mini 1430
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hi guys, i currently finished building a 1430cc mini with the following stuff in it:i have omega 11cc pistons with steel rods and crank, 296sp camshaft and lsd quaife, straight cut gearbox cl with drop gears, the cylinder head is 37,31, double valves springs, with a 1.5high lift rockers, now i was thinking of opening the head again lowering the compression adn getting a turbo kit. which company do you think is the best deal i can get and from which company. putting on the biggest turbo possible is which? and were can i find that? and how much bhp would that get me up to. if someone can answer these questions it would be greatly appriciated. thanks

You could put a turbo the size of a spacehopper on it, but bigger is not always better.

Have a search.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

I would sell the 1430 and start again. So many aspects of it are great for an NA engine but do not work with a turbo.

You want the correct size turbo, not the biggest.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

thanks for the reply guys, i agress with paul s, the thing is i just finished building this mini. i race hillclimbing with it so im better off starting a new one, 16v maybe ? are der any ready 16v turbo engines ready so i can ship them to malta? thanks again guys tc!

This would be your best bet in my opinion:

Edited by Paul S on 4th Dec, 2008.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

contact redwing on here john, give him a PM personall message

he has a Superb! turbo mini in malta which i have done a lot of work for him when he flew over a dozen times to the BENROSS HQ

maltas not a big island