. Just saw this and looks incredible!

More Boost, More FUN!

Not been on here for a while but just noticed this question. It did sell I brought it, it was a really nice car but still needed a lot doing to it to get it finished. I wanted it purely for the superb Specialist Components engine. the rolling shell was sold to a friend of mine who is finalising the installation of a 998cc Turbocharged engine.
I wanted the engine for my Hill Climb and Sprint Mini, the plan was to change the capacity of the engine to 999cc using a special crank and rods so it was eligible for the up to 1400cc Modprod class, unfortunately the MSA has a proposal to alter the forced induction equivalency from 1.4 to 1.7 meaning the engine needed to be 820cc which creates another set of problems. I've now decided to go the N/A route hence this engine will shortly appear on eBay for sale.

Pmd

very nice!

That's not strictly true. It has been discussed, and will most likely happen one day, but it's not a proposal that is live or will happen any time soon. Where have you heard this?

I'd stick with your plan, I'm not changing my 750 turbo that runs in the 1100cc class.

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

www.twin-turbo.co.uk

I originally heard of the proposal of the equivalency increase from a friend with close connections with the MSA, after a few emails to either confirm or deny the proposal the MSA confirmed that it had been a consideration by the technical panel.
I managed to grab the MSA technical guy at the Autosport show on Friday and to be honest he was very vague but he said that is was something they were looking at as the 1.4 equivalency was " very generous".

The other factor for a change of plan is it will still take a fair bit of cash to convert the engine to 999cc, which I had taken into consideration, but I hadn't planned to have the car ready until the 2018/2019 season. IF the MSA do alter the regs I'm stuck then with out a car because as you know the other Sprint Mini is a 998cc Turbo.
The plan still isn't completely dead though, if I cant sell the engine I may still take a chance on the MSA and give it a go, even if the equivalency is changed I've got a very short stroke Gorden Allen special saloon crank which a .060 overbore only gives 849cc, so getting the required capacity with a 1.7 equivalency would not be a problem, but 180bhp ish and still make it drivable is a fairly big ask.

Having spoken to someone who actually sits on the speed committee, you are there or there abouts. Some people think 1.4 is generous, but if you look at who's winning which classes, is it really?

How many turbo cars won their class (with a cc limit) at the last even you went to?

By '18 or '19 though, it may well have changed.

If it does happen, I'll be making my engines smaller. 180 out of a short stroke 998 won't be a problem. Make it rev and lower the FD, will drive the same:)

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

www.twin-turbo.co.uk