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Hi new to the forum have had minis for past 10 years but never a turbo mini, building a road legal track day mini but am undecided on what engine to use? i want something seriously fast but dont have a massive budget and will try to do the work myself, there are so many options, std mini turbo, highly ported mini turbo, any ideas on power and perfomance??? or if to (hope this isnt a swear word on the turbo forum but) a supercharged a series.

Please help :)

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Use the search button so much is covered.


Welcome to tm

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-Ford S-max Mk2 Ecoboost
-Rover 100 VVC #2 - track project

Searching is all you need on TurboMinis

Turbo A series can make anything from the standard 94bhp to 300bhp, depending on how much you spend on it.

We measure the cars on the 1/4 mile drag strip, I stand to be corrected, but I have never seen a supercharged A series Mini run what I would call a fast time, e.g. in the 13 seconds area. The fastest road turbo cars are now in the 12 second bracket.

Welcome.

Tom is right superchargers have not delivered the goods yet probably due to not having one available that is 100% suited to A series

Paul

I seriously doubt it!

Tom is right about superchargers. If I ever finish my car, it will be suck through supercharged (not M45) and I wouldn't expect more than 120-130 bananas so not expecting much better than 16 seconds 1/4 miles if I'm lucky.

That said, planed future mod's include heads with more ports, fuel injection and blow through super charging with a modern none oem charger picked for it's suitability on a compressor map not just 'that'll fit'. Aspiring to be comparable to some of the turbo boys around the 200 banana mark....

Thanks for the quick replys, ive tried the search but not sure what im looking for i would like to know if i can make a 200bhp aseries turbocharged engine and what parts and modifications i would need to do this :) if i can get 12 sec 1/4 mile i would be very happy

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12 seconds is a big ask for 200 bananas, you'd need closer to 300.

have a search for gt17. lots of interesting reading for you

wishfull thinking!! :) is the gt17 a saab turbocharger?

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You can achieve 12s with 200 bananas and a light enough car but itll take a few years development

I seriously doubt it!

have been going through all the gt17 topics like the fact you dont have to modify the bulkhead, i cant seem to find any official tech data on it tho wondering if you guys no of a link, also how does this compare in size and performance to the std metro/mini turbo units, ?? :)

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read this

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=10263

Robert pioneered the GT17 revolution

will do, thank you.



im sure more questions will follow, thanks for the great help already

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As Paul says it really is a case of 80 20 theory. 20 percent of the final result takes 80 percent of the effort.

Relatively cheaply you can throw together a mini that will return a mid 14 second quarter mile. But, to get into the mid to low 13`s takes some doing after that.

dont forget deep pockets