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well i always liked turboed minis so this site and otheres have inspired me to turbo mine. metro turbo parts in australia are hard to get and are expensive, so it was going to be a custom job.

the manifold will be a home made one till i can aford a mirage manifold. it is made from steel and houses a t2 turbo of a n12 pulsar. its unfinished atm but will be soon hopfully.

this will be going on the red clubman in my display pic which has a 1142cc engine. the turbo will go on that engine as the cr is quite low. i have got a hif44 turbo carb ilet manifold and plenium so it all is starting to come togetther.

also here are some pics of what i have done so far

manifold


oil return


t2 turbo

Edited by benjamin on 7th Dec, 2005.

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the more the merry'r youl have it finished in no time

love that straight cut scream!!!
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well done mate, keep us posted on progress

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heres an update, stock plenium wouldnt fit?? dunno why maybe my engine mounts have sagged or sumthin, so i diceded to try and make one keeping in mind the thread on custom pleniums. so far i have cut it out and bent it up out of 4mm thick alloy sheet. Also bought my turbo which is a hi-flowed t2

hope you like

1152cc turboed mini clubman, most powerful 1.1L a-series?

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another veiw

1152cc turboed mini clubman, most powerful 1.1L a-series?

http://boostmini.justboard.net/

Do not forget connectors for pressure-line to the fuel regulator and maybe one for mounting a boost pressure valve before welding.

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And a tip: Make sleeves inside the plenum, where the screws for mounting plenum-carb go through.
This is good for stability, when you screw on. And you have no problems with leak tightness at these holes...

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g'day, im in Australia building a turbo 998 clubman, agree %100, turbo parts r a real bitch 2 get ur hand on over hear, just wondering what your making your exhaust manifold from, i'v just finished making a stainless steal one but have herd that using mild steal steam pipe is a much better option.

cheer's. Chris

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(wouldnt mind a second oppinion on the mild steal steam pipe compaired to staino either)

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hye chris, yeh im just using mild steel for the manifold, iv heard a few different things about what materials so im not sure whats best. im just gonna go with mild steel and see how it goes. where abouts in sydney are you id be interested at looking at what you have done so far.


ben

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im near liverpool, in chipping norton, if your interested i'll pm you my address and your more than welcome to come around and have a look, im going to be finishing it tomorow hopefully (been working on it for about a month now) so any time after that should be fine. where abouts in sydney are you?

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On 13/12/2005 06:24:56 benjamin said:

heres an update, stock plenium wouldnt fit?? dunno why maybe my engine mounts have sagged or sumthin, so i diceded to try and make one keeping in mind the thread on custom pleniums. so far i have cut it out and bent it up out of 4mm thick alloy sheet. Also bought my turbo which is a hi-flowed t2

hope you like

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yep as the cost of tig welding is gonna be too much

1152cc turboed mini clubman, most powerful 1.1L a-series?

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what inlet manifold are you using?

i couldnt fit the plenum in using some styles of manifold

i have two different ones and it doesnt fit with either, one is the std metro turbo and the other is a minispares one, but my engine mouts definatly need replacing they are really squished up looking so hopfully thats the problem

1152cc turboed mini clubman, most powerful 1.1L a-series?

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excellent work benjamin

stick with the turbo manifold for sure!

well manifold is so close to being done sits the turbo around 5mm from the block so hopfully will fit without a bulkhead box

okies sum picis

Edited by benjamin on 23rd Dec, 2005.

1152cc turboed mini clubman, most powerful 1.1L a-series?

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1152cc turboed mini clubman, most powerful 1.1L a-series?

http://boostmini.justboard.net/

Looks like a good attempt at copying a mirage manifold to me, good work, let us know how it works!

1152cc turboed mini clubman, most powerful 1.1L a-series?

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I would hate to have to take the tappet chests off with that attached!!! Just out of interest does your tappet chest have the breather on it, or does it clear it?

yeh i have a breather on the side closest in the pic, clearence is ok as the breather goes out past the last stud, so its all good

1152cc turboed mini clubman, most powerful 1.1L a-series?

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ok another update:

oil return done water lines are sorted
my fuel pump and regulator arived yesterday
got some silicon hose for the inlet
oil feed arived
all new studs on the turbo and got the gaskets

and im working on the dump pipe now

heres sum pics sorry bout the quality

1152cc turboed mini clubman, most powerful 1.1L a-series?

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oh and the actuator has been moved and a bracket welded to the manifold

1152cc turboed mini clubman, most powerful 1.1L a-series?

http://boostmini.justboard.net/

dump pipe starting to take shape

1152cc turboed mini clubman, most powerful 1.1L a-series?

http://boostmini.justboard.net/