B16a Mini on Throttlebodies

[your.assassin]

Hi guys,
Ive be surfing the forum for a while now, and i appreciate all the help and advise given.
I come time to start my Mini project. It was meant to be ready for a snowboarding road trip to Austria in April, but I cant see it happening now.

Anyway ive never done anything like this before, so dont be shocked by anything you see.

I bought this "gem" of a mini for too much money, after id bought it i realised i should have just bought a rubbish one, as id be gutting it anyway.
http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr206/your_assassin1/n517004256_1251678_8654.jpg

Then Bought some OBX throttlebodies, without really thinking about it.
http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr206/your_assassin1/n517004256_1366728_5924.jpg

I then bought a 6 point Geronimo cage (yet to fit, so still got the fun of modding it to fit). I also got a pair of fibreglass hill climb seats. They are tight as a nuns chuff, i can only just fit in, providing i have nout in my pockets.
http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr206/your_assassin1/n517004256_1370280_9923.jpg

I got some coilovers and a rear beam from huddersfield mini spares ( only took 1 month to arrive :P ).
http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr206/your_assassin1/n517004256_1370283_1065.jpg

So, being the impatient person that i am, i started tearing the mini apart, before i had the pieces to put it back together.
http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr206/your_assassin1/n517004256_1491666_4431.jpg

http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr206/your_assassin1/n517004256_1491671_5737.jpg

Im doing all of this without a garage or any storage, so its twice as fun :P
http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr206/your_assassin1/n517004256_1491676_7060.jpg

So ive cleaned up the front end a bit.
http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr206/your_assassin1/n517004256_1641397_6095.jpg

I bought a B18c6 engine off of pistonheads, which the guy took the money and did a runner. Ive given his details to the police and theyre in the process of getting it back for me.
While i was waiting for the money back i got bored and bought a B16a engine, which arrived the other day.
http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr206/your_assassin1/n517004256_1666606_9698.jpg

I soon realised that id have to move the fuel rail to the top of the itb's, so i did then had a test fit to see how much of the bulkhead has to come out.
http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr206/your_assassin1/n517004256_1666610_1052.jpg

Anyway thats the car as it stands.
Ive got some stage 3 Brian Crower cams on the way with titanium cam gears, spings, valves and such. So ill update when it all arrives.

I hope the pics load.

Jim

[Dowz]

Looks good so far, what subframe are you going to use? Are you extending the front?

Rather you than me working outside over the winter, best get some wooly overalls :D

[your.assassin]

Cheers.
Ive got the allspeed frame, and its going into a std round nose.
Im gonna be buying a welder next week (once i get paid), so i can get the engine in and the gear selector set up. Ive also got a few holes to patch up.
Jim

[typhax]

thats going to be a sweet setup! :D :D
the noise from the itb's wil be something else!


are you doing anything else to the engine? also what ecu were u for using?

[your.assassin]

yea i cant wait to get it all setup and running.

ive got some stage 3 cams on the way.
im also looking at a ported and polished head, and a forged bottom end.

im really not sure on ECU's, thats something i havnt really looked into too much. maybe omex or dta.

could do with some suggestions really.

Cheers

Jim

[SpyII]

This is a nice build. All the best mate, looking forward to the finished build.

[VT-Doo]

How hard was it to move the fuel rail on the ITB?
Do you have any close-ups of them?

[garyshoose]

Look at the original post dates PPL.

[VT-Doo]

Does the original poster not receive an email to notify them of a reply?

[jayare]

Not unless they subscribed to the thread (and check the e-mail account they used to register with!)

JR