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First time here really like the site, loads of interesting stuff and some excellent cars. Here are a few shots of mine. (First go hope this pics come out ok)





1310, machined for GRP A head gasket, 10cc Dished Omega Pistons, 274 Cam, Hybrid Turbo, dump valve, bleed valve, Intercooler off of Nissan 300ZX, Quick enough for now. I'm getting a Stage 3 Head to help it along a bit further soon.



Twin.
Purple one's the girl friend?s old car just been rebuilt and re-sprayed to sell sadly not a Turbo. Details in for sale section shortly.

Edited by Soton1310Turbo on 19th May, 2004.

Mate your MINI looks Wicked !!!

What is the intercooler from ?

TurboLessTosser

The Intercooler's off of a Nissan 300ZX.
I think they also use it some of the olde skylines too.

where abouts in southampton are you from, i live in winchester but my dad lives in soton and i go to college there i dont think i have seen you around..

I live in Totton.

Cars off the road at the mo' about a month now
Had a few problems with a new stage 3 head.
Had it off and rebuilt 3 times now.

Head's been sent back as it's got a crack in it somewhere.
Hopefully the guy i bought it off of will replace it and pay for my wasted headgaskets etc their GRP A at about ?90 a go.

About ?250 wasted so far on gaskets, oil etc

Edited by Soton1310Turbo on 4th May, 2004.

yes car look just the part, very nice.

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on a carb?
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on Injection?

http://www.mattwoodsphotography.com

i thought you could re-use group a gaskets. probably wrong tho...

car is very nice. love the deseamed look, photos are briliant as well!

And on the 7th day........... God created turbochargers!

>car is very nice. love the deseamed look, photos are briliant as well!
cheers


A couple of people have suggested to me that you can re-use them but several other people say not.

Not sure really

not sure if it'll make a good seal the second time with out adding a couple of extra Nm's but shouldn't really do that either.

pricey but better safe than sorry

The bloke I bought the head off of (Stuart Gurr of VMAX) has confirmed there's a hole near the exhaust port on No. 2

He's building me another head and sending a new head gasket free of charge so not too bad after all.

nice mate, very very nice
love everything bout the car
have you contacted any mags with the thing cos i am sure they would jump at it!

cheers

I want to do a couple of things to the car first

When it's where I want it to be I'll have a go at getting in one or both of the mini mags, if they're interested

they will be

AlexF

like the blue colour, what is it? :cool:

The Blue's a colour from a local haulage firm from southampton
It's called 'Norman Offer blue'

My brother works in a truck garage so got the paint from there

Vaxhall do a similar colour though