Project "KEV"....boosted Mini

[Paul_13]

Dv6

[insomaniac45]

love the fact its your mrs car, and it arrived on a pink flatbed 

my guess, suzuki swift 1.6 turbo 

this is going to be epic

[Dum-Dum]

Ecoboost it. If that's not your plan, consider changing it!

Glad we agree on this.

[roland rat]

Charade GTTI engine?

Suzuki  cappuccino engine?

Nope twice.
Soz

Fiddlesticks!

Suzuki wagon R engine

Smart car engine?

all the fail.

I'm sure I said it be a modern engine

No mention of modern engine but I am king fail on all my guesses.

Looks a solid base to start with and I will follow with great anticipation

[MitchellR32]

Loving all these guesses. I'll stay silent as I already know the answer.

[adam b]

Vw group 1.4 tdi. Driven a few in lardy cars like fabias and it'd shift in this

[toseland]

Por-15 for the rust repair mate... cannot beat it.

[Piggy]

Actually do something to this tomorrow...I took some boxes down and labels today and bits to make a big shelf to help with storage.
Tomorrow its strip and asses time.
Already know of a few main areas that need a pro to do.

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New sills badly welded on..may cut them off and start again.
A panels over filled...for the cost...may get new
N/s boot floor...bad repair...needs cutting out and redoing...same with n/s/r aarch.
And a weird bit on the sill lip o/s/r. I'll get pics tomorrow

[procta]

why doesn't that surprise me about minis, with the bodge jobs and cost cutting! The mount of stories I have heard about these cars having make up jobs etc, I have lost count!

[Piggy]

Seems the more I dig...the more bodges I find...could bodge a bodge...but want to do this right...so it will come into workshop when mickys escort goes for paint...get a proper assement...then do each large job properly.

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Interior all out...and engine loom all gone. 
So so many little parts missing though....like air ducting and wiring bits...Can see that being a right pita later on.

Front brace bars are welded worse than even my worst efforts which...again...annoying.

   

Next is remove engine/box. 

Then get wire wheels out

[procta]

wont be a pain in the arse, all you need to do is get your self down to a proper mini dealer and ask for the bits, You can get everything.
All I can say is you are very, very brave taking this on mind. I wouldn't take a mini on like that at all! I would really start from scratch.

[John1.4]

1199 puretech?

[cully]

get yourself a spit mount the bare shell then its a lot easyer to work on

bare shell restoration from the bottom up no probs with access just rotate the car

[Piggy]

So.
Stripped it a bit more.
Got a buyer for the Aseries.

Got wheels off and stripped the tyres.

Time to get polishing...

   

They are a couple of dings and scuff marks...but alloy restoration places want MAD money for repair. So I will get at them with wet n dry n autoglym...

Open to suggestions to get a proper shine, how to protect the shine and how to mask it off to paint!

Also booked in at Mickys...once his mk2 rallye escort goes to paintshop...the mini rolls in for Pavo to cut rust and weld metal

[Piggy]

Any pro's for polishing those rims and then sealing them to help keep the shine??

[rocker8742]

Lots of work with sand paper and a decent compound/cutting pad?

Never done it personally so couldn't really say from experience but would guess at 1500 / 2000 /2500 / 3000 then compound for a decent polished finish? Maybe further depending how much time you want to put to it


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[PocketFighter]

i'm going to throw it out there...

motorbike engine? Yam R1? http://www.lynxae.co.uk/Products-MiniR1.htm

ZCAR!!!

[procta]

Also booked in at Mickys...once his mk2 rallye escort goes to paintshop...the mini rolls in for Pavo to cut rust and weld metal

I bet most of it will need replacing! one of the lads on the metro owners club made a start on restoring an E plate one. They bought all the panels what they needed, but when they started stripping it and starting cutting the rot out, more and more rot was found, They ended up using it for spares, for a rolling shell that was found for peanuts.

[Piggy]

Dont say that!!

Took the wheels to a blasters today...wanted £35 PER wheel to blast the paint off...so they came back with me! Nitromors time

[procta]

Its a mini piggy, these rot everywhere!
are you not going to get them power coated and the rim polished up?

[Piggy]

Its a mini piggy, these rot everywhere!
are you not going to get them power coated and the rim polished up?

I want to paint them a particular colour. Them polish the rim meself.

[Piggy]

So after a long long time... this was wheeled into the workshop.

Lets just say we struggled to get it on the two poster safely..... shell is too far for me...

Second shell purchased.
1275 sold today.
Ecu, loom and other parts for new engine were collected after a 6 hour round trip Friday...

As soonas the 16v is on the road...this will get my full attention and be epic. Like, genuinely, epic.

[Piggy]

"as soon as 16v is on the road...." - so never then.

3rd shell purchased as it was local and too good to miss.

It's in the workshop.... Currently building a spit/rollover jig.

ECU unlocked. So I should be able to do a bench test of the looms and engine.

1st Jan... Videos start going up

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&loads of panels purchased now, nice pile of bargain eBay leftovers had. Sills, A panels, boot repair sections etc.

[td_dan]

good luck mate look forward to the updates on this.

[Dave]

Where did this end up at?

[Piggy]

If the flipping lemon would be useful then this could get on...
Looking at trying to buy a cheap third car basically so I can push lemon aside without me throwing a match at it...then I can focus on this. Parts have been building up for it. A

[Dave]

Too many things on the go mate, chasing your tail. Get back on track with one vehicle seems like they've all got their own issues at the moment let alone starting a new build.

[Magenta Sunset]

Dont say that!!

Took the wheels to a blasters today...wanted £35 PER wheel to blast the paint off...so they came back with me! Nitromors time

you could almost buy a kit for that price.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sandblaster-A...SwhOdXoKi9

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/90psi-6-BAR-P...Sws5BaaHxF

[Piggy]

That's awesome! Never knew so cheap... They any good?m

[Magenta Sunset]

i'm not too sure. you may have to read the reviews on fleabay.
the main thing to be aware of is PSI and CFM rates for them.
I bought a 10 gall one, then found my home compressor want up to it.
plus, you'll have to source a suitable medium for it. ie, soda, blasting sand, etc.
some media are really aggressive.
AND DON'T FORGET YOUR PPI !!!