76 Mini Clubman Estate

[MercTastic]

That dash came together so nicely. I love this little thing, superchargers gonn' be good.

[notabmw1]

While we are still getting some snow, decided to start mocking the MR2 supercharger on the clubby. I'm waiting for a few odds and ends to show up, and still have to tweak the tappet covers, waiting on a 10psi pulley, trying to decide on getting a standard boost gauge or to pony up for the AEM failsafe unit.*
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Anyway, here are a few pictures:
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Picked up a old school MSD Boost timing master
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The "Freeflow" header needed some massaging, which I can only assume was because I am using a long engine steady, it just touches the rear of the subframe right before the bend.
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New dash and switch panel I made up finally installed.

[notabmw1]

Much better with the painted bay!

Thanks, I think so too, but now it's gold! Been getting some work done late at night, and have been making some good progress. Supercharger may be going on soon.




Minivation hinges to open hood 90 degrees.


More billet goodies


Getting there.




The full 90!


And the super...

[244Brick]

Much better with the painted bay!

[notabmw1]

Well I figured I would dig in a little bit, what started as a fuel pump replacement (WHICH I STILL HAVEN'T DONE), has now turned into... this..,. painted engine Saturday night, as well as fixed all the rusty areas on the firewall. Replaced rear wheel bearings. Now I am waiting on Minivation hinges, a bunch of fun stuff from DSN, and some other odds and ends. Anyway, here are a few pictures...









Supercharger "mockup". Can't wait.







Tadaaa

[Z33_Taxi]

i love this thing

[notabmw1]

Well it's been a while... had the fuel pump go out nearly a month and a half ago. Hadn't really had time to do anything with it. But I finally pushed the Mini into the garage and started ordering some winter projects. The biggest being a SC12 supercharger. There were some other odds and ends I have been wanting to try out, so I ordered a new dash, T7 heater, new switches, a variety of different sound deadening products, a SU Electric type style pump, a Freeflow header to replace the LCB.. to name a few things.

Lets start with the heater, I wanted a more compact modern unit that could be multispeed. I love the space it freed up.





After assembly, I tapped a new hole for the wires to come out because I did not want to see them hanging down.











The start of the new switch panel



Mocking it up



The new switch panel painted in black wrinkle. The headlight switch is Off/on/on, heater switch is all the way to left and is off/hi/lo. Rest are just off/on. I think it turned out decent.











The SC12 Supercharger

[P78]

lol that sunscreen on your driveway

great clubman

[notabmw1]

Where'd you get the feet for your roof rack?

It came with the roof rack, the roof rack came on a car I bought (The Trabant)... from Hungaria. So I can't really help ya, but I think it is a somewhat common design for roof gutter clamps.

[Z33_Taxi]

Where'd you get the feet for your roof rack?

[notabmw1]

Just realized I hadn't updated this in quiet a while. Been putting in a lot of seat time, roughly driving it to work 3 days a week. Has been fantastic, and while I do miss airing it out, the Protech Coilovers have been great. I did another push to get things that have been bugging me finally up to snuff to make it back to semi-D.D. status. Replaced the leaky door seals, fixed windows, modded stock air box and got rid of the cone filter, New electronic distributor, and a few other bits and bobs. Anyway, here are a few pics lately.










First day at work with coilovers.


My functional engine bay... soon to get pretty over the winter.

And at the swap meet we had a few weekends back.

[NathanE-94]

Epic, epic Mini dude <3!! Increasing the want for a clubby estate now haha

[notabmw1]

Finally had a nice 3 hour run with her this past weekend to The Original British Car Day in Adamstown, MD. Had 2 other buddies in the 67 and another Estate join in the cruise there and back.*




The day before of course meant getting some last minute stuff done that I had been putting off for months. I installed a new 50mm aluminum radiator, I was still rocking the OG one. Very glad I did, cooling was flawless. Tacked in one wheel stud, fitted new fuel lines, finished installing carpet, and some other odds and ends.



Here is a few engine shots, now mind you I haven't spent a lot of time in this area making it pretty, it's functional for now. Possibly this winter or sooner I am planning a wire tuck, painting the motor BG, and adding some nice details, but I don't feel completely embarrassed to pop the hood though.






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[Randomofodication]

This looks like it's gonna be pretty badass on air!

[notabmw1]

Well I finally bit the bullet and upgraded to Accuair with 1/4" NPT Fittings. Before I had just a front/back setup with no tank, just compressor. So I got a 2 gallon tank coming and a single viair 275c compressor. I'm gonna use my old 7 switch box with dual needle gauges in the dash from my Old Van. The whole reason was I wanted to test my theory first, which while the air works on the Mini I was having a problem with it tipping over at lower pressures, basically anything under 75psi or so, and at that pressure it is in 4x4 mode. I imagine it was just due to load transfer. First time I pulled out the driveway at what I would consider "ride height" the car leaned to the right, and stayed there. Hoping this will alleviate that, because I don't want to drive monster truck height. I also picked up another set of 10x7 wheels to have as a spare wheel, but now I am thinking about running these on one side and painting center black... not sure? and using the left overs as a spare....
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Accuair with 1/4 PTC fittings.
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7 Way switch box
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Fun Stuff
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New 10x7 Wheels.