bye bye A-series.....UPDATED 22/06/08
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to be honest not realy done much on it, money and time seem to be gone on crimbo at the moment. had engine in and out few times. subby in and out few times lol

been having nightmeres about engine posistioning, is it to high? is it to low? etc etc. id like the engine a little further back to be honest as the driveshafts are on a little bit of an angle. but to get it furher back means id have to lower it by a inch or so which means me sump/diff would be scraping the deck. ill have to see. lol lots of sleepless nights.

no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.

you say you had 4-5 inches of travel on the sump and diff, i only have about 3 1/2 inches of travel between my sump and the floor. i can get over speed bumps just fine for the sump but i catch on the exhaust unless i go over at an angle :)

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if its any help, i havnt seen a single hybrid mini that doesnt have the driveshafts sweeping back towards teh hubs, even slightly, mine included :) if you set the hight of the engine such that the driveshafts are straight on the horisontal plane at your ideal running hight youv got the best compromise you can :)

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welll finally making some progress.

had a bit of a nightmare with me engine really. when i bought the half cut toyota i knew the engine was knocking and the fella gave me a spare good block. anyway it turned out that this was also knackered, doh. luckily i had bought a n/a version of the engine on ebay for £20, lol i dont know why i even bidded on it but luckily i did. now the blocks on the turbo and n/a are different everything is in the same place but there is a few differences anyway i managed to have the holes which were needed drilled/tapped. the oil pumps are different and not interchangable so ive got my fingures crossed the n/a one will be upto the job. the conrods and pistons are different but the bore and stroke are the same and the crankshaft is the same so i managed to build a complete engine to turbo spec hopefully.lol completely rebuilt with new bearings gaskets rings etc .

heres a few pics


finally got my subby finished


then got brake/clutch pipes fitted


then got engine fitted


got lots to do yet but getting there i think.

no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.

hubba hubba carl. like the bottom pic.

subby looks good as well when its all painted up.

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Edited by Jordan on 10th Feb, 2008.

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Looks really good Carl!

In the 13's at last!.. Just

nice project carl, potential to get a genuine 10second pass with a nicely develop setup on those engines, theres a stalet turbo in new-zealand that does a 10.9, i have'nt the details but have seen it on a dvd & its a mad lil car, ya mini is lighter too! cant wait to see this

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not planning on getting into tne 10s lol ill be glad with low 16s to be honest will be totally standard to begin with

no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.

looking really good carl, im glad to see it progressing

hi not updated for a while due to the fact ive bin to busy to work on mini anyways theres been a bit of progress since last time. exhaust is done (no pics) not that much to do really but the wiring is being a bit of a bugger.

hopefully sorted the radiator out got the inlet and outlet pipes move fitted a spal fan and hoping itll cool enough.





and ive got jordan to thank for these;-



lots to do yet

Edited by Carl on 18th Jun, 2008.

no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.

how were they welded? filleted?

look very tidy

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look good painted dont they.

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Looking good, doesn't look far from being finished!

Ooo shouldn't you have some soft jaws in that vice!

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soft jaws what are they lol. jordan did the shafts so ill let him explain how he did them if he doesnt mind.

no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.

Quiksteel is a marvelous thing. LOL

Well, what carl did was cut his shafts to about the right sizes length wise, and his attempts to weld them were far from......strong.
Any way, turned a large chamfer on both shafts clocked em up and doweled em. welded the recess, machined that back and for good measure sleeved it as well.

I think i got em running better than the BL original. But i think carls having them as a temporary solution until he can afford billet ones.

Edited by Jordan on 18th Jun, 2008.

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got it running last night....sounds.......well.....just like a starlet lol. well chuffed. going in the garage now to do bit more wiring and try to get it rolling, gonna be pushed to get it done for avon.

no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.

Good man carl!!!!!

Im really looking forward to seeing it, when ever that is.....

Keep it up (ooh err)

Congrats on getting it running. Hope you do manage to have it ready for avon.

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Well done mate.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

well had it running for about an hour today, had dirty oil squirting out of the turbo (not put pipes on yet) at first but it stopped after a while and the engine oils new so i think it was just old oil in turbo. radiator only just seems to be coping so ill have to just suck it and see the fan cuts very often but temps staying in middle so im crossing fingures. wirings mostly done got hubs shfts in so not that far off really.

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the exhaust isnt that close to floor its just a bad photo.

no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.

good job carl. The alternator looks well close to the wheel.

That reminds me, You got a bargin on those driveshafts.
I recall you got them for free upto now.

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WELL! i say very good
nearly there !