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aye but thats just for now. gonna get it on the road for a year then might be thinking about throwing a 2.0l red top or v-tec at it.

alas, i've bought a motor, a metro turbo one at that!

heres the spec for ya

New Built Engine
Metro Turbo Block Bored To 1293Cc,
New Omega Pistons,
Standared Turbo Crank,
New Mains,
New Bigends,
Centre Main Strap,
New High Pressure Oil Pump,
Big Vave Head,
Polished Ported,
Broze Guides,
New Double Heavey Duty Valve Springs,
Standared T3 Turbo
New Avonbar 13 Psi Actuator,
New Avonbar Dizzy
New Avonbar Dump Valve
New Avon Bar 10 Psi Carb Needle,New 2"
Rs Turbo Inter Cooler
New Hell Oil Cooler With Braded Hoses,
New Grey Diaphram, AP Rally/Race clutch
Recon Turbo Gear Box With Cenre Oil Pick Up,
Duplex Timing Gear,
Standard Turbo Cam,
comes with side rad and fan
silicome hoses throughout

and some pics















i've got a chioce of running it with or with out an intercooler, i may run it without for now. can't fit it just yet, need to hack away at the bulkhead to create space for the turbo!

turbo'd mini love it.

You really should of entered car of the year matey DO IT NEXTYEAR AS YOU WILL BE GETTING MY VOTE.

That will sound great Once running and will go like a mother.

Love it matey.

quality mate, really going to look gud under the bonnet cant wait till ya come out in it.

i can't wait till i hear the sound it makes, woooooosh, tissss. almost make me wanna get a loan.........

wow, you are still my hero, i love it, is it tricky to get the engine running on a turbo ?

the engine was originally from a metro turbo (the ones they made between 1980-90). it the same enigne as a 1.3 mini but all they did was lower the compression ratio (to about 9.4:1 i think) sealed the carb and beefed up vital stress parts. their compression ratio was marginally acceptable.

basically you can turbo just about anything!

as for fitment into a mini, you have 2 choices regarding the bulkhead, you can either buy a 350pound manifold that only allows fitment of a t2 turbo (the r5 turbo is what is mainly used) but mean you don't have to cut the shell. or the other option is to chop away at the bulkhead to make room, and fit a 40pound bulkhead box.

WOW!

This all sounds too good! lol Lovin the turbo...Well I can finally give you this Link! TurboMini

Keep up the good work!

forgot to add it came with an injection tank aswell! spent most of the weekend cleaning, and checking the spec. but also had time to improve the interior. i'm getting rid of the old worn out switches and replacing them with some shiny new savage ones! only have 1 at the mo but more will come soon.....

i'm finished............



ha got you all looking! nope still a while to go yet. just had to throw my engine in for now to make sure i was cutting the right place. seems a bit cramed in there, don't forget i also have to try and fit an intercooler in aswell!





you can see there isn't much room for the carb



and the parts of the turbo that get in the way!



at the moment i have almost cut a whole for it. hope to have it welded in and primered by next sunday.

woow amazing looks really well, bet you cant wait now, should be fairly quick what do you expect 0-60 7-8sec???. Will the old fire wall go straight down instead of slanted in order to give the clearance?? Looks gud again

0-60 i reckon about 7-8 seconds yea, am fitting a pre-made turbo box, so all i had to do was line up and cut!

I know this must sound a bit strange but I like the look of those tyres. Really nice tread pattern, these the kind they sell for road use and track day???

they are nice ain't they! they are road legal, but are quite a soft compound. i recckon i'll need to replace them every 4-5000 miles (or less with enthuastic driving ;)), which i don't mind at all, only 80 quid a corner (the advantage of having small wheels!). you also find these tyres on the lotus exige.

im pretty sure it will beat 7.8, my mini only had the mg 1.325 engine in it and that was 8 ish seconds, so with that turbo, i reacon your lookin at high 6's low 7's.