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24th Sep, 2013 at 10:31:09am

Looks excellent!

bet your tempted with the rear arms to match it to.

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31st Dec, 2013 at 10:03:10pm

Alright Guys

Thanks for previous comments *smiley* .

I have been enjoying a few hours of uninterrupted tinkering over the holidays.

Thought I would post a quick update on:

Rear beam that it finished earlier in the year

And cooling upgrade - I have been planning on doing it for a while and since my metty rad started leaking I ordered the stuff a few weeks back

The rest of the list looks like this :

Fixed loose drive shaft boot
Replaced timing cover oil seal
Fitted new expansion tank
Changed oil and filter after run in complete
Started fit up of new rad - Alloy MGF, it's big but will fit just, is still thin at 1", but need to change plumbing a bit and move up the IC a bit !
Fitted temp sender for mj for ignition correction
Will need to wire up relay for fan using mj as adjustable fan switch
Fit fan
Fit new rear slave cylinder and bleed

Comments welcome

Happy new year

Brocky

Edited by Brocky on 2nd Jan, 2014.

BTW - I took my buddy VTEC Pete out for a spin this weekend, and even though I am running her in, he gave it a name, the "Brocket"...cause I'm a brocket maaannn, nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah....

Build thread - http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=7483

Katy Mini Owners Club Thread - http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=505552

Let's make sure you embarrass at least one VTEC MINI today !

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1st Jan, 2014 at 01:27:31am

That is a fucking big radiator, but not surprised given your summers! Surprised you don't have an AC condensor on the list!

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Katy TEXAS

1st Jan, 2014 at 05:08:25pm

Hey Dave,

Yeh needs to be down here, it's nice and cool just now but when it's in the 80-90s the original set up struggles even with the stat out. 90-100+ June thru August, it just stays in the garage....

Plan is to try to be able to get to the point of over cooling and work back from that

Your not wrong on the ac, although I am getting acclimatized

Are you still in Kentucky ?

Cheers

Brocky

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Katy TEXAS

2nd Jan, 2014 at 04:02:07am

Heres a couple of pics of the Katy mini clubs first outing a few weeks back

The red one is Pete's v tech if you look closely you can see the boot badge has been modified to 1797 GT

Cheers

Brocky

Edited by Brocky on 2nd Jan, 2014.

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2nd Jan, 2014 at 12:39:17pm

Great looking work Brocky, in those temps keeping N/A cars cool enough is a chore so you are doing well.
Now she is run in what oil do you run ..winter /summer ?? Cheers Darryl

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2nd Jan, 2014 at 01:00:38pm

Your car looks menacing in that pic. Great job with all the work and upgrades that you've done.

Life is always a matter of opinion and quite frankly, no ones opinion really matters.

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Katy TEXAS

2nd Jan, 2014 at 04:59:19pm

Thanks guys

EW - The book calls for 15/40 for the A+, but with the heat I've been using 20/50 which was what I would use in an A series. I must admit I do change it fairly frequently...

What do you both use in what I assume are both hot countries as well ?

Cheers

Brocky

On 2nd Jan, 2014 Earwax said:
Great looking work Brocky, in those temps keeping N/A cars cool enough is a chore so you are doing well.
Now she is run in what oil do you run ..winter /summer ?? Cheers Darryl

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Katy TEXAS

2nd Jan, 2014 at 05:43:18pm

A few more pics from the sunday morning breakfast club run,

Comments welcome

Cheers

Brocky

Edited by Brocky on 2nd Jan, 2014.

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2nd Jan, 2014 at 06:39:04pm

congrats! Lovely mini long way from home *happy*

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Katy TEXAS

2nd Jan, 2014 at 09:22:52pm

Thanks *smiley*

Patience is the main thing, its the little things like not just being able to pop out and pick up a new gasket or slave cylinder etc...

I make alot of my own gaskets now, and adapt some stuff from here,

Scored on the spark plugs though, can get Cooler NGK plugs for around 2 pound 50 *smiley* They are used in a harley of al things.

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2nd Jan, 2014 at 11:11:54pm

Still looking fantastic. Really do love this little car.

