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ha, my mate was at uni down south, and was sick one night on the windscreen of a metro outside his local pub (i know i know)

next time he was in there the landlord pulled him aside and asked if it was him?

he denied it, but landlor explained he knew it was him, as when he turns the heater on, he can smell snakebite, and my mate andy was the only guy who drank it down there haha

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

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

ha ha nice.

Vent was just there cos I was bored one day and I had the vents lying round. Was'nt for an intake just the heater... well looks.

Single wiper uses a standard motor which the one side is cut off. Its in the LHD hole. Arm is off another car not sure what though sorry.

I can take pics when I take it off the GTA and put on the turbo if you want?

Edited by mayoturbo on 29th Oct, 2008.

I love it ! My next project is going to be a Metro, if i can ever afford to do it.

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ye phil, there great. i cant see why they have such a bad reputation ok ok so they rust BUT minis are much worse i reckon.
at one point they even took over sales of minis and with so many on the road i think people noticed them so when they werent looked after and rusted more people thought they were rot boxes just due to the amount on the roads and people noticing them so much.

That makes sense to me but if it sounds liek complete babble just tell me to shut up lol

and Mayo if you could get some pics please that would be great, the wiper im sure i could measure and nick one off something from the scrappers the right size

Thanks

that is one straight looking car - best of luck and keep us up to spped on progress

I think my next purchase will be a nice mint Metro Turbo...........

Nice project. :)

Thanks guys, oh milamber do you have a metro turbo? if so can you tell me what you did with the fuel sender to fit the return? if it was a conversion that is haha

p.s. my coilies and conversion plates have arrived. along with some stub axles, will get them prepped ready for welding in tomorrow if they weathers abit walmer than it is now

Yep, you can safely say I have a metro turbo.............in bits!
I shall have alook at the fuel return over the weekend & let you know. :)

On 31st Oct, 2008 MINIMON said:
Thanks guys, oh milamber do you have a metro turbo? if so can you tell me what you did with the fuel sender to fit the return? if it was a conversion that is haha

p.s. my coilies and conversion plates have arrived. along with some stub axles, will get them prepped ready for welding in tomorrow if they weathers abit walmer than it is now

Thanks, and if its in bits you may aswell clear some space and sell me the sender hahaha *runs and hides*

if it has a sender in it, you can have it. No use to me.

sweeeeet thanks, will save me sooo much time braising in copper pipes, drop em a pm or something for prices and that, thanks again

Well I've managed to get another lead for the the camera (had to get a new one as the dog sabotaged (sp) the original one)

heres the arch's after getting cut up and the custom turrets being welded in:

Before with coilies just placed inside:



Inside wheel arch as std (you can also see the fuel hose in this pic )


And all seam welded in before the gussets get welded into the bottom, all joints in this shot are covered with seam sealer inside and out, just need satin black i was going to leave the welds showing but its about more subtle and OEM with them covered :

Edited by MINIMON on 5th Nov, 2008.

This is a zoomed in shot of the section in mentioned above, you can kinda see from this shot alone that its decent welding.



damn i keep finding random shots of what ive been upto hahaha, this is a shot of ma minifin rear drums, took abit of work but ive finally got them onto the metro

Makes the track an inch or so wider but im sure that is only a minor side affect

Edited by MINIMON on 5th Nov, 2008.

Fitting the above drums has widened the track about an inch as ive said, heres a pic to show just how much wider it is:

Well update time!

getting raedy to plumb up the intercooler

I've bolted the cooler up on some bars I've made, cut the front panel up so it sits better and had to relocate the oil cooler hose around the front of the rad instead of behind as it caught the intercooler.

I'm in the process of relocating the washer bottle and battery to free up bay space aswell

From outside with the bonnet shut you cant see the relocated hose, this is what it looks like though:



The new turbo wing on and ready to be welded and widened:



And last but not least the engine bay as it stands:

looks like is going to be abit tight getting everything in there mate. :)

Do it right the first time and make it mint!!!!!!

How are you getting cold air to the intercooler? It looks like it is just going to be fed with air straight from the radiator at the moment.

you may have problems with the cooler pipes where they meet at the turbo and plenum, or do you have an offset pipe for the turbo ?

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Offset pipe? ive got a reducer pipe of thats what you mean? everything fits pipe wise

The cold air thing was always a problem and still is really there is nowhere i can put it that it will get a decent flow of air, where it is now there is a small gap on top of the rad where it can get cold air.
i could of put it further up and back but then its sucking in very little outside air and more engine bay air.

Its better than most though thats for sure, i was tempted to fit it down below the rad and drill holes in the front panel but thats unnessicary butchery so it went there

Edited by MINIMON on 6th Dec, 2008.

Just to add, can anoyone think of anywhere else the intercooler could go i wanted it as far forward and above the rad as i could and that is the best i can do without removing the slam panel.

