K1100 turbo track car build
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Some more progress over the last few weeks.

The intercooler turned from concept racing with only a one week turn around from sending the drawing to UPS dropping it off. All top notch work from those guys.

So I got on with chopping the inner wing to accommodate it. I'm still jigging it about at the moment to make sure it lines up with the plenum chamber but it fits as intended.

It's going to hang off four M8 posts bolted through the inner wing on bushes out of the standard mini top rad bracket. The pipe routing from the turbo looks like it will work with an elbow welded on the compressor housing which was the biggest worry I had.





The water hoses turned up with the IC hoses (although half the order was missing, hecne dodgy looking offcut block pipe). So I could get on with mocking all that up and it all fits nicely with the leccy davies craig pump. Need to get a header tank sorted now with 10mm in and 18mm out spigots.



Also finalised the fuel tank and swirl pot arrangement and had those bits made, another rapid turn around by concept. Facet pump - filter - swirl pot - bosch pump - fuel rail.



Next up was to mock up the cockpit to determine exactly where the tunnel and seal needed to be located on the toe board. Also needed to check how much the gear lever needed to be shortened and to make sure everything else felt in the right position. Made the throttle pedal a bit longer with a new pad to suit the willwood pedal locations.



A whole load other little jobs have been completed like welding over the LHD wiper holes, rear bulkhead holes, welding the new rear valance on, mounting the battery on the rear passenger side floor, etc.

I didn't realise the upper seat belt mounts were worth nearly a kilo!

Looking fantastic.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

I'm liking the reversed cooling setup, that idea might get stolen! lol

the intercooler might have worked better as a double pass, both pipes at the top... more room for a duct to the front

Edited by adcyork on 15th Sep, 2015.

Going to be a high quality car! Loving the interior

I run a supercharger and I don't care the TB is on the wrong side.
VEMS + 12 PSI + Liquid Intercooler = Small Bore FUN!

I've hit a bit of a snag with the intercooler pipework.

I've got next to no room to get a silicone hose and mikalor clamp on to the turbo between the exhaust manifold outer branch and the bulkhead. I had a back up plan for this where I'd have a piece of 51mm/2" pipe welded to the compressor housing to extent the spigot.

Thought it best to use the opportunity to get rid of a silicone elbow and have the spigot extension bent to a more ideal 75 deg angle.

Best quote i've had so far to make one off is north of 160 quid

Does anyone have an capability to make this or know anyone who has?

Drawing:

Edited by adcyork on 16th Sep, 2015.

some nice work here, whats the plans with the car, race car or track day? We are always looking for more minis in the welsh Saloon car championship

Team www.sheepspeed.com Racing

Try this guy maybe, when i was asking him about custom rollcage he said £15 per bend and the T45 tubing i was asking for was 20 per meter.. so based on that id say 160 is outrageous

http://www.tube-bender.co.uk/

Jim, plan is for it to be a track car that would only need a fire extinguisher fitting to make it eligible for MSA race series yes. I've been keeping my eye on the WSCC. Are all the races held at Pembrey?

most of them are at pembrey, but there is a meeting at combe and looking else where too

Team www.sheepspeed.com Racing

Managed to get some time to take some meat out of the inner door skins with the holes saw, fit the door cards up and work out a solution to the door release without using the heavy orignial mechanism that I can't reach with the harnesses done up.

I've ended up turning up some handles and welding a tang to the door catch to mount them on.



Also made up the last few bits (TB flange, IAT and MAP bosses, etc) and then had the final bit of welding done on the plenum.







Got a bracket made up to mount the master cyl reservoirs in the top corner and run the hoses through the bulkhead.



I've also started making up the dash. I wanted to retain the standard top dash rail and mod it to fit the cage tubes at either end then re-cover it in alcantara fabric. I've chosen 6mm ply for the dash in the interest of lightness. Mounted on some little dome head M6 bolts and the plan is to seal it smooth and paint in black crinkle paint to look like 60's era aviation equipment.



I have sorted a solution to the charge air pipe. It's being knocked up by Tom at tube-bender.co.uk who Jetblick suggested. He can't do ali so it's being made in stainless - means to an end.

I'm looking for some decent clocks without spending a small fortune. I want individual speedo and tacho of 80/100mm size. Preferably matching brands but can be different. I've got numerous 52mm gauges to mount in an array around them so I don't want a digidash of any kind.

Any suggestions?

looking good!

Love the craftsmanship and attention to detail.

Well, I've received the stainless pipe for the turbo outlet but it seems i've cocked up the measurements. It needed to be 120deg bend not 105deg as I'd measured - too many things not fixed down properly when i was measuring up.

I've had to cut the tube leg down to check fitment so I can't send it back to have it bent round a bit more either. Oh well.

A few places do Samco or Viper branded 120deg silicone bends in black but they cost the earth and have a 4 week lead time.

ASH do one for half the price but only in blue - http://www.autosiliconehoses.com/silicone-...-3-colours.html

Anyone got any other suppliers that might do one? Or any experience with wrapping silicone hoses to change the colour?

Try these guys, I have a couple from them for coolant.

http://m.ebay.co.uk/seller?sid=mkperforman...v=ORDER_DETAILS

I've not used them personally, but I have seen cars with their hoses fitted which seem OK, try Roose Motorsport in Lincoln, it would appear they manuafacture their own hoses, not just buying stuff in.

Hi mate, what kind of pedal box are you using? and what ratio is it?

Instagram: bighill93

Theres also a silicone hose place in burton on trent! Called Derby performance hose! Good guys if you ring them they make virtually anything to order with reasonable turn around time

I'm using the wilwood 6.25 ratio reverse mount pedal box.

Nice work, which exhaust is that?

It's a bespoke setup I've made from individual components, mostly off ebay.

The back box is made from a 2 1/4" rolled tip pipe, ebay generic stainless straight through box of roughly the right volume and then a piece of swaged pipe on the front end. Then I've used some 4mm stainless plate for the mount tabs (not fitted yet in the pic)

Centre section is a straight section of pipe with a swage one end and a flexi decoupler spliced into it

Ah yes i may of already asked you that question? Haha, dont suppose u know a link for the box etc.. ive tried searchin but just get tonnes of chavtastic stuff to siv through

great stuff,

one point, what are you doing with the wastegate outlet? open air or feeding into the down pipe?

if the latter, consider feeding it in a decent distance after the lambda sensor, as airflow past the valve guide can affect the lambda reading.

Lovley manifold chap!

My build thread..

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=542985