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wow, it's been a long time since i'v made any progress, any way, i signed out of school for good a week ago so i've been spending every afternoon tryin to make a dump pipe, anyone see any problems with this?







i didnt realy hav much info about how to build one so i just made it by eye going off my brothers after market SR20 down pipe off his 180SX, any comments are appreciated :)

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Looks good to me, I guess without testing, you'll never know what good/bad/best.

I used a hose on ours to look for eddies etc. It was pretty crap to start with, but a few hours with a dremmel improved the 'hose test' no end.

Wil

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Yep the JB Camira is nearly identical to Vauhall Cavalier (say a mid 80's model). Deffinately worth a try to check out brakes. Used the same engines too I think.

Some similarities there.

Edited by Jay#2 on 21st Jul, 2006.

making such incredibly slow progress.... over the last month or so i'v built an inner guard for the break booster, finished the turbo box (wot a c*nt of a job that was) started making an air intake pipe an finished mounting my 200sx seats, about to pull the subframes out and get them pouder coated, while they'r out im guna send the car down to the panel beaters so it can b painted, hopeing to hav the engine built by the time i get it back.... hoping haha, here are some pic's anyway

















Chris.

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tiny bit more done, end'd up pulling out the subframes, want to poudercoat them now while the cars at panelbeaters, my brother has been doing sum work on the oil return line for the turbo, thought i'd throw up some pic's to check it's alright, also got the seats mounted, cheer's for looking

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tiny bit more done, end'd up pulling out the subframes, want to poudercoat them now while the cars at panelbeaters, my brother has been doing sum work on the oil return line for the turbo, thought i'd throw up some pic's to check it's alright, also got the seats mounted, cheer's for looking

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well it's been quite a while, last year was a little busy, moved house and started renovations, hopefully this year will be a little less frantic so i hav more time to work on the mini, anyway, cars painted, subframes are rebuilt and powdercoated with all new bushes, bearings, balljoints the lot, made up a dizzy hole plug, got my crank, rods, pistons, flywheel machined and ballanced, baught an orange dot diaphram, triggor wheel is machined, and baught all the parts needed for megajolt, center main strap is made, carbie has been rebuilt and now im up to running fuel lines, i'v track'd down an injection style tank, and i'v spent the last 2 days trying to find the correct fuel pressure regulator, i now think i have the right one but would appreciate a second oppinion, i'll throw up a couple pics of it, it's a malpassi, the part number i was told is MRM2T, it has 8mm OD barbs on it and is a progressive regulator. If you wana check out the rest of my pics they'r on

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Cheers. Chris

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The shell looks awesome! Loving the colours! 8)

The engine is coming on nicely. My only concern looking at it is the height of the oil return, wouldn't it be below the height of the oil in the box, and cause a restirction in the hose?

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

we did that a fair few months back but from memory we check'd it in relation to the dipstick and it was fine, is there anyone on here who can confirm this? This is the 1st mini i'v ever workd'd on so there's a lot i dont know!! haha

Thanks for the reply. Chris

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Hi,
When you're accelerating all the oil will go toward the back of the box, that may cause you a problem with that drain?
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This looks great!

I must agree with Matty though, the return does look low.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

how would the oilback up cause a major problem?
sorry for the silly Q,

If the oil can't escape and return from the turbo and it is still being feed by oil under pressure then the oil has to escape somewhere... usually through the piston rings causing a smokey turbo!

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

hmmmmm, well i start re-locating my oil return tomorow...... buga haha.

Cheers for the comments. Chris

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Well its been 12months and i have done next to nothing, thought i'd put up a few pics anyway,




Cheers. Chris

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looks good mate. keep goin! lots of nice bits and bobs on this car!!

Some great photos on there sir, nice to see what your doing :)

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v.nice!

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

Car looks great. Not sure about you're choice of steering wheel though...

Thanks for the comments, and i must agree about the steering wheel haha, it came before the dash, the two dont quite match!

Cheers. Chris

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looks awesome,
what about returning the oil in to the top of the diff casing?

Thats good idea but i end'd up returning the oil about 50-60mm higher than the last picture, i think it should work out ok, if i fry the turbo im not too worried, i talkd to the blokes from GCG and they said they do a ball bearing conversion to the same model turbo i have for around $1000, so next time round (if there is one) i'll set up a remote sump with the ball bearing turbo i think! all a bit far off atm, thanks for looking.

Chris

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progress is soooo slow







Chris

Edited by clubby_turbo on 27th Apr, 2009.

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not really, if it wereme id still be thinking about it haha

looking brilliant bud

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