thats what my cooper would have looked like :( amazing job, and very clean!

Congrats!

 

Thanks for the compliment It sure was an adventure for me since this was my first turbo setup. The car will be in a show in mid Nov and more better pix and perhaps a sound clip and a video

 

Thanks buddy what is bow

 

This is :bow: -->

 

I get it. Let me know when you're ready for the kit I will price match and offer free shipping and I will add some other goodies alone with the kit

 

holy crap!!

 

I'm sure this has already been asked in this thread but i'm going to ask it anyway. If you Twincharge can your car still be a daily driver?

 

mine is!

 

yes... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhO2--cFTDY

 

YES if you can over come those temptation

 

LOL I havent' seen that since I made it... LOL... it's so funny cuase it looks fake when the car accelerates... LOL... even though he's is also wide open throttle... heh... what a 100 hp will do huh... next time I do a video like that I'll make it with a none twincharged/turbo MINI.... that will really look silly...

 

ok next question order a new mini from the shop or shop around for a used one?

 

The MINI is finally back up and running with special thanks going out to Cliff from Coast to Coast. He supplied me with a new header to hold me over till Alta gets their header issues sorted.

With all the downtime I had, I made some improvements. You can view the pix in my gallery as I just uploaded a few of them.

 

Glad to hear you're up and running again.

 

Yeah I needed to use the MINI since the TT had an altercation with another TT on a outing. Looks like my sled will be down for 2 months.....

 

HOT!

 

Thanks.....and it is hot as hades itself under that hood! I took some temps with my ir temp meter & at idle after running around town the Exhaust side of the turbo was 1k f. The header was around 4oof. Talk about some heat under the hood!

 

Trickle X, I have read this whole thread with amasement!

You really went a long way in getting the car perfomance to a higher level.

As in general all engines have a power conversion yield of say 30% I would say next spot to go look is cooling the engine bay.
Too high temperatures might damage your electronics.

Example calculation (I do not know if I am right but let's assume I am)
Power at wheels 280 hp
- drivetrain loss: 25% assumed
Power at engine 350 hp
- which is around 257 kW
Engine fuel yield is however around 30%!
This means (if I am right) that available fuel ignition energy is 257/0,3= 858kW! Of which around 600kW needs to be cooled back by the radiator oil coolers and so on. It can't be true that the original coolers are suited for this use.

Do not worry though. There is a dutch guy racing a mini with a turbo alone having 260bhp at its wheels.
The mini still works! He really has some cool racing videos at his site, so if you are interested: http://www.v-maxracing.nl/ned/

Best regards,

Bearcrow
MCS-JCW 210 (netherlands)

 

Bearcrow,

Thanks for the kind words. The drivetrain loss I believe is around 12%, so that would mean a lil less power is being made at the crank then you calculated. So its more around 313 bhp.

As for handling some opf the heat issues, well one, I dont drive it much during the summer. It only saw around 4k miles this year, and it would of saw much less if it wasnt for a fellow from another car club smacking the TT on a run. I also have a front mount Oil Cooler installed to help with oil temps. My next plan of attack is handling the engine coolant, as the coolant coming from the turbo is way to hot for the header tank. It routinely bubbles out of the pressure cap on cool down. As for the coolant temp itself, it seems to stay within tolerance except for sitting idel for to long.

Thanks for the link, I will check out the vids!

 

Trickle X i see you have an 02 MCS like mine what are you doing as far as passing emissions on your car? don't you have emission related trouble codes? what are you using for tuning?

 

John, rite?

I am using an Apexi for the a/f control. As for the emissions, I am except at the moment due to less than 5k a year. Basically I dont get tested nor examined, but I still have to pay for an except sticker. Now in my state all I need is to pass a visual and a scan of the ecu to pass emissions. So I would need to add a cat & make sure I dont have any emission related codes.

As for the Check engine light, I think I have that fixed by clamping the map sensor with a 4.7v diode. I havent set the engine code yet, but I havent really been able to get it out on the street due to weather. I will let everyone know once I can get her out of the garage.

 

Oh I keep forgeting, but I have been running the new Header through testing and it has so far been holding up. I will keep an eye on it and report back later this spring, when I can drive stick again.(knee surgery)

 

WOW! i started this thread almost a year ago and havent been on this site for a while (my dad got gto so we've been busy with that). but i have to say i never thought it would grow so huge!! thanks tricklex i read all ur posts and am thinking of turboing our mini! we just built a nice garage to work in so we're gonna need some new projects. just got a new clutch the otehr day, so maybe the turbo is comin soon! thanks again

 

Hey no problem!

 

o.k. any threshhold codes for upstream sensors before the TB? and what about the downstream o2 ?? not running a cat correct? i really don't see how an SAFC can tune the mini. it's very crude and just a band aid.not sure if the ecu will override the SAFC over time looking at the short term and long term fuel trims? what injector size are you running?what's max boost? i think over 19 or 20 will set a threshold code for this? can you look at the A/F ratio with a data logging wideband o2 set up?
lots of questions i know. thanks, johnw.:impatient