New forced induction setup launch at L2B
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I agree with that! Pics please. Either of the car at the weekend or current pics of it now. Did anyone see it and get any snaps? Did it look any good?

is this really out there.......

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on a carb?
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on Injection?

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Someone must have seen my M45 setup a couple of years ago and knew how to make it work, well I hope they can cos I couldnt LOL

What couldn't you get to work Eaton_Mini?

Mr. Prawn, the friendly Crustacean- slowly making steps towards forced induction.

My M45 on the front of my MPi engine. More due to a lack of time and manufacturing skills than anything else really. This was late 2005

Edited by eaton_mini on 20th May, 2009.

shame,

looks like a promising start,

i'd say with a plenum and an intercooler and injectors mounted like an spi that could have been good.

Ive still got everything other than the Megasquirt I was using. Once I have my 7 port clubbie running (N/A) Ill be going back to this and picking everyones brains on here about how to make it work properly, although I am thinking of chopping the M45 for a rotrex as thats much much smaller and more effiecient!

Oh and Mini13, I know your running forced induction, but what camshaft are you using in your 7 port? I still havent decided what to put in my NA one.....1380cc steel crank lightened balanced etc etc

it'd be much easier to fuel using a turbo carb I'd think, unless you specifically wanted to use injection....

Mr. Prawn, the friendly Crustacean- slowly making steps towards forced induction.

Eaton Mini any more pics? I am just at the stage of lplaying around with mounting positions at the moment. Anything that saves a bit of time having been tried before would be good. What was your biggest obstical? Thanks

I'm running an avonbar Phase 2,
was running a Kent 266 in the "peliminary" engine.

from what i've heard whn NA the 7 ports suite a hot cam better (296 up) as they have such big inlet ports.

Lockfast, Im sure I have some other photos somewhere Ill put them up when I find them. My main problem was stopping the belt slipping, I used the standard MPi set up and got a longer belt and a couple of tensioners. The way I had put it all together meant I didnt achieve a good enoough wrap around on the SC or the alternator. Plus I didnt have an IC to put above my rocker cover so that was a solid pipe to start with.

I have learnt by my mistakes though, the only thing that I sold on was the MS2 as that got traded in for the head I bought.

When I re attack this, I will be mounting my SC lower, so it will be at grille height, so that means remote oil filter housing etc etc and also running a dedicated belt rather than trying to do the whole lot off one.

Mini13.........296 and up!!! I was thinking of getting a piper 285/2, should I be looking hotter than this for the best from my engine???

thats what i have heard,

Swiftune are probably worth talking to as i know the have build a few AKM headed minis.

also woth noting is Minispeed redued the inlet port sizes (atleast at the manifold face anyway) to use dcoe40's rather than 45's it may be that the minisport heads are a lille better for road stuff and may wok with a more docile cam.

I believe the best cam for all round performance on a 7 port is a 649.

i suppose it all comes down to what you want the car for, and what your driving styles like.

i think your on to somthing there,

perhaps a piper 300, isnt it suposed to be a good 649?

eaton_mini -


How have you mounted that charger? I'd like something like that but still suck through!

Would love a copy of the mounts and alternator mounting..... Would you make another set?

Lightweight racer coming soon.

Radleigh: Why would you stay suck through?

For the sake of buying a Turbo carb or converting an N/A for FI use, you could get ride of the worst part of the whole suck through set-up....the suck!!

If your going to the effort of mounting it up the front then make it blow through and intercool it!

see what sort of power these things can make, when properly installed!

I was wondering what the advantage of front mounting the charger is if you're going to go suck through, there surely can't be any?

I'll be going blow through no matter what....

Mr. Prawn, the friendly Crustacean- slowly making steps towards forced induction.

Sorry everyone

As it happened, we diidnt make it to Crystal palace on Saturday. We had it running with the mega squirt but for some unforseen errors in the planning, it just wasnt ready for the show.

Trust me, this is happening. We got it firing and running but we need to sort the fueling and re-site the intercooler but we left it to late to get any modifications done to the components we had.

i do have a pic of the setup while it was being installed in various stages. Its now down to be shown at Gaydon and Mini mag are to feature the car. Im hoping to have the car back well before then so can get all the pics you want. Can take people out for a blast if they fancy it!

As i said, i do have pics but, as im sure you can all understand, im a bit reluctant to splash it all round the net. If someone is genuinly interested the mail me and i can forward a pic but do ask that it is not to be hosted anywhere please.

Its so close to being finished. Its so annoying. Someone else is being drafted in to finish it of but he is involved in F1 so can only spare a couple of days in the week to work on it so it is still not going to be done at the speed im hoping to happen. All should be more clear next week i hope.

Thanks for the interest everyone and the support from Turbominis.

Could do with a sticker too!! lol

Johnny

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i heard of this about 3 weeks ago a mate of mine was up at slarks picking something up and neil showed it to him, if everything ive heard is true, i must admit im tempted to chuck it on the mrs cooper when we restore it at the end of the year

eaten_mini, i just built my 7 port up for London to Brighton with a kent 310 and was amazed how driveable it was.

I have driven a 310 on a 5 port and it was as you would expect, not much happening down in the revs. But on the 7 port it was so much smoother down low.

Unfortunately I couldn't tell you what it was like up high in the revs, as an exhaust valve stuck in the guide on the M23 on the way to Crystal Palace. it snapped the top of the valve of and punched its way through the piston.

But still, i was really impressed with how well it drove on a wilder cam.

Hmm interesting.

What I dont want is an engine that ticks over at 1500 and doesnt pull til 4000 odd. Want something nice and drivable without having to gun the nuts off it all the time.......... maybe a piper 300 is the way to go then?

the 7 port will naturally produce more torque down low so wouldn't that help the drivability of any cam, changing its profile i.e. lumpy, horrible to drive down low, to something thats not as bad?

"Cars are a lifetime of pain"

OUCH!

what one? 2 or 3 ex?