mrk 1 uno

[le1ght]

6 years ago lol , my mate had a mrk 1 uno (crashed it ) sat on his drive for a few years and one day i had a brain storm lol and said to my old man do you want to stick it into a mini lol £100 pound mini rot box later ,lots and lots lots of welding ,happy days, many man hours later ,here some old pics i have found enjoy,
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/build2.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/build1.jpg

[philster]

so did you get it going?

uno turbo lump i'm assuming?

[le1ght]

here a bit more up to date ones and a few mods along the way :D
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/enginemout.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/frontofmini1.jpg

[le1ght]

few more :D :D :D 2 bottom ends ,,,lots of head gaskets later lol
:cry: :cry: all ruunning mint so far so good
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/Photo-0025.jpg
note remote oil filter bad bad news that was killing the bottom end , rr was 138 bhp and 148 tlq on stck engine/turbo at hlf a bar

[le1ght]

few more ,few mods alloy beam axle ,punto gt disk/caliper on rear hi spec on front ,put extra rad in boot as over heating was a problem ,uprated mini rad was poo
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/11102008233.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/30082008070.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/Photo191-1.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/Photo243-1.jpg

[le1ght]

few more , fitted a lancia hf tb to the side of plenum to reduce piping (catching stater motor and burning it out ) ,fitted tdo4 (wrx) and some cossie green injetors and uprated clutch now running 193bhp and 200tlq at 17 psi (stock engine ) so far running sweet :D :D
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/25102008269.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/02012009596-1-2.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/copy1.jpg

[le1ght]

this is it today :D :D
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/mint.jpg

[evolotion]

loveing this :) need more pics lots of nice details in the car:)

[caveman]

looks awsome mate really mean :twisted: would love to pop over and have a look at the method behind the madness.looks like a right handfull

[le1ght]

cool will try and get some more pics,, stared to make a tublar manifold but gearbox give up the gost had to fix that and fitted a quaife lsd ,no teeth on 3rd and 2 nd gear was cracked :D :D
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/jig1.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/jig2.jpg

[mininut]

Went for a spin in this beastie yesterday, runs really nice.

M.

[terryg]

this is it today :D :D
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/mint.jpg

those wheels look lush

terryg

[matt]

Had the pleasure of running along side of this beast. One of the nicest conversions i have ever seen.

This is also the best sounding mini i have ever heard. Vroom pessssss. :lol: .

[le1ght]

thax for the comments :D :D
here a few more pixs of the front brake set up using mgf vented disks and hi spec calipers and fitted a remote dual servo the weekend :D :D (servo the big gold thing :lol: )
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/remotedualservo.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/hispec.jpg

[le1ght]

had it put on the scales,was thinking it was about 750 kg mark but came in at 820 kg :shock: :shock: :shock: going on a diet winter time :D :D

[matt]

820kg :shock: .
Strange how our cars where evenly matched then i started to pull on you. Would of thought it to be other way with yours more powerful and mine lighter.
If you can the weight right down it will be such a quick little car. Are you going to the mini showdown?

[pickmeup]

nice conversion, can you get some photos of the rear disc set up? i would like to see how you have it mounted?

Cheers

[le1ght]

cool ,have power low down and midrange no top end as turbo runs out of efficiency ,its good for round town drivin

abit mad as the donor car uno weight in at 845 kg

will get details of brake set up :D

[ChrisClubmanEstate]

Was this car at Canon Hill Park on Sunday? If so, I was admiring it and struggling to read what engine it had through your air intake/bonnet scoop, I just made out FIAT and Turbo. Very nice car, really nice interior.

Love it :P

[le1ght]

Was this car at Canon Hill Park on Sunday? If so, I was admiring it and struggling to read what engine it had through your air intake/bonnet scoop, I just made out FIAT and Turbo. Very nice car, really nice interior.

Love it :P

cool was there sun :D :D

[matt]

You past me today on the Chester road. Car looking good :) .

[tinxy]

do you mean having the oil cooler flipped upsidedown killed it as my mates turbo just went on his teggy and it was fine be fore he flipped his oil cooler fore more room ???

[le1ght]

You past me today on the Chester road. Car looking good :) .

cool thx :D :D

,it starved the bottom of oil as we used a remote oil filter .has his oil pump gone ??

[le1ght]

bit of an update on the manifold all up ready to weld and grind up into final place
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/diy.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/diy2.jpg

[le1ght]

abit of an update
have fitted a rad in the front (clio deisel) ,as wanted to lose the rear rad as the pipes keep hitting speed humps, will also have to fit a front mount to hide a big hole :-( or box it out
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/rad1.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/rad2.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/rad4.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/rad3.jpg

[Alan D.]

Hello,

Do you think that this engine will fit in a round nosed Mini?

Keep us informed it looks a great project, have you any pictures of just the the subframe with the engine installed.

Alan D.

[le1ght]

Hello,

Do you think that this engine will fit in a round nosed Mini?

Keep us informed it looks a great project, have you any pictures of just the the subframe with the engine installed.

Alan D.


yes it would fit in a round nose as they fit this lump in the FIAT SEICENTO
there is a unfinshed round nose project ,dont no if the lad has sold it ,engine mounted and most work plumed in

[le1ght]

its been a while so been busy the wkend
rad all fitted and plumed in just about clears the starter motor :eek:
the rad from the boot has been removed and the hole has been welded up,
as the rad is up front there is no room for the ic so had to put a front mount on as i didnt want to fit one :(
also fitted a clubman bumper to hide the rad (sticks out at the bottom to clear the starter )than box /mould the front out
here pics not the best
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/ic5.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/ic4.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/ic3.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/ic1.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/ic2.jpg

[Ultimateel]

I LOVE THIS BEAST!!!! Good work leigh!!

[le1ght]

thax k , the new set up is running mint,, it feels much much faster and runs super dooper cool :p:p

[Mini Vlatko]

Some fresh pics then??

[cooper_mark]

saw this mini in person....i brought some H/D tiebars a few weeks ago from le1ght and i must say...
what a car...looks and sounds awsome..

[le1ght]

Some fresh pics then??

here pics ,cheers mark :D
just trying different settings on the front to help with the tlq steer
have had 3 degress camber,,1degree toe in ,,but goin to try 1 degree then chage ball joist to mgf see if that helps

soon as that sorted /fixed i hope :confused: the thing is calling for a boost increase just that the ecu hold it back as i havnt a clue how to work it :cry:


http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/new3.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/new2.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/new6.jpg

[DVO]

Three degrees camber is really a lot, Miglia racers have I think up to 2.5 degrees. My car has 2 degrees camber and the toe in/out is 0 and that works well.

Dennis

[le1ght]

bit of an update fitted an gizzmo ibc an made some custom archs from group 6 ( same idea from my mexico )

thinking of changing the engine over the winter ,,
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/IMAG0028.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/Photo0196.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm101/le1ght/IMAG0037.jpg