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Drove to work today and watched my MPG tick up to 34.1. Then I kicked on sport mode and floored it to watch it go back down. So far the best part of my day. Waiting for the ride home.

 

Couple of the guys found out that I was going to try to fix the turbo today and came by to lend moral support.

As you can see, they were giving the problem very thoughtful consideration.


This project is not a bolt on replacement. My intent is to only replace the broken part which is the waste gate so I purchased a exhaust housing which has the gate built into it.

Did not intend to have to pull the entire turbo, but we couldn't see any way to get the exhaust housing apart from the compressor housing so we pulled the whole thing to work it on the bench.

 

Yea, I drove out to Jeff's for the turbo extraction. After my nap I went home bit they continued to extract. Too many Dark Silver MINI's in one place

 

Buddies helping Buddies...

 

Washed it...

It rained 20 min later.

Arrrghh

 

Yesterday I installed the DDM intake I got from WMW and is Awesome. Easy to install, fits perfect and I feel the difference in sound and performance.

 

Ordered a new turbo for my JCW. :mad2: However, Silverback will be back on the road soon.
Check out how bad the wastegate was on this car after 103k miles.


Way too much play in that gate. On top of that the cartridge was leaking oil. Time for bigger better faster.

 

Blame it on all those day's that Nate had to move his MINI to the other side of the street ....

Because....... "Street Sweepin"

 

Today had a VA appointment at JC in St. Louis, well after dealing with those buttheads decided I needed a break and lunch. So me and the wife went to Fuzzy Taco on Watson and then I tricked her into going to MINI STL. Test drove her next car a new All4 S, as I was told during the test drive in between some other choice wording.

 

Started assembling my replacement turbo. Kinda anxious to get the car back on the road.

 

Working on replacing the Crank pulley with an Alta 0% and replacing the Serpentine belt with a Gates Fleet k060539HD belt. :fingerscrossed:

 

I just took my MINI to a local cars & coffee.


1 McLaren
1 classic Alfa
1 classic convertible Covair
2 Tesla model S
10 Porsche
Hand full for BMW's and MB'
12 Ferrari's
2 Lotus

1 really cool chili red and black R53.....:devil:

 

Took mine in for the last "FREE" service...

Oil, filter, carbon cabin filter, front and rear wiper blades and labor...

Total bill came to $384.00:crazy: But all covered under the factory warranty...

 

Just finished working on this mod....



R56 fuel cap on the Countryman!

 

What else??? 1/2 off shakes after 8 at Sonic!

 

:cornut: Pharmacy and grocery store. The only gold in the golden years is that which one gives to: Doctor, Pharmacy, Hospital, Tax Collector(city, school, county, fed).

Jason

 

I opened up the Bentley shop manual I bought off Craigslist last week... and found a $5 Canadian bill!

 

Made a Mickey Dee's run this morning to pick up breakfast for my lovely bride. (Our house is a shambles - middle of a remodel job) It's about 12 miles of wooded twisties. First time using the sunroof. Great for a cool morning ride.