[Spridgets] WAS Later Mini price-Now Rear Turbo

[WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com]

Aside from the lag he probably has a red hot turbo somewhere near the fuel  
tank so a turbo failure or fire would be more than just interesting.  The  
car must also have a really long oil pressure line going to the boot and  
back.
 
What I'd be asking myself was if the owner spent this much time working on  
one bad idea how many other bad ideas had he implemented on the car.
 
Weslake-Monza 1330
 
 
In a message dated 16/09/2011 05:23:19 GMT Daylight Time, dwoerpel at wi.net  
writes:

Thanks  for the explanation!  That's just weird, imho.  Very strange  setup
and have never heard of that before.  Drop in a Honda Vtec and  be done. 
Minimania has a kit.  ;-)  just kidding...but I'd like  to drive one.
Dave

> I was confused about that as well and asked,  apparently the owner thought
> that there wasn't enough room for the  turbo under the bonnet, so he
> mounted it in the rear and plumbed the  intake to the back. I commented
> that I thought that that would make  for a great deal of turbo lag, but 
the
> response was that there wasn't,  but it did go through head gaskets and
> rings- I'm not sure what kind  of boost he was running, but if you can't
> keep head gaskets on it (I  think that I'd use a Metro Turbo gasket 
myself)
> and you're going  through rings that you've got too much boost and too 
much
>  heat.
> Maybe add an intercooler as well to the mix and it might  last.