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2nd Jan, 2014 at 11:45:32pm

Agreed, the fact it still retains it's original rear plate is a nice touch.

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3rd Jan, 2014 at 06:55:43am

Mines a 1293 running conservative but adjustable boost at 0.3-0.5 bar and I'm using 20w50 with a golf1 front mount rad.

I bought my motor off a local chap already boosted but I'm under the impression that it's pretty stock inside so don't think it'll be long before it goes bang, that's the reason for the lower boost level and me being a noob at boosted A-series. In the interim I'm building up my original motor with the proper internals.

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Katy TEXAS

3rd Jan, 2014 at 11:40:20am

Thanks for the comments, always appreciated

Thought it was a shame to pull the plate off, it is the hand solder mirror line type, it was actually a cop here said there was no problem leaving it on as long as the Texas plate was visible...

Miniac

Yeh I went front mount and never looked back....

Good plan not to trash it if your not sure what's in there, typically the stock turbo crank and rods will be good, it's the gearbox and diff that need to be upgraded

Cheers

Brocky

Edited by Brocky on 3rd Jan, 2014.

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3rd Jan, 2014 at 06:50:40pm

Nice looking cars

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Katy TEXAS

4th Jan, 2014 at 12:54:03am

Thanks
*smiley*

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Katy TEXAS

7th Jan, 2014 at 03:57:24am

Alright chaps

I've been working through the big front mount rad upgrade and while I was in there decided the original section of the black un crushable pipe had seen better days
(in background photo below) and had also suspected possible partial collapsing / choking at higher boost levels recently....

Have had some ss bends and silicone hose in the spare parts bin for years so thought would make use of it, might be a few grams heavier but looks nice and definitely won't be crushing...

Very tight fit - will remove breather next rebuild !

But still quite please with it and will sit in good flow from lower front valance hole, may add some ducting to ?

Comments welcome

Also just thinking....do I need a Tig welder for stainless? I know it's best for alloy, but think it's about time I got a welder and started making some bits to. *smiley*

Cheers

Brocky

Edited by Brocky on 7th Jan, 2014.

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Katy TEXAS

7th Jan, 2014 at 05:41:08am

Getting late but getting there.... *smiley*

Will have to finish mounting bracket off in the morning... No grinding / drilling after 9'lol

Mid night tinkering...

Cheers

Brocky

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7th Jan, 2014 at 08:03:20am

awesome looking cluby

dose that rad have an oil cooler at the top? looks like the two tanks on the side?

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7th Jan, 2014 at 08:17:34am

Really impressive work and car!!!!!!!

love the rear beam *wink*

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Katy TEXAS

7th Jan, 2014 at 09:19:20am

Cheers

Oil cooler is separate behind o/s of ic

On 7th Jan, 2014 Turbo This.. said:
awesome looking cluby

dose that rad have an oil cooler at the top? looks like the two tanks on the side?

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Katy TEXAS

7th Jan, 2014 at 09:20:06am

Thanks.

On 7th Jan, 2014 fred05 said:
Really impressive work and car!!!!!!!

love the rear beam *wink*

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7th Jan, 2014 at 09:42:45am

On 7th Jan, 2014 Brocky said:
Also just thinking....do I need a Tig welder for stainless? I know it's best for alloy, but think it's about time I got a welder and started making some bits to. *smiley*

No, you can buy various grades of stainless wire for MIG machines,

BUT, to get good stainless welds with MIG, you need to use pure argon as the shield gas, not the normal Argon/CO2 mix (called argoshield over here) that is usually used for mild steel, and certainly not the basic CO2 that some use for mild steel.

I did most of my exhaust with stainless MIG (it's quicker than TIG) but I have a cylinder of pure argon in my garage as well as the usual argoshield as I also have a TIG welder (which uses pure argon for virtually everything).

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

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Katy TEXAS

7th Jan, 2014 at 10:42:03am

Ok, thanks

You should see the welding machine we use off shore to weld x65 36" pipe " saturmax 9's " by seri max ! *smiley*

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