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17th Oct, 2011 at 02:45:16pm

Awright guys??
Ive got a clubby and its been sat for years. Finally got it to the bodyshop.
I was told it was running a turbo engine etc-question is do i bother putting in a bulkhead box whilst ive got the chance?????????????.

ps.sorry for the stupid question.
Many thanks

wil_h

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17th Oct, 2011 at 02:53:57pm

No. The best option is to buy/have made an exhaust manifold that will allow the turbo to fit behind the block without any modification to the bulkhead.

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On 2nd Jan, 2013 fastcarl said:
the design shows a distinct lack of imagination,
talk about starting off with a clean sheet of paper, then not bothering to fucking draw on it,lol

On 20th Apr, 2012 Paul S said:
I'm mainly concerned about swirl in the runners caused by the tangential entry.


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17th Oct, 2011 at 03:26:28pm

depends... A bulkhead box is almost certainly the cheapest way of getting a turbo engine into a mini, although not necessarilly the best (see wil_h post above)

Another thing you may wish to take into consideration is that by fitting a bulkhead box, you are tecnically modifying the monecoque, and in doing so, you will be falling into the 'needs a biva' test catagory.....

Its possible/probable that no-one will ever report you, and you will never have any problems, but i must admit, if iwas starting again, i wouldnt have bothered with a bulkhead box, especially as im now on a t2 turbo.....

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17th Oct, 2011 at 03:51:26pm

Im fitting one to mine, but then again ive already cut the front end off. I think it was looked at in mini mag about these tests, and its really only major things they will pull you up on, such as fitting a v8 or something silly sized. Basically anything considered to be a 'major' alteration. At the end of the day, rover fitted them to the ERA, so whos to say it cannot be done, unless someone really wants to be a pita. Personally, if my car was untouched id fit a mirage, if its under resto id fit a box.

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ring problems are down to wear or abuse but although annoying it isn't a show stopper

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Shit the bed! I had snapped the end of my shaft off!!

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