Okay, 3 minutes in on Part 4 and I finally figured out why I was getting confused. (i.e. having trouble telling the knowledgeable guest from the regular show host) Well, it's because the guest looks just like an exact clone of the host Marty! (especially with ball caps on both of them) You see, it's very easy telling Mike Brewer apart from Edd China...
To get to know the characters better, I recommend spending some quality time with some of their older episodes, like the build of Marty's Subaru Legacy Wagon at Turbo Yoda's shop. 16 episodes. I have never looked at a Subaru outback the same way after this series https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp0KnUFYB--jDPJ-km5lSpvJvEJtCIdgl
Part 5 - single point injection becomes multi point injection [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoTsgrwDujY"]Supercharging the Mini - Part 5 - YouTube[/ame]
Air conditioning was not a Japan-only feature as they seem to think. I saw plenty of new classic Minis in UK showrooms and dealer lots in the '90s that had a/c. I think the difference is that all (or nearly all) Minis exported to Japan at that time had a/c so people seem to think Japan got all the cars with a/c. What's MCM's fascination with E85 fuel? Is it some Australian thing? Nobody here wants the stuff. In fact, I'd love to see all ethanol disappear from our gasoline forever.
Why E85? More power. Not a Aussie thing at all. We have a dozen gas stations in town that sell the stuff. Don't confuse it with the diluted crap they call gasoline, as there it's really just a filler and a cheap anti knock additive. Without a tune and pure E85, nothing really happens, but if you do it right, your boosted Mini can put out far more power than with the regular dino juice E85 Vs Race Gas | Cooling advantage and tuning Ethanol
The choo choo is getting closer as the boys continue working on their classic superch Part 6-Almost ready to choo choo! [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gXgTU0rz2Y"]Supercharging The Mini - Part 6 - YouTube[/ame]
you forget about the E85 and Turbo Yoda/Haltech goodness. These are the same guys who put a 267kw WRX STi engine into a VW Beetle and ran it under 11 sec.
Yes, but they're running a supercharger not a big ol turbo, and unless they're running a substantial underdrive pulley and a big intercooler, they'll be limited. It might go to 125, but I doubt it'll make 150-175. We'll see tho in a few days now.....
if they don't run a small pulley, there's no point to use E85, or at least it won't add much power over regular gas. It's a smaller motor than the R53, so there may already be plenty of boost. Guess it all depends on the size of crank and SC pulley, as always.
getting it ready for a tune on the dyno [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGQLUJ9YPSY"]Supercharging The Mini - Part 7 - YouTube[/ame]
the Mini is ready for the dyno! [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBdSaZhzJJA"]Supercharging The Mini - Part 8 - YouTube[/ame]
headliner looks as crappy as in my son's red R53. glad to see that some of that vintage Mini is still in our cars