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VrsTurbo
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quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
quote:
Originally posted by Steve


Nice start? what else is there to do?


Turn it into a road legal track car imo


mwg
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
Posted on the mini forum they are a bit weird.

One of them said nice start

Nice start? what else is there to do? bodykit and badboy bonnet?


looks like a good base to them
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Anyone ever turbo'd one of these? I.e: taken the charger off in favour of a turbo?
Steve
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mini did
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Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
Anyone ever turbo'd one of these? I.e: taken the charger off in favour of a turbo?



Yes, BBR do them as do GTTuning and 1320 Motorsport, there's probably others too
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1320 are going down in my esitmations.

Did an ok job on the day, however they forgot to put the dipstick back in.,

so I rang up on the monday they said they would post me one, nothing by friday so i rang back, sorry they forgot, great im meant to be going down south and cant even check my oil.

That turned up eventually, since iv emailed them a few times about various things, they either take ages to reply or dont bother at all
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What were the Powerflex top mounts you used on your coilovers? I'm thinking of buying some AP's in a couple of weeks
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they are only needed on the rear, if you ebay mini rear powerflex bushes they are on there
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Cheers! Think I'll definitely be buying some if I can't get a good deal on the JCW I've seen like MWG's
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You tried the lamin x yet.? I think it will look soo much better. Could do the fronts too like mine, just sort of dull down the brightness of all the chrome inside.
You had the scoop off yet? I broke mine again today so will need to stick it back down, the clips are ridiculous.
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Why don't you ring them Steve rather than email
Norcy91
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The bypass valve you changed, is it like a hesitation when the cars not warmed up? Mines been doing that for a while, changed the coil pack which doesn't seem to have sorted it completely!
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its hesitation on part throttle amd yoyo effect when just on part throttle too

not sure temp makes a difference
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changed hydraulic chain pretensioner today

heres the new one




Access to the nut cover, only really accessible using a universal joint



with the nut cover off pulled the old one out



New one in, heres the old one fully extended



felt quite notchy and gritty in operation actually
Ojc
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U ok
Rick Draper
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Sick
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Did you have to fill it with oil?
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Nah oil pressure does that
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So iv been doing some experimenting with lamin-x. heres a quick reminder what the lights looked like uncovered



First up all red not really feeling this





Now the subtle tint which I think looks spot on, fog light will be covered too







thoughts

Ian W
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All red would be my choice.
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It looks nice on the light on its own but it's too much for the car colour
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Heres some pics with them all in and the foglight done

Side by side before and after



All three covered



On the car





still no bulbs as taking a life time to appear from Germany
kennySRi
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That looks great. I liked the red as well but smoked is probably the best choice.
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Just a light tint looks quite nice to be honest. Goes very well with the colour. A lot better than all white. Like t a lot mate
SXI - Matt
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Looks perfect now, good job

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