auto to manual, spi to carb turbo. Wideband gauge fitted!
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Nice quick build!

Mg metro cam arrived today
stage two of my build coming soon

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Today I have started tidying up that spi wiring loom. Being tight, I have cut it apart and reused the loom to create what I hope will be a neat and tidy loom. I am trying to keep the alarm and immobiliser active too.









Hopefully have it done tomorrow!

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not a lot left

Done now needs redoing lol

Not the best photo but...

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A little video of my mate driving.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9CJ7ld5a5Q...Gsxsyx4-gArzdfg

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my cars a spi to, not looking forward to doing the wiring,im not as far on with mine tho,are you fitting the mg cam now or going run it for a bit first is yours a cooper spi

It took me most of the day to figure it out, however I have made some notes that you may find useful that I could pop on here. My car is a mayfair and the spi lump was for sprite/mayfair so 9.4:1 cr and mild cam. Will be after xmas before I do the cam as looking to get a x pin diff and check gearbox over whilst im in there.

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Better photo of the bay after wiring done.

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yeah that would be great if you can give me a few pointers with the wiring,im probabley going to go with the amethyst dizzy to,with cam belt set up to to make it more acurate.

pm'd you fixitphil2

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Just read through all of this thread. Great work dude.
If you fancy building an engine for me or converting mine over just give me a shout

1986 renault 5 gt turbo
1989 Renault extra
1991 R32 GTR
1998 Mini MPI
1999 Nissan Elgrand

What little knowledge I have I dont mind sharing. :)

On 29th Dec, 2014 slammed 66 said:
Just read through all of this thread. Great work dude.
If you fancy building an engine for me or converting mine over just give me a shout

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Ok, its update time.
Have clocked a good few miles up since being turbo'd, really happy with it and I trust it to be reliable. My only issues are:
Final drive is way too tall, at 77mph its at 5500rpm!

Selecting gears is good apart from if stationary at the lights for example I have to select third then first. both first and second gears are hard to select from a stand still. If I change in to first or second at walking pace or more its fine.

When the clutch is depressed there is a noise which I believe is release bearing. It does not slip and it does disengage as it should.

It runs out of steam at 5000rpm so I have bought a mg metro n/a cam to go in.

Im thinking of going with a cross pin diff whilst its in bits.

I have never even looked inside a gearbox so any advice you guys have will be gratefully received.

Should these hair line cracks be here?






Also the housing was oily before I cleaned it but around the crank seal was clean so do I guess the oil is seeping through these cracks when hot?

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The lines aren't cracks so don't worry about that, but I'd change that oil seal if I was you. I don't think there's any other way for oil to get oil in there?

If the seal was new and you don't think the oil seal should have failed, check the condition and clearance on the main bearings while it's apart for the cam change

Edited by PhilR on 12th Jan, 2015.

They are not cracks. A lot of cases have them. I think its some kind of casting marks. A cross pin diff is always a good choice too.

Made in Poland build thread:
http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.p...tid=570363&fr=0

Thanks guys, I will check. At least I know the casing is ok.

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So I have stripped the gearbox, found it easy to do being my first one. Everything seems fine.

How many bearings should be in the layshalf? I thought it was three, one small and two bigger ones?

I had a problem selecting first or second gear with the engine running and car stationary. I cant seem to find the fault in the gearbox, everything selects fine, baulk rings are same thickness as fourth gear at 0.9mm. Any ideas?

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Well this is how my dinning table looks at the moment. Cant do anymore until I collect the parts from Guessworks at bingley.

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Any update yet fella?

Hi btw not far from you in Lincs :)

Getting there, im being a tight arse and ordering one thing at a time. Getting the right shims etc takes time with post. Diff is in, just getting the idler gear shimmed up now. Ordered new cam followers for the na metro cam and new valve stem seals for my stock head until I gather the funds to have it done properly. Definately progress just slow at the min.

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At least you have had yours running haha
I am still building the engine and doing body work.
Keep up the good work and keep us all posted really good thread you have

I have only had it running as it was thrown together lol.
My problem is that I lose interest if its off the road too long so I do a bit then drive it a bit then do a bit more.
Mine needs a new front end really as rust is coming through. Im not good with body work though.
where abouts in lincs are you?

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Sent you a PM fella