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hi thought id sign up and rack ur brains been into minis for years grassed track them and spent 2 years building one for the road and now looking at turboing it ive got a 1275 and am looking at going 1380 i have a t3 turbo to fit so any help and advice on parts and c/r etc would be great sorry to go on straight away

use the search mate

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hello mate yer am doing now and finding some helpfull stuff cheers

for CR 8.5 is a good area to aim for,

for a staring point have a read through Phils site.

http://www.turbo-mini.com/

thanks been on there very helpful website

if i was doing 1380 turbo i would go CR 7.2

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why?

less wear to the bore

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what sort of boost can you run with that c/r?? roulghly what power have people had in the past out of a 1380 t3

look for BENROSS

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that makes no sense

Edited by Joe C on 11th Aug, 2011.

Welcome.

7.2:1 CR will be shite of boost and take ages to make any useful boost. Listen to uncle Joe

haha ok this is why i asked coz i keep finding different answers and dont want to get it wrong

This is 8.2:1 and 174bhp. Goes well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkF4ysjnNcs...yer_profilepage

hello and welcome
you'll soon find the info you need on here.

one day boost will be mine!

what is it 1293

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standard turbo pistons. It will be seeing at least 22psi this weekend. 17psi in the video.

very nice wouldnt mind that sort of power

nice one

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yeah, on my new engine I'm on about 8.2:1 and ive been putting 19psi in on 97 octane, thats probably pushing it though.

golden rules, fit an intercooler, get the CR between 8-8.5 if your going to run a bar or more, or about 9 if your going to run less, run a shortish duration cam. fit an x pin diff.

if you have a power figure in mine, then you can get a better idea.

allready got an intercooler ready well id be happy getting around 150ish maybe more

cosworth 4x4 is a good cooler but you will need to cut and mod the ends to fit

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ok your looking at needing about 15-17 psi boost, aim for 8.5:1 CR it'll give you room to push the boost higher, or run on crap fuel in a pinch.

camwise, the MG metro cam is good, as is the Kent 266, the Avonbar Phase 2 is very good, and so far my calver RE13T seems very good too.

head wise, go for somthing thats flowed but not with massive valves, somthing like 36x31.

at 150 you'll just about get away with a good std rebuilt box, but as i said change the diff for the X pin

the T3 is ok but a lot of people are moving on to more modern turbo's like the GT17 from the Saab 95 but you can think about that at a later date.

thats brilliant thanks for all ur help everyone also im going for a c/r s/c box

Edited by arron81 on 12th Aug, 2011.