'72 Mini Clubman Estate

[HEcreated487]

Impressive, this is. Still following.

[Tupers]

Impressive, this is. Still following.

Thanks for sticking with it.



So it doesn't look like much but I got the alternator mounted today.

I bolted up my billet timing case and notched the backing plate around the standard alternator mounting lug.



At long last it's bolted up independently.


I'm really happy with how far it's tucked in.


Alternator removed, I just need to trim the bracket down now.

[anth]

Looking good! sent you a pm

[Tupers]

Looking good! sent you a pm

Thanks anth, PMed right back.


I popped the alternator mount off this evening and welded it up.


Once I'd cut it down I made a template up to mount onto the timing case.


Cut out of 8MM steel.


I notched each side of the joint out and welded it up them smoothed it down.


Alternator back on, next stop belt tensioner and supercharger mounts.

[anth]

Thanks anth, PMed right back.

Just checked, didn't see a reply?

Question about the alt: are you going to slot one half of the mounting holes to be able to adjust belt tension, or will you run a separate tensioner pulley?

[Tupers]

Just checked, didn't see a reply?

Question about the alt: are you going to slot one half of the mounting holes to be able to adjust belt tension, or will you run a separate tensioner pulley?

OK I'm sure I've replied this time.

The alternator will be fixed in place and I'm using a separate pulley to tension everything.

[Tupers]

I dropped the engine back in this today, turns out my measurement where right and I've got plenty of clearance to the radiator.



In standard form the charger sits quite high and blocks 3 of the spark plugs, not and ideal position to be in.


The offending item was one of the bottom mounting lugs.


So I decided to turn a £300 supercharger into a £30 block of potential scrap alloy. Please don't **** me.


Taa Daa.


And now it sits much lower and the plugs are easier to get to.

[Tupers]

I had a nice surprise message from the fella that runs build-threads.com asking if I was interested in having the estate featured. I said yes of course. Clicky


I spent a good hour taking measurements for the nose mount on the supercharger. If my engineering teacher could see this she'd probably cry.


It took even longer to transfer it into card, RockStar and cookie to keep me going.


All cut out and punched.


I also traced a previous mount onto some 4MM steel and bolted it onto the head.


The template bolted up to the charger nicely and should work well on the car. The charger will drop down another 15MM once I've modified the tensioner bellow it.

[deutschman]

Hey congrats on the feature in Build Threads!

[Tupers]

I got the nose mount cut out and all the holes lined up.





Even better it fits on the engine.


I started on a template for the mount of the other end as well.

[Tupers]

I mocked up the pump side of the supercharger mount this evening. It'll use the two bolt holes for the engine steady and possibly another leg down the old dissy mount on the block.


Everything's marked out and ready to cut tomorrow, I'm definitely considering remaking the mounts in alloy once I've got it all working.

[Tupers]

I cut everything out and fitted the locating dowels from the old water pump drive into the new mounting plate.


The first section of bracket from the block was bent and then twisted to line up with the plate on the SC.



I got everything else lined up and tacked together, this wont be flexing.


And now it's back on the block again and the SC is free standing.

[anth]

Great work man, watching you work is really inspiring, makes me want to get out into the garage!

[chucksmith]

im incredibly impressed witht the level of fabrication going into this. ill definitely be seeing this one through to the end! 'grats on the feature as well!

[Tupers]

Thanks guys all the comments mean a lot to me and help me keep going on this. It's really cool seeing people reactions to my work as it goes along.