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just buy some black electricle tape an tape black squares on the door an if you like it then spray them on if not simply peal them off :L

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nice 1 happy mini motoring then brett mine isnt far from done now just waiting for L2B to get a few bits to finish it :)

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bit of a step backwards update, the recent hot spell was loverly but the 30 mile (excited) pull up to carls on the sat (27degC) i thought just caught him before overheating ( and slowed down) oil pressure has been low since 55-60 on fire up, 5 when warm idle if that,
changed the oil today to find alot of bearing
cold start of 40psi and alot of knocking i think he can stay off the road for abit

i said earlier in the thread he might be the donor shell for running in the new engine, i think he will be now

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Uh oh! Turbo clubby?

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

not turbo though :(

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o cock not good brett :(

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Well at least it gives you a chance to run the tubby lump in!

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bad times..

bad times indeed but i have been expecting it, John how long have i been saying its on its last legs? honestly i expected the gearbox to go first and have been collecting bits for that :)

im not planning anything for the engine untill its in bits unless a short block turns up cheep im focussing on the tubby engine i need thrusts, cam bearings, deck skim, and rotating assy balancing then build it up less turbo

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after a trip to the machine shop and to order the bearing for the turbo engine, the copper stuff my gearbox spat out is some sort of thrust ( not main / bigend bearing as i thought) and i think that is gearbox related, it seems to have damaged the bearings though oil pressure is still down,

i have a 1l lump to go in, not payed for yet but i think the deal is done :)

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All yours mate

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

sounds like the lay shaft thrust bearings have taken a beating, easy enough to sort out.

When you gonna get that 998 in there then? Thanks for helping us take it out.

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thanks for bring it to mine for me, i have a holiday from work end of june, it will be in for avon
thanks for all the extras too

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i might even give it a scrub and get a bit of paint on it too ( car and engine )

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engine swapped out today, no pics of the new engine as phone died, but its bright yellow

the front is cut out ready for the front mount ( in the close future as my metty rad is a little too far gone)
inner wing cut out for an electric fan on the side mount rad for now, it was very rotten anyway
front wiring sorted out, and a new front brake pipe made up, as it was crusty then i hit it with a grinder anyway :(

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more, going to get a couple current pics too

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Keep up the good work,

BTW - I took my buddy VTEC Pete out for a spin this weekend, and even though I am running her in, he gave it a name, the "Brocket"...cause I'm a brocket maaannn, nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah....

Build thread - http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=7483

Katy Mini Owners Club Thread - http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=505552

Let's make sure you embarrass at least one VTEC MINI today !

https://www.facebook.com/groups/17557298589...096464253807802

cheers brocky, and yes i know the paint isnt neat, im not trying to pass it of as a brand new unit on ebay.. just to tidy it up, the ally cover will be going on it, and the engine will be gold, bling bling

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Did you wear a welding mask while painting? lol

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well a quick update, done about 40 miles on it, goes great but the fueling was whey off so i set on to turn the needle down, with winsu as back up, the needle in the carb was ADS very lean imo, i took the measurements for an AAB and coppied that but leaving it leaner up top
it went well, strong idle, good on the top end but alot of leaning out at part throttle so i set on to richen it up, could not get enough fuel in there no matter what i did, so i disconnected the part throttle lean off pipe just to see how much difference it makes, it went from of the scale lean ( afr20+) to 11.2afr that is a big lean out and alot bigger than i expected, the leanoff pipe is now blocked totaly, making the needle way out for the entire lot
anyway a couple more hours down the line, i have a profile im happy with but i cannot get it leaner than 12.5afr from part throttle 4000rpm onwards, ( due to the cock up)
not to self: always block the part throttle lean off pipe

it goes well anyway, john i cant decide if this is a 3.4 or 3.6 fd, it seems to pull up through the gears faster than the mg 1275 bot not going any faster as a result im gonna have to clock it on the motorway to be sure, gong to get the fueling sorted first though

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get the sat nav in bang it in 4th do 30mph and read the revs you can work out your FD then

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On 21st Jun, 2010 John said:
get the sat nav in bang it in 4th do 30mph and read the revs you can work out your FD then

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