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Post by Matt~Attude on May 25, 2008 13:58:15 GMT
hehe yes its looking that way. ;D
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Post by Miniböttcher on May 25, 2008 21:11:29 GMT
very nice matt , you been spending some money. and alot of it, are you coming to the meet on the 2nd of june, be nice to see it
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Post by Stephen on May 26, 2008 11:53:34 GMT
thats awesome, how much did the jonspeed engine set you back, its something i'd really like to do
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Post by Matt~Attude on May 26, 2008 13:00:05 GMT
well it might make it to july meet with it as i need an mot but first things first need a fully functional clutch operating system. il try  the engine and gearbox set me back about £1000, £500 for block and £450 for the gearbox and £40 for postage. stage 3 head was £450 i think? its unleaded as well, and £1075 for the supercharger kit. 123 ignition was £199 jon speed were very good for customer service point of view. and i think that the price in total was reasonable but i did buy everything over a stretched period but lookin at the figures now i cud hav got myself another mini haha or a more decent paint job. talking of which does anyone know a good resonable sprayers as my paint is starting to lift in places, not a happy bunny.  |
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Post by Stephen on May 26, 2008 13:48:59 GMT
Think i need to save up a bit more! How did you find fitting the supercharger in, was it quite straightforward?
For paint try sean at stone cross on 07713613679 and mention the mini club, quite a few members take their cars down there, including me. Hes very reasonable on prices and can do a real good job if you want to pay for it
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Post by MiniGT5 on May 27, 2008 12:10:02 GMT
Yeap I can recomend Sean too.
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Post by Matt~Attude on May 27, 2008 16:49:29 GMT
ok i will try him. fitting the supercharger is relitivly straight forward however i hav a flip fronted mini so working in the engine compartment i have quite abit of room. i shud imagen if u still hav inner wings fitted, changing the drive pully cud be abit of a challenge other than that its just like doing a head gasket but adding a decompression plate 2 gaskets and a blower insted of the carb and inlet manifold. i did find it alittle teadius bolting the blower and lcb to the head as it can be quite fidaly. however the decompression plate does make the hight of the engine that extra bit taller and the blower is quite a size so you might have to have the bonnet lifted alittle i do anyway to let air through. but the the kit comes with a fall instruction sheet step by step so its pretty straightforward. iv don it twice now so its gotta be easy  stephen are u thinking of joining the supercharged mini scene ;D |
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Post by Matt~Attude on Mar 29, 2010 19:20:13 GMT
been a while since iv posted just recently been fitting my rollcage      just steering rack and seats to fit and then door bars more pics to follow hoping to get my fuel injection kit mid next month. ;D matt |
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Post by MiniGT5 on Mar 30, 2010 6:32:42 GMT
Looking Good Matt
Does yours suffer from carb icing? if so how have you cured this?
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Post by Stephen on Mar 30, 2010 8:43:30 GMT
^ He's going or fuel injection!
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Post by MiniGT5 on Mar 30, 2010 11:01:54 GMT
LOL so apart from going fule injection how did you solve carb icing?
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Post by Matt~Attude on Mar 30, 2010 17:18:15 GMT
mine doesn't ice when it 10 degrees C and above. i do get abit of condensation in the outside of the intake pipe lol. i think stuart at vmax has an air filter with a built in heater thing and mini speed do an anti icing block that fits somewhere between the airfilter and the carb i think. have you had yours on the rolling road yet neil?
matt
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Post by MiniGT5 on Mar 31, 2010 6:09:52 GMT
Not yet just waiting on my new distributor to turn up. but I can't seem to get it to idle without choke at the moment.
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Post by monkeyjim on Mar 31, 2010 12:12:10 GMT
Last time I saw it the fuel was flooding out .
Had you sorted that out Matt .
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Post by Matt~Attude on Mar 31, 2010 18:06:45 GMT
hi dave, yeah will hopefully be sorting that by goin injection. as the injectors squirt directly into the blower, think it may had be doing that because once engine is switched off and the vacuum isn't sucking the fuel up, the fuel in the intake pipe runs back down the pipe and seeps through the carb and out air filter. abit dodgy  , hopefully wont be having to worry about that any more. neil, does yours do that? my idle has been set at 1100rpm this is because of the intake pipe and its silly 45degree angle. mine idle also starts to pick up wen sat in traffic for a while dunno why this is but when i giv it a blib on the throttle it dropps right off  could be down to my mixture. but its another reason for me to go injection. have you had yours out on a run yet neil? matt |
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, hopefully wont be having to worry about that any more.
could be down to my mixture. but its another reason for me to go injection. have you had yours out on a run yet neil?