Engine Drivetrain 1st Gen Cooper S Turbo MINI One

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    Paul Webster New Member

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    Our best run of the day was this one, we had a better run by a 1/10th at the 1/8th mile earlier in the day but the gear knob came off in Thomas hand and he missed the 3rd to 4th and still run a 10.8 at 104 :)

    We'll be adding some more boost tomorrow as we were at 26psi today hence the low mph of 131
     
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    First half of the mph record and so close to the ET record...........maybe today is the day
     
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    Well today wasn't the day as the very next run was a disappointing :) .......
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    Got back to the pits and did the routine compression test and it was showing No 2 was 10psi down compared to the last run....so a leakdown proved that there was definitely an issue......head off and we eventually found that exhaust was bent and the seat had moved............luckily we found a company who hopefully are fiting 8 new seats for tomorrow afternoon, so we should get back out Sat :thumbup:
     
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    We're back in the game again thanks to out-standing service and turnaround from Cylinder Head Services who we use for certain jobs, we defintley had a bit of lady luck on our side as they had just taken an Aston Martin head off the machine as I rung, thus they could slot us in.

    So harder & bigger seats have been fitted.........so hopefully if the weather holds off and they're not to many oil downs we might get a couple runs in this evening
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    Y'all are getting quick at tearing down and rebuilding that engine.
     
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    The Barnes brothers have been watching drag racing since they were 7........., they've spent the last 5 years working on Blown Pro Mod cars.

    So when we did the turbo conversion it was with a lot of thought that we could at the worse case change a piston quickly.....I think they were averaging 15-20 mins to get the head off
     
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    Well we did it ...both parts of the record have come to the UK for the first time
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    Wow! Congrats to all involved :Thumbsup:
     
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    congrats
     
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    Hope you like the picture taken by Scott Barnes and enhanced by Tom Raynor
     
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    Looks good Paul. Thanks for sharing.
     
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    Freakin' Awesome! I love turbo 1 Gens!
     
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    I love to see it when turbo 1st gen's drop a rod out of the block! :)
     
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    #74 Paul Webster, Sep 26, 2013
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    Like bus's here's a video update;....................click 1080HD for quality :thumbup1:

    The 10.379 New world Record

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y1h4ANmhJk"]Offically The World's Quickest & Fastest BMW MINI - YouTube[/ame]

    Last Friday's Peak Performance Test & Tune

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEP6UDeLQ4o"]1320MINI @ Peak Performance 20 09 2013 - YouTube[/ame]

    And when Scotty isn't in our video this is what he is working on

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVz7FaQoiUY"]"Apache" Nostalgic Nitro Funny Car 60ft launch - YouTube[/ame]
     

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