yeah David, the turbo twinky engine in the moke is 1275 out to 1360,,, the small bore is N/A & is in the little Blue Cooper

& not much of an update at the moment, i have the new pistons , they`ve been machined & pressed onto the rods & ready to slip back in, just need to clean & lube things & punch em into the holes

I have the new comp clutch here ready for it,,,

i need to helicoil 3x of the cam carrier caps as the cam cover bolts have stripped the threads in them it`s just a silly one but needs to be done , & i`ll have to go find a helicoil kit for it this week,,,

i also have to sort the clutch master cyl & hose as it`s a bit slow for my liking

Then (once it`s all back in & running, maybe a couple of weeks) we need to sort that ign timing issue before i drive it again

I have all the guages to finish off (just fiddly mounting brackets etc),,, the heater to put back in (yeah i know,,, why?,,, but it`s law so it`s gotta go back in for legalities)

Ah,,,, i think that`s all,,, i`ll probably fiond some more sh!t to do olong the way , but we`re getting there,,,slowly but surely


Oh & the flasher switch is buggered, so i`ll swap that over & we`re done,,,

it`s already regfistered & blue plated for the turbo so it will be fang time again after all that is done

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Hey Matty,
Let me know what size helicoil you need, I can supply and fit them for you.
Probable should do all of them that way no problems in the future.
PM me or give me a call and we can sort it this week.
Cheers Buddy,
Dave

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Yeah, I know, you keep looking at the marcos and then looking at the twinkie It would look a lot nicer in the marcos than the moke.
I have found you a brand new spider drive camshaft for your collection, and a set of .060" O/S ACL deep dished pistons and a few more goodies[ pillaging the countryside
What size threads are in the cam brg bolts. Stevie can get some stepped studs. He changes the ones in his honda race bike heads as they are only 6mm and has popped a few. We re-tap to 8mm and the stud is reduced back to 6mm. He does not have any trouble with them and he pulls 14,000rpm out of his race bike eng.
Now when you get it going just be gentle on that clutch.
After talking to you the other day I thought I would send you a recipe book on "1001 ways to cook baked beans"
hang in there, you will get on top of it.

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hee hee,,, thanks Dave(sitnlo) I`m on my way out to you shortly

& David (ros-) The sripped threads are for the cam cover,,, they`re into "pillars" in the top of the cam caps,,, & there is very little meat around them,,, thin little things with very little wall,,, They`re only meant to be "nipped up" But this particular cover has been on & off Sooooooooooo many times playing with cam timing that they have just had enough... the cam caps are held down with another completely different set of nuts & studs & are all held really well, no problem there.

I`ll let you know when i run out of different ways of cooking baked beans Probably tomorow night I might have to put the money tin out on the footpath with a sign saying "help aging usleless mini mechanic who has spent all his money on buying minis instead of food"

Ah well,,, at least the surf was good on friday

I had to take a couple of teens out to their school formal on friday night, so it was a quick run down to Byron, surf for a few hours, rip back home, wash the kombi & clean it out, over to Ball Hills, pick up the kids,,, back into town through peak hour taffic, drop them off at the Hotel in front of hundreds of snotty nosed Glammer dressed kids all yelling "Fully Sick Kombi Bro" & then big rev rev on the exit,,, then a few blocks up the road have the clutch cable snap,,, drove home with no clutch (only 2 stops thank god)

Lucky it didn`t happen in front of the massive hotel crowd taking pics & vids hey?

I Need another cable for a spare now, so More baked beans for me tonight

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Went out to Daves (Sitnlos) work today,,, he drilled & tapped the helicoil threads & inserted the helicoils for me,,, (saved me buying the helicoil kit that i`d probably only use the once) dam good job, very proffesional David & we had a good old chat about all sorts of things,,, I esspecially like the quality & the amount of quality machines he has there,,, wicked stuff,,, i`ll be over there more often Dave It`s no old crap,,, It`s all state of the art CNC stuff everywhere, computer monitors & all sorts of late model high end machining equipment, plenty of room to move, nice & clean,,, wonderful stuff David,,, when can i start work with you guys???

& Thanks again for taking the time out of your "busy" Schedule to help me out once again... we`ll definately talk soon about all that other stuff.

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Should of told me, I'd have come up to say hello

Steve

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1972 Clubman GT

Ha , sorry Steve, was the spare of the moment thing, i needed to tap helicoils, Dave had them there, easy-peasy,,, next time we can make it an all in affair yeah?

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Yeah no worries, I'm used to seeing Dave work anyway, not that you can get too much of it, there's always something more to learn up there

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1971 Mini K x 2
1972 Clubman GT

Matt - whats the update now?
OBVIOUSLY I am keen to know - while I dont like rolling road dyno figures they tell us a fair bit anyway.

As for your comments about people not knowing the feeling - a few of us fall into the 'knowing' like Ben, Grant, Me, etc who all pushed HP like that...

Not sure about them (well I know but wont say) but I had my share of probs too mate. an 1132cc A-Series pushing 160-170hp at the crank stresses EVERYTHING mate... but the feeling on the road is something else.
The word I use and doesnt justify it is "Ridiculous" I also use "Farken Scary"

My maths shows you pushing around 170-175 HP at the fly mate... which shouldnt be sneezed at.

