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Holy shit! Did the drop a screw in there?

I hope you are on the mend

I run a supercharger and I don't care the TB is on the wrong side.
VEMS + 12 PSI + Liquid Intercooler = Small Bore FUN!

Get well soon mate.

I have started posting on Instagram also my name on there is turbomk1golf

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

Spiral fracture of the fibula, and torn the ligament from the ankle!

That there screw is going sideways holding the bone back together!

This is FORD country, on a quiet day you can hear Vauxhalls rusting.

Jesus. That must have been unpleasant. Get well soon.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

Found a suitable place for the silencer

Just need to get hold of a large enough clamp.



Any idea how hot a silencer gets? Could do without the bracket getting too hot!

This is FORD country, on a quiet day you can hear Vauxhalls rusting.

Intercooler has arrived



Granted, far from ideal place to put it. But can't see too many other options?? Ideas anybody?!



Making a new pipe, as I reckon I could have a mikalor clamp issue!

Also had to make myself a new bonnet as I 'lent' mine out to a friend of a friend...

Edited by steve w on 12th Nov, 2016.

This is FORD country, on a quiet day you can hear Vauxhalls rusting.

Charge cooler with auxiliary rad up front?

Some vents in the rear quarters to the intercooler? And some holes/vents in the boot to give it a path to flow to?
Just guesswork, i dont know if it'll work, i think there is some aero stuff on the carbon weezel website?

Was thinking of something like this

This is FORD country, on a quiet day you can hear Vauxhalls rusting.

Chargecooler is the best option. I run an IC at the rear of my kit car and it's pretty useless even with a fan on.

The silencer will get pretty hot that close to the engine. I'd be tempted to put some insulation between the bracket.

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph

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Made a 2nd bracket and mounted the silencer with 2 large mikalor clamps.


Need to buy a few bends and join it to the downpipe, then that's the exhaust done.

New water pipes are being welded up next week, then it's just the intercooler and boost pipes to go

This is FORD country, on a quiet day you can hear Vauxhalls rusting.

Water pipes are all welded up.

Once they're fitted, just need a hose blank and a few clamps and that's the water system all done

This is FORD country, on a quiet day you can hear Vauxhalls rusting.

Very nice!

Very nice!

I run a supercharger and I don't care the TB is on the wrong side.
VEMS + 12 PSI + Liquid Intercooler = Small Bore FUN!

Thats some damn fine welding

1/4 Mile 14.3secs 96Mph Terminal 10psi of boost.


Fibreglass Parts? - http://www.tdkracing.co.uk/
Split Rims? - http://www.force-racing.co.uk/

On 14th Dec, 2016 MikeRace said:
Thats some damn fine welding

This is FORD country, on a quiet day you can hear Vauxhalls rusting.

Really pleased to see progress on this. There's some lovely touches going into it.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

After offering up the intercooler several times, I've ordered one of these from PWR in Australia instead

Just deciding whether to go with an ice tank and/or a front mounted rad

This is FORD country, on a quiet day you can hear Vauxhalls rusting.

They have an office in Tamworth (West Mids) I've walked around their stores and weighed several bits, so it should come from there? But first class quality for everything I looked at, even a sneaky peak at the F1 stuff they pretty well exclusively they do, don't forget the weight of all the supporting bits and pieces

Yeah, they do the rads at work so I know the quality is good.

They have 1 in the U.K. So I'm having that.

I'm not too worried about the weight, be good of to get more over the front!

This is FORD country, on a quiet day you can hear Vauxhalls rusting.

First couple of parts have arrived



Just waiting for the water pump to arrive. Went for a 130lt/min alloy bodied one.

Exhaust bends are here now as well, so it's time to get that mocked up and welded.

This is FORD country, on a quiet day you can hear Vauxhalls rusting.

Pump is here. Time to start joining all the bits together!

This is FORD country, on a quiet day you can hear Vauxhalls rusting.

My brother in law had what looked like exactly the same break last year.

Nasty!

In the 13's at last!.. Just

Pump or chargecooler?

This is FORD country, on a quiet day you can hear Vauxhalls rusting.

Made progress with the exhaust today

Bought one of these a while ago, but the radius of the bend was way too big



So had my friendly fabricator do this




Amazed with the result. Having a slip joint fitted to it tomorrow, then just a right angle needed to attach it to the downpipe.

Engine water system now needs a short length of 8mm hose for the turbo water feed and it's finally complete too.

Next up is to order hoses and fit the chargecooler, before finishing up with the water system for that.

Getting there at last!

This is FORD country, on a quiet day you can hear Vauxhalls rusting.