1989 Mini city E Turbo. On the Road.

[hammoj28]

heres some more piccies

[hammoj28]

Some piccies of bits iv got for it...

Alloy piping for my intercooler, just need silicone piping now.



New Tex mirrors:


New wiper stalks, wipers etc...



Wipac freeform headlamps

[hammoj28]

Fitted the wheels today...







And this is awesome, lifts really quick too.

[hammoj28]

Also got these the other day, they are the same as my boost gauge.



Need to cut the dash out too and get on with making it.

[hammoj28]

This weekend I:

Fitted new steering rack
Finished Rebuilding carb
Assembled Rear Brakes
Started to prep the inside of the floor pan as I'm gonna paint it
Also trial fitted the carb with the plenum and fitted some bits to the engine.

Rebuilt carb, polished the dash pot a bit too



Trial fitted:



Tbh, I'm really not happy with the engine bay, its caked with dust and has overspray on it and primer etc. Same with the subframe. I may just rip it out and tidy it up. We will see.

[hammoj28]

So the next plans are to:

Paint the inside of the floor
Finish waxoiling the underneath
Paint the inside of the boot......again
Run the brake and fuel lines

The dash is going to be the 3 clock setup with the 3 extra gauges in the middle, a boost gauge in a pod on top of the dash rail and all black leather so should look pretty cool.

And I'm planning on trying to start the engine next weekend so hopefully........lol

[hammoj28]

Fitted the turbo an manifold today...



Also started to think about putting my braided oil feed on



Couple o quick pics off my mobile.

Id forgotten how tight the mini engine bay was! its going to be bloody packed when the intercooler pipes etc are in there.lol




Rolled it outside the other day just to have a look....

Looks moody,lol:






Also iv started to spray the cage, its still only at primer stage. Wondering what kind of red to paint it? Any suggestions?

[DutyFreeSaviour]

That is an awesome build going on - I may have missed it, but is it na original turbo motor?
Only one answer for the cage - the sluttiest deepest red you can find in a colour chart!

It looks great so far - good luck with the rest.

John

[hammoj28]

Thanks.

its an original turbo engine yeah, all iv done is fitted a dump valve and intercooler. lets hope it runs.lol

Next upgrade once its on the road will be 4 pots brakes, s/c box and then an avonbar bottom end etc. Want to build it so that its strong enough to take a bit of a thrashing. Heehee.

Cool, will try get a bright red then.

James

[J.P]

Great work Hammo!

[hammoj28]

Cheers, been painting the roll cage at the moment. I'm curse word at spraying but hopefully it will turn out ok.lol

[domster222]

looking' good. Cant wait to see the finished result, will be watching eagerly.

[Finlay]

awsome!!!

[hammoj28]

Well Erm.............I STARTED IT!!!!

Needs a tune up and a vacuum advance pipe but it sounds pretty good to me. Not rattly or tappety etc.

[hammoj28]

Started to make my dash too, just using the old one.

Cut holes for dials.


Bought a heap of leatherette:



Covered it with contact adhesive which was a right paint to try get bumps out as it was solid. Its far from perfect but it will doo until i can afford a carbon fibre one.



Also painted most of my cage, needs a bit more paint and some polishing but its red.lol

[bstardchild]

excellent work

[DutyFreeSaviour]

Fantastic work ........ sounds great!

[hammoj28]

Cheers guys, I'm just trying to sell things at the mo to build up some money so iv not got much done to it recently. Its getting there though. Hoping to have it on the road for the summer sometime. With any luck anyway!

[hammoj28]

Heres the headliner when i first put it in:



Bit tighter:



Started gluing it in a min ago. Hope it works out ok.

Also started doing my cooler pipes, heres a rough idea of how it will sit. Not great, but I'm looking at getting a bonnet with holes sometime in the near future. Prob a carbon fibre one.



headlining is looking a bit taughter now, waiting for clips to do the back and front as the glue stretched it and made it difficult to do.



Also painted my dash rails black and fitted them:

[hammoj28]

Some nice shiny bits arrived today.

A genuine KAD quickshift and a a Specialist Components Engine steady bar with Rose Joints at one end and and bushed at other. Its really light too.



Nearly finished the headlining.

Also fitted the backbox and centre pipe. just gotta fit the downpipe now and il have an exhaust. Need to cut the downpipe to size tho.





And yes I'm changing the backbox for a centre exit one from minispares when i can but this one does the job. Cant wait to hear it. it was bloody loud on the 998 tho.