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[Confused?]

dont sell it,put it in ur mini

fiat engines are very under-rated i think. people used to laugh at me when i said i had an uno turbo...followed by snickering...then me saying...with 150bhp in a car weighing less than 800kg... most of my mates dont like the way they look, but they respect the engines now

keep me updated if u decide to do it, if the 2L block will fit, the 1372 should - as mentioned, its just the gearbox thats HOOOOJ!

[Jammy]

I agree, Fiat engines tend to be half decent, not the best engine in the world, but certainly not the worst, its the car around them that usually made of string, cardboard and sellotape.

[Confused?]

its the car around them that usually made of string, cardboard and sellotape.

i resent that

theyre made from cheddar!

[Confused?]

not as good as the citroen ax tho. theyre made from coke cans and hope

[Jammy]

not as good as the citroen ax tho. theyre made from coke cans and hope

And the tears of baby squirrels....

[stevesmini]

There is a sneak peek at my uno turbo i was selling it but everyone was offering me to silly money so i decided to keep it and im glad i did as its so much fun remember coming back from london doing 120 and it had plenty left and took me 45 mins to do 70 miles was funny

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[theoldtartspimp]

come on j stop worring about it get the engine sat on the mini subframe and work out whats needed to go where you gert fairy

if i ever finish this bl00dy vtec conversion in dorris i might be able to give you a hand

[Confused?]

HELLOOOO DAVE!!! i'd love to but i cant move the sodding engine on my own and anybody who comes round my house doesnt want to get their hands dirty i made up a trolley tuther day but havent been able to get it on it.

yeh UTs are wicked motors!! i had 140 out of mine and the guy in the porsche was pi55in himself, not quite believing what he was seeing

[theoldtartspimp]

i'll pop round some time if i get the chance mate hopefully wiht ians mini going to mot tomoorw i might be able to get some work done on mine

[Confused?]

feckin excuses!! u owe me anyways!! i just had some wench phone me up for ur reference! blagged....

[Confused?]

well i thought i'd clean up the uno turbo lump as it was stinkin!!

wonders what i jet washing will do aint it!?

before:



after:





i was told that the turbo (IHI - size of a garret t2) was a turbo technics one, but i didnt believe it until i saw this:


then i spotted that the exhaust manifold had cracked. this is quite common on the uno turbos. luckily i have another from my old uno turbo. but the inlet has to come off before the exhaust will come off.


exhaust manifold...see the crack(s)?


no?

and theres another on the underside!

the IHI turbo all nice and clean and take off!! no play in the shaft, well chuffed....


cant wait to get this in the mini!!

[Confused?]

on my previous uno turbo i wanted to fit a bigger turbo and had the urge for an external wastegate (EWG), BUT the bigger turbo would fit in the space that the standard smaller turbo did, so i made a quick bodge up of how i wanted the piping and got a company in my town to make it up in stainless with the right flange sizes for the turbo and EWG. i used it on my Uno turbo (on different engine management) but then sold the uno without the piping and now it may live again, or be sold

it did increase lag a bit but OMG when the EWG decided to do some work it was mental!

bigger turbo and HKS EWG on relocated turbo piping.





may not use this yet, dunno, will see how it goes on the smaller turbo 1st, but i'd thought i'd let u see it as it looks mental

Edited by Confused?, 26 April 2007 - 08:16 PM.

[$way]

so are you putting the uno turbo in the mini?

[Confused?]

hopefully just need to get the subframe sorted, sort out the loom and then see what bulkhead modifications are needed

[stevesmini]

here you go you wanted a piccy of my fiat 1

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