Here's mine
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here's a pic of the chamber



here's a crap pic of the inlet ports

and here's a wheel before I polished it



and here's an almost finished wheel

here's my engine where I heard it run for the first time
it's a 21'000 mile'er and run's like a dream

Edited by billydude on 19th Aug, 2003.

I think this is the last pic I have of it



but I will have a look and see if I can find anymore

Wow I have more

http://www.smartgroups.com/picvault/125130...pg/DSCF0026.jpg

http://www.smartgroups.com/picvault/126494...pg/DSCF0023.jpg

http://www.smartgroups.com/picvault/126495...pg/DSCF0025.jpg

and if you want to see pic's of my other mini too check out the link below

http://www.smartgroups.com/pictures/listal...cfm?GID=1739874

Haha, I love it mate. Bet it surprises a few things!!

You've done a really nice job on those wheels, too :) - I tried polishing some wheels once.. didnt exactly turn out as planned

it suprise's most people
I have'nt realy booted it since fitting that engine
yet the old engine I hammered everywhere on at least 12psi
I have only had a few race's as such
most people bottle it when they hear me change gear
I have terrorised a few mini beamer's in it
but never had one try and race me
yet I realy realy need to race one with it
that wheel has took me 25-30 hour's so far
only another 3 to go

Oh and I struggle to get passenger's in it
most people will only come in it once
if I promise not to boot it
but of course I alway's do boot it if a big deal is made about it

Edited by billydude on 19th Aug, 2003.

there's a few more pic's here http://communities.msn.co.uk/myminibits/sh....msnw?Page=Last

includeing the dimensions of a bulkhead box with pic's I anyone fancy's makeing their own

Hahaha, I can imagine

Where abouts do you live mate?

What brakes are you running?

I'm in Leicester
brake's now that's the scary part
84 solid disc's with black stuff pad's and braided hose's
but it need's 4 pot's badly
I have to brake much earlier than I would like

it's comeing back off the road for a while for me to sort it out properly soon
then I have to choose a colour for it
it might end up vermillion red
but it's purple everywhere so if it goe's vermillion I will paint the inside satin black I think

I adore that car!!

How did you fit the dump valve? Do you have to weld a collar on to the plenum chamber or is there an easier way to do it?

there is a pipe welded onto the plenium for the dump valve
I never did it though
I'm planning on fitting a Saab re-circulateing dump valve to quiten it down
it's too damn noisey for me with the dump valve
maybe I'm getting old afterall I'm 29 soon

It looks like a really neat job, how much of the work did you do yourself?

Team Racing

it had a high compression lump with all the turbo stuff on when I brought it
but that did'nt last too long before it devolped a slight knock
so I sourced the proper mg turbo bottom end and slapped it in

it's pretty quick it can keep with golf gti 16valve's with no hassle
but that said my mate in the 16valve rekon's we was at 110-115 I doubt it in all honesty more like 90-95 but with no speedo it's not easy for me to guess

but I doubt it would touch you guy's with either big wallets or big overdrafts though

You were really lucky to buy that! You can see the previous owner put a lot of thought and work into the intercooler etc. It really is very neat. Why did he sell it??

Team Racing

it was a scrap yard find
it's off the road for a while now for a serious make over and to cure all the little niggley fault's I have found

I have a speedo for it now though
but I can't decide which rev counter to use in it

what your saying someone throw a complete running mini turbo into the scrap yard???
did you notr contact the previous owner to find out why???
think i would of???

Everyone knows that instructions only have to be read if the thing doesn't work....

it was a council abandonded vehcle pick up
I have comunicated with the previous owner last year

I bet he was reall pi$$ed off to lose this, I think I'd feel a little guilty, although you didn't do anything wrong, the previous owner had his pride and joy snatched from him. What did the previous owner say?

Team Racing

well I did give the oppuntunity to have it back for what it cost me
eventhough I had to scrap a shell that I'd done all the welding on to save it
but after what I consider more than a reasonable amount of time MY money was still tied up in it and it was still outside my front door
I then decided enough is enough
then I left it untouched for a further 3 month's due to commitment's
then one day decided feck and booked it in for an mot
and spent the following week sorting load's of fault's out ready for a test
I did feel guilty but everyone I know and spoke to said I should have told him to feck off from day one
and the fact the car had been stood abandoned at the side of the road for the best part of a year judgeing by the state of the front disc's !
if he cared so much he should have dealt with it in my opinion !
I have had lot's of council notice's on my project's but they never got to tow them away as I alway's moved them as soon as the notice was served

Hey billydude.......... what radiator are you using under that cossie cooler??

it's a metro rad it's tight but it fits