Haven't watched yet. My connection is flaky, so I just download to a folder labeled "Binky - In Colour".
Haven't watched yet. My connection is flaky, so I just download to a folder labeled "Binky - In Colour".
The air intake for the blower fan is art. Nik does such amazing cardboard work.
More wiring, cabin air intake, some engine bay protection panels, strut tower brace, hood release, and exhaust manifold
The hood release was pretty trick.
Not sure I like the manifold design but with the limited room I guess there aren't a lot of options.
Toyman01 said:The hood release was pretty trick.
Not sure I like the manifold design but with the limited room I guess there aren't a lot of options.
yea that is really the only way to do it.
unless you di it like this. 
I'm interested to see how the manifold design works out for them.
It's pretty amazing they've managed to get everything that tightly packaged.
The sheer hours spent making the hidden stuff petty blows my mind. If I were in charge of the project, there would be so many rough edges from jobs done hastily. And it still wouldn't run.
Remote mounting the turbo back at the rear of the car might be a decent solution? I know that those sorts of setups have drawbacks, like oiling system challenges and turbo lag/efficiency issues. I'm also really curious what kind of power the replacement turbo they showed is capable of. It looks really small compared to that CT26.
That turbo manifold build is awesome- I never thought to make it out of a plate pieces like that.
In reply to pres589 (djronnebaum) :
I thought the same thing at first then I remembered how tight the exhaust fit with the AWD system. I don't think packaging would support return piping real easily.
Hasty screen grab from when they were fitting the brake lines into the rest of the available space in the tunnel.
always amazing work , the wiring was crazy , I wish they had a parts list and a tool list for things like the crimper and wire stripper etc......
I wonder how the manifold will work , to me it looks like one cylinder has a direct flow and would get more than the others ,
Waiting for the Christmas edition !
Get a muffler half as long, case length wise, and pack the turbo in that space? That was my only thought. Either that or do something funny with the floor pan where the rear seat used to be in the original Mini.
GIRTHQUAKE said:That turbo manifold build is awesome- I never thought to make it out of a plate pieces like that.
A guy in Indiana did that on an Audi ten valve, to make a 5 into 2 turbo header. It looked weird, but I guess it worked.
I think a lot of people assume that turbo manifold is the same as header design. With the high levels of backpressure, I don't think it is. I'm more worried about durability, that thing is going to get HOT and want to expand in weird ways and that's really not a lot of wall thickness. They may want to support the turbo with (drumroll) a bracket, but the most fun thing to do would be to bolt it up and find out.
It amazes me how much this project is thought out from the start. Every once in a while they'll be dealing with some insane packaging problem and it turns out they'd prepared for it two years ago. It's like it sprang fully formed into existence, they just have to do the work.
That hood release was hilarious. So much work to put an opening hood on a removable flip front, and to prevent the hood from being openable externally. Like this thing will be parked on the street in the bad part of town or something. And done mechanically instead of electrically. Crazy.
In reply to Keith Tanner :
The hood release device looks a lot similar to the trigger mechanism inside some firearms.
...Okay, I watch a lot of Forgotten Weapons, because I'm fascinated by the engineering of mechanisms.
Knurled. said:In reply to Keith Tanner :
The hood release device looks a lot similar to the trigger mechanism inside some firearms.
...Okay, I watch a lot of Forgotten Weapons, because I'm fascinated by the engineering of mechanisms.
That is a good YouTUBE channel.
An electrically operated hood latch would probably have been lighter, more simple, and possibly more reliable...
In reply to pres589 (djronnebaum) :
Sometimes you just want to do something to have done it. For the experience of it if you will.
-says the guy with a block of aluminum in the mill vise and a rough idea of a parking brake caliper in his head
In reply to pres589 (djronnebaum) :
They answered that question in the new video. Wanted to be able to unlatch bonnet if the battery is dead to get access to the jump posts.
In reply to Jumper K Balls (Trent) :
What about a simple lever a la a Renault 8?
T.J. said:In reply to pres589 (djronnebaum) :
They answered that question in the new video. Wanted to be able to unlatch bonnet if the battery is dead to get access to the jump posts.
...on a flip front. That’s the funny part, the fact that the entire bonnet is irrelevant.
In reply to Keith Tanner :
Working on a flip front is a real PITA. I'd want a working bonnet, or even a hood.
Also note that the flip front is electrically operated.
Having worked under a classic Mini bonnet, there’s no room at all. You can check the oil, that’s about it.
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