Im going to have to use bonnet pins anyway so there is no need to keep it just for the catch. if i braced it around the back would it be possible to run without most of the slam panel and just have it as more a grille mount?

i refitted my intercooler after advise on here that is wasent getting enough direct cold air so after rethinking i decided it needed to go right where the bonnet catch was so i had to come up with a way of getting rid of the std catch.

This is what ive come up with, BONNET PINS haha ok ok so it didnt take much thinking but there done.






Today i didnt do alot, i decided to relocate my battery and washer bottle so all the wiring is done for the washer bottle and the plumbing ive just got to source a TTTIIIINY washer bottle to replace the huuuge std one now

The battery was abit more awquard, ive had a few minis in the past so ive had a fair few parts for example battery cable....
On a mini the battery is in the boot so the cable is long enough to go from the std metro place under the bonnet to the rear bench which is where it will be staying from now on

The std bracket was well how should i put it.. oook just weight too much for my liking so out came the tape measure some measuring and cutting later and we have 1 light weight battery tray ready for a battery and bolting in.

heres abit of an update for everyone,
I managed to smash my front screen whilst fitting the fire extinguisher (dropped it on the screen) so to ease removal when the time comes the dash came out... and why I was there I decided to remove all the heating stuffz.

All heating wiring, all the loom for the headunit all gone and any other wires no longer needed. all pipe work in the engine bay for the heater gone too.

The area behind the dash is now in satin black like the rest of the interior and the extinguisher, boost controller and wiring is all hidden or fitted correctly, clocks to fit and thats done too

Removing the heating setup was something I had planned from day one really, it weighs quite abit and its soooo much tidier under the engine bay now for those all important boost hoses

I also made a smoother intake on the bonnet stupid me made it for the wrong vent though haha, so I will have to make the other vent ive got smooth aswell now

anyway enough chatter.... PICS!







P.S. in this pic you can see the way ive decided to mount the intercooler, much better i think
ive marked up the bonnet ready for drilling and flaring aswell for a much better air feed

Well I've got 1 rear arch done, I've smashed it out abit further (yes further)....

Its just in filler primer atm waiting for a final flat and grey primer ready for paint.

I've also got some hoses together and placed them in place to see what else i need and to order mikalor clamps (bloody dear they are too! ). So there all on order it wont be long before its running WOOP WOOP!







Heres the spec of everything too

Bodywork

Smoothed passengers door lock
Smoothed unused wiper holes
Smoothed filler flap (internal fuel tank)
Smoothed boot (bar the lock/handle)
WIDE ass arches (approx 1.5/2" wider each side)
Sill exiting the sill (through the sill not under it so i can still stay LOOOOOOW)
Removed front bumper
Smoothed side repeaters
Removed side mouldings
Smoothed back bumper (no plate recess or fog holes)
Bonnet pins
No inner skin on the bonnet
moonland grey roof and wheel centres
Std green bodywork

Interior
NO interior... atall!
Pods made for the gauges
All wiring tidies under the dash brace bar
2x fixed back bucket seats in red
Multipoint rollcage/spaceframe linking all subframe mounts and fastened at the pillars
Lightened bootlid/doors, random panels
Carbon doorcars and boot panel
Fuel tank/swirl pot/ fuel filters/ fuel pumps all in the back of the car
Momo race steering wheel
Piston gearknob (off a lawnmower)
Plastic windows with front sliders

Running gear
AVO rear coilovers (damping adjustable) with custom mounts welded into the rear arch as std metros have hydrolastic suspension in the subframe
AVO front coilovers (damping adjustable) with yet again more custom top mounts as the std mounts wont withstand the shock of coilies
Superfin rear drums (black)
alloy rear hubs (mini hubs)
fast road shoes
Fully braided system
6 pot front calipers (K.A.D alloy 6 pots in black)
7x13 split rims (make unknown yet)
Fast road pads (greenstuff)
Vented drilled grooved disks
Uprated hardy spicer drive shafts and joints
uprated arb's front and rear

p.s. anyone selling a alloy fuel tank cheap as my current fuel tank is the lowest point on the car so i need to adress that issue before i blow myself up

Edited by MINIMON on 6th Feb, 2009.

Where my slam panel was in the std position the crease where the grille fastens down and where the top is right infront of the bonnet holes and it was useless having a holey bonnet if it was doing nothing! sooo the slam panel was bin fodder ! a few minutes of thinking and digging around in the metal store i found some bar.. so i got going on making a new slam panel and intercooler mount point

I've also connected up a few pipes with some 60mm alloy tube I've had lieing around for ages, it was by chance i found it looking for the tubing for the slam panel! so it was abit of a good find really.

One side is nearly done the other i have yet to start i need all the silicone pipe before i can do that though, but it is looking much better

What does everyone think??











opinions welcome and thanks for reading