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I've been hovering around on this site for a while now so thought I'd show you my piece of crap car.


I got my mini at the young age of 14.
It looked like this:


about 4 years and a grand later:



Since then it's had around 5 grand spent, around 7 engines.
I had a 1380 motor but it died, so now have a 998 to keep me going, while I rebuild the 1380.


It now looks like:




SPEC:

Suspension:

Metro front hubs
adjustable bottom arms
adjustable tie bars
hi-los
gaz shocks

Brakes:

Goodridge hoses
vented discs
metro 4 pots
Standard rear

Current engine
998 stage 1



1380 spec:

73.5mm bore = 1380cc
powermax dished pistons
turbo rods
turbo crank
Kent 266 cam
standard pressed 1.27' rockers
duplex timing gear
Ported MG Metro leaded head v
valve sizes are: Inlet = 1.401"/35.6mm, Exhaust = 1.15"/29.2mm
Double valve springs
HIF44 carb
Alloy heated inlet manifold
ram air foam filter
minisport lCB
Maniflow 1.75" single box system
3.21 final drive
metro turbo diff
1275 distributor
standard clutch (for now)
Centre main strap
Cheap chinease radiator
1275gt oil cooler


Interior:
Recaro rs2000 seats
Cheap ebay dash
harness'
mountney wheel
some gauges
Safety devices 6 point cage, removeable diagonal.


I've got the majority of bits to turbo it now aswell. Which will be added to the 1380 motor. I'll run it N/A again for a while until im absolutly ready to add the turbo parts.

Standard Metro turbo setup, escort rst intercooler, cheapy dumpvalve.

I have a thread on TMF:



But its realy boring, long and far too detailed.

Everything is done on the cheap, because im a student living off my loan. The car is my daily driver aswell!

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nice car ive noticed it at a few of the shows and helplessly passed it on the side of the road during the riveria run (sorry couldnt of helped)

Edited by longy on 28th Oct, 2010.

1972 998 TURBO SLEEPER

That was the reason for me stopping on the riv un.

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bugger what a pain in the arse, hope you didnt have to wait long for the tow truck

1972 998 TURBO SLEEPER

they picked me up at 11:30 at night, i was in the pub about a mile away all day.

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Should have taken some JB weld with you

What happened there? Did the balljoint just work itself loose?

Sorry if it's clear from the pics, I'm on my phone.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

The top of the hub where the balljoint cup screws on, sheered off. It was this that made me convert to the metro hubs.

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nice looking car ......Pagent blue?

7 engines you must have a lead foot ...lol

naaaa it's honda vivid blue pearl. I've killed a few engines, but ive got bored of some and just moved on. Oddly it was my £200 1380 engine that lasted the longest.

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Been building my 1380 engine which I will run N/A for a while, and got used to and fitted the megajolt.

Then will source a new head, get some 28cc chambers in it, and fit all my metro turbo parts.




Sorry about crap phone pics, I hope to have it running in the next few days.

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looks good, bet its annoying having the 998 instead of the 1380.

Seen this at riv run, looks like a nice car. Bit of a shitter about the ball joint mate

Rich

2012 Avon class c 2nd place 13.8 @98mph

Yeah, wasn't too bothered about the balljoint, it fucks up every other week, being that its a budget built car, driven hard everyday.





Rebuilt.




Cleaning everything, and polishing all gasket faces is taking ages. Hopefully it'll pay off and i won't have any oil leaks.

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nice project engines sweet when finished

998 out




Nice big hole, and me being a twat.





Didn't get a pic of it all welded and the bulkhead fold for the actuator, quite happy with the outcome to be honest.


Tomorrow, a bit of paint on the bulkhead, 1380 motor in.

I've got a cross pin diff and straight cut drops on their way to me from a couple of members off here.

And my crank pulley should be back from the machine shop soon, so I can fit my megajolt in the next coming weeks.





Nearly there now.

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Ha Ha Ha you look like one of those Jedwood twins.

you have better taste than the tosspots though lol

Edited by wolfie on 30th Jan, 2011.

coming along now and looking good

It might be stating the bleeding obvious, but in the picture of the balljoint failure it looks like the locktab has never been bent up...

Metric is for people who can't do fractions.

It had been, doesn't look like it in the pic, but at the back you can see it had, I re-used the locktab and had to flatten it first. That's all in the past now, running metro hubs, and moving on.

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Getting there, I wanted it running today though, I need to get back to uni tomorrow in it.

Edited by mini_mad69 on 31st Jan, 2011.

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Got it going today, well once I got the dizzy the right way around


It's got a bad knocking noise up top somewhere though, it runs great, with fantastic oil preasure etc.

I think the rocker shaft/rockers might have shit themselves, so will give it a go at changing that and fit a better carb.

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Check that a rocker isn't hitting the cover.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

Did that, I was hoping it was that simple. No marks on the inside, and I tried 2 different covers. I've got a rocker assembly with me so I will give that a go.

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Got this all machined up, I know that your not meant to have the wheel on the outside of the damper, but plenty of people do it with minimal problems. Still no idea whats knocking though.

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