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 478 Posts Member #: 1962 Senior Member Lancaster |
31st Oct, 2012 at 02:33:26pm
On 31st Oct, 2012 pinkyandnobrain said:
Beautiful ! Welldone on a great looking car. Edit: Just checked out the first page of your build thread, could your brake problems not be down to the flexible hose used ? It looks like it is slightly larger bore than Ive seen used before and I had a similar problem with my brakes being very spongey after fitting long flexible hoses at the rear of my car. I reverted back to the original set-up and the brakes where spot on. Maybe something to look into ? Cheers, yes I did wonder that but then I have looked at some miglias and they have full braided lines... I wondered if I should try a master cylinder with a bigger capacity than the cooper S one I have now. My next thing was to turn down the back brakes on the bias valve and see if it was any better. That way less fluid would be being pushed as it would only be pushing the front calipers |
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 720 Posts Member #: 2588 Post Whore Pretoria South Africa |
31st Oct, 2012 at 02:41:19pm
I know many cars run full braided systems, its the bore of the pipe thats the problem, or atleast that was the problem on my set-up. "So wat we gonna do tonight Brain?"
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 2094 Posts Member #: 9894 Post Whore Dorking |
31st Oct, 2012 at 05:33:32pm
I'm in love with your car... |
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 520 Posts Member #: 189 Post Whore Norway |
31st Oct, 2012 at 05:36:53pm
This is a bloody nice car :) www.shag.no |
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478 Posts Member #: 1962 Senior Member Lancaster |
31st Oct, 2012 at 07:50:26pm
Cheers gents |
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 4890 Posts Member #: 1775 Post Whore Chester |
31st Oct, 2012 at 08:05:35pm
Very nice. I run a supercharger and I don't care the TB is on the wrong side.
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 9323 Posts Member #: 59 First mini turbo to get in the 12's & site perv Herefordshire |
31st Oct, 2012 at 10:35:58pm
That's something to be proud of, well done! |
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2094 Posts Member #: 9894 Post Whore Dorking |
24th Dec, 2012 at 08:17:24pm
Any updates on this?
Edited by jonny f on 24th Dec, 2012. |
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478 Posts Member #: 1962 Senior Member Lancaster |
1st Feb, 2013 at 04:01:05pm
On 24th Dec, 2012 jonny f said:
Any updates on this? Have you solved the brakes? Also how do you find the internal linkage? Am fitting mine at the moment. Any tips? Internal gear linkage is great, just a bit fiddly fitting it but mine worked first time. I only had an issue with not being able to select 3rd after the engine came out but after a bit of a rotational tweak on the shaft at the gear box end it worked fine again. I've not been able to do anything brakes wise on the car just yet but I plan on sorting it when the weather gets better later in the year. |
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 18 Posts Member #: 10176 Member Auckland, New Zealand |
1st Feb, 2013 at 09:34:10pm
Tom
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 380 Posts Member #: 1835 Senior Member Thame, oxfordshire |
2nd Feb, 2013 at 08:24:58pm
Just been having another read through this build again, i've decided i need that interior in my life! as a matter of interest, how much was the retrim? looks stunning mate, great job!
On 23rd Aug, 2010 Nic said:
Turbophil had a butt plug made that seemed to be suitable. He may have finished with it now and have it kicking around spare |
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 530 Posts Member #: 1192 Post Whore In the garage......again!! |
8th Feb, 2013 at 04:15:47pm
The grey and red look great together, never would have thought it.
133.5 bhp 123 lb torque 116mph @6640rpm 9.5psi
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 2406 Posts Member #: 341 aka T2clubby South Staffs |
3rd Jun, 2013 at 08:00:26am
Hey Tom, did you ever solve the problem with the brakes?
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478 Posts Member #: 1962 Senior Member Lancaster |
5th Sep, 2013 at 08:03:26pm
On 3rd Jun, 2013 Kean said:
Hey Tom, did you ever solve the problem with the brakes? Did the pipes leak excessively? Was it just down to bore size? Cheers I've only done about 30 miles in the car this year due to moving house twice in 4 months and just having a garage built. I've just not had time to do anything. Now I have a garage next to my house I should be able to get something done it over winter and sort it out. The mini is currently having a full respray though by http://www.minimend.com/ as the doors were a different colour so I wasn't happy with it |
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478 Posts Member #: 1962 Senior Member Lancaster |
5th Mar, 2014 at 04:42:51pm
Hi folks, for those who have contacted me about the steering drop brackets, please look in the trade sales section as I've made some more. |
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 107 Posts Member #: 10760 Advanced Member Derby |
9th Mar, 2014 at 09:57:17pm
Just read the whole thread.. Im going through the same process at the moment, but building mine for mod prod. Some great ideas in this!
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478 Posts Member #: 1962 Senior Member Lancaster |
21st Mar, 2014 at 09:50:13am
Sooooooo...
Edited by tomkidd on 21st Mar, 2014. |
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 1733 Posts Member #: 1910 Post Whore Wilts |
21st Mar, 2014 at 11:39:52am
Not sure if there is any difference, but if there is then maybe something from a non-servo car with 8.4 discs as standard? Like a mid 80s Mayfair? On 15th Jul, 2009 fastcarl said:
the pissed up clown stood back up, did a twirl and left bollock naked, |
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 6729 Posts Member #: 618 Post Whore Glasgow |
21st Mar, 2014 at 12:52:10pm
I know they changed the brake pedal on the later cars (the brake pedal sits up a bit higher than the cutch). As Oli has suggested I'd look at the ones from a pre servo'd disc brake car |
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478 Posts Member #: 1962 Senior Member Lancaster |
6th Mar, 2016 at 07:46:43am
For anyone interested the car is on the cover of the latest mini magazine 👍 |
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 2975 Posts Member #: 10749 Post Whore lowestoft suffolk |
6th Mar, 2016 at 09:17:27am
Congratulations.. havent seen new one out yet On 24th Oct, 2015 jonny f said:
Nothing gets past Dave lol NOTHING GETS PAST ME!! 
1/4 mile 14.7 @ 96mph 12psi boost Showdown class A 2nd place 18.6 @ 69mph |
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224 Posts Member #: 9987 Senior Member Amsterdam |
6th Mar, 2016 at 11:06:37am
Nice article! Indeed probably one of the first minimag articles I find to add value on top of a forum build thread. |
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 5417 Posts Member #: 6181 Double hard bastard brookwood woking |
6th Mar, 2016 at 11:58:22am
Just seen the mag very nice! I have started posting on Instagram also my name on there is turbomk1golf
On 1st Nov, 2007 Ben H said:
There is no such thing as 'insignificant weight saving', it all adds up. |
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478 Posts Member #: 1962 Senior Member Lancaster |
6th Mar, 2016 at 05:22:38pm
Cheers folks |
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7 Posts Member #: 11459 Junior Member Cumbria |
5th Feb, 2017 at 08:51:27pm
Fantastic build mate! I have a 296 cam and a weber and was planning on a megajolt. How did you get on with the TPS? Was it easy enough to set up? |
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