By the looks of you number plate you've already been driving it (edges bent back from the G forces of acceleration)
It's all coming along nicely, keep up the good work and posts

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Luv Subies too, had a 1990 Legacy wagon a few years back, very nice car, Dark blue and silver. Traded it in in Melbourne, Was getting a bit expensive to run and we got dudded with a transmission rebuild and now the misses wont let me get another one

Hahaha. Yeah G forces.... more likely knee forces!!

Got a new toy today:
PWR 6x4 water to air barrel intercooler!!

Blingy!!


And what they are like inside for those interested:


Unfortunately the mini is still at the radiator place over easter, so I won't be able to play with it. ...Might just practice welding for the next big part - Exhaust and Intake!!

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Toyota 4EFTE Powered Minivan.
102 Kw @ The Front Wheels....Oh What a Feeling!

Air passes through big ones and water (to cool the air) through the little ones correct?
Dose the water come out of the engine cooling system or is it on it's own cooling circuit? ie another radiator+water pump ?

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I have the same one on my car - they use a separate radiator and water pump. I used a davies craig electric water pump with mine

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Starlet Conversion:
http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15484

Yep. As Josh said, seperate cooling circuit. The engine cooling water would be way to hot to give sufficient cooling to the charge air.

Hopefully with a bit of playing with air flows and water capacity of the system it should be able to keep intake temps close to ambient whether it is sitting on a dyno, in traffic, or around a track.
Air to Air intercoolers need to have air flowing over them to cool the air significantly, where as water to air don't.

It also significantly reduces the intake piping length as opposed to a front mount air 2 air, which should keep lag to a minimum once I bolt on a bigger turbo after rego!!

It will also be not visible from the outside of the car!! A big factor for this build is to hunt some commonwhore SS's around Kal.... I can't have them seeing me coming now can I??

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Toyota 4EFTE Powered Minivan.
102 Kw @ The Front Wheels....Oh What a Feeling!

pro's sound better than con's..

very nice work so far, are you designing your own radiator?

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The radiator will be a bit of a collaboration between me and the radiator shop based around an alloy civic racing radiator (at this stage). They have done all the cooling calculations and are doing the fabrication work, but I am keeping a tight reign on them, so it's done the way I want it.

I figure this way they will feel some ownership with the mini, which should help me down the line if it over heats or I need advice or good prices on something radiator related.

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Toyota 4EFTE Powered Minivan.
102 Kw @ The Front Wheels....Oh What a Feeling!

The mini is back home!!

The radiator is done and in, but still needs a new fan - The one they tried to fit is too big.
Also some mods to the top pipe, but I think it looks pretty good.




The rad guy is going to finish it at my place when he gets back from holidays.

Now I get to play - Thank god because I was getting withdrawal shakes!!

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Toyota 4EFTE Powered Minivan.
102 Kw @ The Front Wheels....Oh What a Feeling!

nice little bit of bling

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Definitely looks good!

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There is nothing like a nice piece of bling that just sets something off

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http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=20746

Slight update:

Lately I've been spending some time with the wiring loom.

My engine only came with the basic engine harness, with no computer, fusebox, any of the wiring into the cabin / dash etc.

The trick about this is that I didn't get to see how the original car was wired up and thus need to wire up everything using the wiring diagram(s) and try and find what should connect up to what.
This would not be a huge issue, but as anyone who has tried to play with the wiring on these engines would know, complete wiring diagrams are hard to find, and if you can they are mostly in japanese.

Anyway, a few pics:


And after a bit of a tidy of the mini loom:


Inside:


I've also bent up the clutch pipe and got the clutch working! Lots of little wins keep me going!

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Toyota 4EFTE Powered Minivan.
102 Kw @ The Front Wheels....Oh What a Feeling!

geez that shifter looks short !

very nice work.. good luck with the wiring lol

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i think its an illusion of the way the photo was taken, thats what me thinks

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http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=71255