What the heck kind of ignition issues can you have? You have to be running a computer controlled igition setup in that or else you WONT be able to tune it properly... I was running Megajolt (as was Ben and Grant) and it allowed many different things. No dizzy and ran coil packs... setup of EDIS modules and crank sensors... A dizzy imho just CANT be setup to retard advance and keep things in check... it just cant.
The other thing is - mine wanted RIDICULOUSLY advanced timing or it died...and 1 degree plus or minus made it completely different animal.

But just to tease you mate - an A series Turbo with a spike in boost made 200+ at the crank... so fix it, get it sorted and start showing some of the figures.

When is the "Mini of Origin" happening - thats what we should call it... QLD Vs NSW - but then what do we do with the VIC and SA guys? hmmm, I know some of the SA guys are hanging to show the S/C setups and power lol

Yes the last bit is me teasing - well done - fix it and keep going.

Peter

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Pristic - The way i read Matt's posts about his ignition timing, was that the computer hadnt been setup on a dyno, and it was over advanced. So on the way to the dyno it melted.

Can i play too?

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I don't know if any of us can http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/inde ... tid=302800

A 12.63 from NIc's turbo 5 port not to bad i think, and Jimster with his silly Turbo Twinky doing a 13.0 with a terminal of 115mph

Nathan.

Pete,,, yeah i understand a whole lot more of turbo engines now than i ever have,,, I`ve Learnt a great deal over the last few years , This thing has a fairly long story (obviously) but i won`t go into too much detail here as it would be my longest ever post if i did

But,,, effectively (like i said in earlier posts) ---> it was all my own fault ,,, We did have it pretty dam right & almost ready for the dyno, but there was an oil leak that i just wanted to sort before we went,,, so,,, as it happens here, on this car, it gets parked up & left all alone while i do other customers stuff & when i`m "Not As" busy , i get back into it again

But this time i ripped the rad out & the pulleys off & the front plate off & fixed the oil leak, & when i put it back together the (timing marks on the original mini cam need to be aligned or the cam lobes hit the big ends,,, on all the others i build i grind all the lobes off because of this so it`s not a problem),,, But with this one you can actually have them a tooth out either way & they still clear,,, But when we had it all right & running earlier, it was actually one tooth out "THERE" but the dizzy was set right for that mark,,, so i set it back up with it aligned correctly,,, just to keep the marks correct for any problems at a later date

well,,, of course this throws the dizzy out (cam & crank angles sensor type thing from toyota celica) & i knew that & wasn`t concerned because we can easy fix that after the job is done,,, & when it was all back together of course the "reset" trigger was out right??? ,,, so i was fixing that when my one of my tuning fellas (Ian) came over ,,,& then i got a phone call,,,, so i left Ian to sort the re-alignment of the single tooth reset trigger wheel thing in the dizzy... well,,,, i had a long phone converstion & because he was running the engine, i`d walked well away (so i could hear who i was talking to on the ph) & wasn`t paying much attention to what Ian was doing ... & after it all "Seemed" to be running properly again he left,,, & i was still on the phone,,, so i had "ASS-Umed that he`d set it up right,,, but he hadn`t,,, he just got it close,,, he was off to get his lap top & was going to meet me at the dyno as i was supposed to tilt tray it there, not drive it Sooo it was just a stupid mistake on my part for not confirming ,,, & what i thought & saw as a massive timing spike was in fact where it was actually set to swing too because it wasn`t set correctly after the oil leak repair.

sorry for the long post,,, Blame Peter for asking

& yeah Jimster`s is Absolutely Nuts-o fast

AS for a State of Origin,,, well if it was a "Twinky" State of Origin, there is no contest, Qld "IS" the origin But!!! as for a contest of whos mini engine (Whatever it may be) has the mostest,,,well we just have to wait & see don`t we?

GR says he can match or beat anyone,,, but i`m pretty sure he`s talking about N/A in that statement, because Matt Hales (MiniWiliiams) would have to be the winner at the moment with 300hp nitros / turbo, but he`s on the other side of the planet,,, Jimsters will most probably come close to that too (or even overtake it) but he`s also on the other side of the planet,,, & i`m totally expecting that "ANYONE" whoever actually ends up with that sort of power will most definately have some sort of major internal mechanical dramas at some point in time,,, 180hp is a bit of a limit for me (& KAD & Heaps of other race mini engine builders) & is the main reason why you will see sooo many people say that KAD & others engines """only"" have 170 or 180,,,, simply because they know that they will last at that,,, those people have created engines with WAY more than that, but there`s not much point if it`s going to go bang hey?

In Fact the Metro Turbo race series in England years ago had many of them were common to be buzzing around at the 200-220hp mark

I will be happy to de-tune this particular engine & keep boost low-ish purely to keep it street-able & help make it last for the customer.

My Race Twinkys tho???,,, well,,,,,,,,,, they`re another matter all together & a whole different kettle of fish

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Pfft - Nics car weight in at something like 400kgs... 12.63 in 400kg car is good but we cant really compare... we have ours running 13s with full trim

He''s done some wicked stuff but weight is definately against us comparing to Nics.

Pete

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