The reason things have been abit quiet with the mini. Warning, JDM inside.
Turbo Mini Forums

LOOKS REALLY NICE MATE I LOVE JAP MOTORS

Awesome car, i love 200sx's, CA18? looks like the inlet manifold.

Sturgeo/Sherlock, yesh unfortunately it is the CA18!! ive got my eyes peeled for a s14 scrapper that i can strip for its bits, Engine, hubs, brakes mainly!

Well its blown up.

Time for an engine swap!

aww no sorry to hear that :(

Yes i moved to the darkside

Instagram @jdm_brett

Awww no... Wot happened
mate??

That mini is determined to Kill me!!!!

Gayness. Any idea what happened yet?

On 12th Nov, 2009 Paul S said:

I think Gary OS has taken over my role as the forum smart arse

Not cool !

"So wat we gonna do tonight Brain?"
"Same thing we do evernight Pinky!"
"Try to take over the world!"

By the sounds of it the bottom end has gone again. It shouldn't have gone becuase it's a good crank, new bearings and new rods. So I don't know why it's happened.

I'm under no illusions however! It must have been something that I have done wrong when building it. I just don't understand what! Bearings went in clean with abit of oil on them, crank span nicely when torqued up on the mains, still span nicely when torqued up on the bigends. So when I have swapped the engines over I will strip it and find out.

Hopefully it's not screwed up the rods and I can sell them on and regain some funds. Also got the head gasket to sell on, new timing belt kit, ported head. So hopefully I can regain some sort of cost from it.

Oh well onwards and upwards.

ARSE! believe me I know how you feel! Oil starveation/ blocked oil way?
Shane

turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)

Denis O'Brien.

How about putting a longitudinal A series in there?

In all honesty i was thinking of droping an SR in there and probable will.

They seem alot more reliable than the CA and i havent heard all that many stories of them throwing thier ends......Have you come across alot Denis?

I would go RB25 but there are a few reasons im shying away from it:

Insurance....they dont really like the idea of me putting one in but arent too bothered about the SR

Expense....they arent that much more than a SR to buy but if anything goes wrong its a different story.

Then there is the plus sides for an RB:

The noise
The noise
reliable high power
oh and the noise!!

Shane: I still have alot of catching up to do in order to be worse of than you! Anyone would have thought im trying though!!

turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)

Denis O'Brien.

Yeah the plan is for an oil temp and oil pressure gauge!

Pained me with the CA not knowing what was going on!!

Also getting a wideband on there so i know whats happening on that front.

I have a motor that has done around 70K lined up so i'll get the fella to knock the cam cover off and get me some pictures and info on the state of play.

I'll douple check it for myself when i pick it up to be sure.

TBH im going to be looking after it as best i know so as long as its in good condition when i buy it then all should be fine.

Ill have you know, Ive actually racked up a whole two and a half months of relaibility!
PMSL
Shane

slightly off topic (seeing as it has already been brought up) but a 2JZ GE could be had for bout 100 quid if you know where to look people just cant get rid... and a 1JZGTE complete running supra dona say 300quid

you cannot beat the sound of a straight 6!!

Yes i moved to the darkside

Instagram @jdm_brett

This suprises me to be honest, I've had very little to nothing to do with Jap stuff, but I always thought they were super reliable, especially the engines which I thought were bombproof.

tom most toyota engines really are bomb proof, massively over engineered

nissan on the other hand have somewhat of a bad name surrounding them the engine are brilliant when they work but temperamental at the best of times parts in general are around 3 times the price

cannot comment on others really

Edited by Brett on 8th Nov, 2009.

Yes i moved to the darkside

Instagram @jdm_brett

ive been warned against the navara's

a garage local to me has 2 outside awaiting bottom end rebuilds, its seems not all is as thought in the nissan camp?

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

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

Yes i moved to the darkside

Instagram @jdm_brett

The problem with fitting a 1/2JZ in there is fact that its more work that I can currently fit into my life and more money than I can currently afford!

The thing with the SR swap is that ican bolt it straight in with only swapping minimal bits over, crack out the soldering iron and have it running in a weekend!

The only extra expense SHOULD be a different rad (I can make the original work for the time being) and a good service!

I can use majority of the bits of the CA engine like the turbo and air flow sensor etc and I will only have to get a tubular manifold and bigger injectors before a remap should see an easy 350+ bananas. But I'm not sure I want to put that stress on a daily drivers engine. We will see. Afterall i'll only get bored!

I'm already dreaming of a nice FD hmmm 4 rotor noises!

Dennis, do you have much dealings with the RB20 engine?

Apart from the fact that i had might aswell just go straight in with the RB25.

I have the option to pick one up on the cheap and just wondering what thier reputation is like.

The SR that i had my deposit down on dropped a load of metal filings out with the oil when the guy was getting it ready for transport.

Shame, glad he was honest though!

Bottom ends are always going to suffer when not looked after properly. Cant beat the old RB, they are well over engineered, as long as they are maintained well then they dont give trouble.