Popular Post Mini.Mad Posted January 6, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted January 6, 2016 Hey guys, Used to have a build thread for this car, seems to have been lost so I've started a new one up. Bought this car back in 2011 as a bare shell, which at the time was caged and set up for a Weber airbox. I'll get around at some stage to go through my old photos of the build, but at the moment here are a few up to date ones of the car. Hoping to have it complete mid this year. Project discussion here://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/51400-minimads-supercharged-mk1-mini/ What I started with Where the car is up to now 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mini.Mad Posted January 7, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 7, 2016 Couple more photos My custom parcel tray cover, made by Flat Out Engineering in Balclutha - definitely a talking point of the car! Still possibly one of the hardest parts to find with this build was the RH fuel tank. When I bought the car it already had the hole, but the tank had been lost years ago. I had been getting a LH one converted but was proving to be more than what it was worth to do. The hunt was on to find either a genuine or repro one for a reasonable price, luckily Minibitz had this second hand original one that needs a minor repair done to it which I got for an absolute score. My motor that is in the car now has an interesting back story. The engine has been a bit of an urban legend in Dunedin, purely down to the fact that it was a 180bhp fuel injected turbo 1275. It was raced out at Beachlands Speedway where it dominated the races it was entered into. There is a video on Youtube of it on the dyno "Ewoks Turbo Mini" Coincidentally the motor was built and part owned by the guy who was to be building my motor anyway, so when it became available at a very good price I jumped at the chance to own it. He has told me I should expect to get around 150bhp with the SC12 on it. The photo is from the night I picked it up. Since putting the SC12 gear on, I've run into issues with bonnet clearance. The blower came off a mate's Mini, which was an 1100. The 1275 is slightly taller in the block than the 1100, hence why i would clear. The solution - made up a set of alloy bonnet lift brackets which are adjustable. Haven't metal finished them yet but they work perfectly 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini.Mad Posted March 12, 2016 Author Share Posted March 12, 2016 Haven't had much time to work on the car lately, mainly due to doing a front end rebuild on Ryan's (AGRORB) Mini. A wee bit has been done, filling in the many holes that had been drilled in it to mount stuff when it was a racecar, also bought a full free flow exhaust system for it through Minibitz. Under seat speaker tray and custom centre console have also arrived (photos soon), unfortunately the console doesn't fit right so will be sent back for a couple of modifications. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini.Mad Posted March 13, 2016 Author Share Posted March 13, 2016 Photos of the before mentioned speaker board and centre console. Once the console comes back from being modified I'll trim it to match the interior colours and get the hinges etc fitted for the flip down panel With the console closed up And open to reveal the headunit, and a couple of important switches. The area at the back where the switches go needs to be made slightly bigger too so the switches fit in right. Console was designed in a MK4 Mini with full padded dash, MK1s don't have this. We decided to push the console further back so only the bottom part needs lengthening. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini.Mad Posted March 14, 2016 Author Share Posted March 14, 2016 Another update - this was in the March 2016 issue of Mini Magazine (comes out in early February in the UK). Still won't be on the shelves here until about May 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini.Mad Posted April 7, 2016 Author Share Posted April 7, 2016 Getting closer to starting it before getting it ready for paint! Latest purchase for the car is an Accuspark Stealth igniion system. Means I will be able to tune the car via laptop, and the ignition curve has been modified to suit the supercharged A-Series 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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