Austin Cooper K20A2 Swap - Page 12

cptkirk · 06-07-2010, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drewski's

mini looks great and looks so much fun to drive.

it is an absolute blast to drive. I took a friend out over the weekend and he rides a Suzuki GSXR1000, he thinks that he would not be getting by me in a sprint from the line - AWESOME.....

cptkirk · 06-09-2010, 03:35 AM

Some Interior Pictures

XXXdc5 · 06-09-2010, 11:47 PM

wow that looks great!!!

Drewski's · 06-13-2010, 06:27 PM

interior looks great!

cptkirk · 08-25-2010, 07:13 AM

Well since completion of the project I have managed to get roughly 600 miles under my belt in The Beast, not without drama though.

First big outing saw the N/S rear coil over come apart as the locking nut on the damper shaft had nut been tightened properly, doing around 60mph hard acceleration and BANG.....fortunately a fellow mini driver was passing that lived close, he lent me some tools and I had it on the road again in about 45mins.

Front N/S wheel bearing came loose, turns out a tapered thrust washer that was holding it in had snapped and was basically disintergrating, so each time you nipped it up it just disintergrated some more. A new bearing set and new washer saw the end of that problem.

Out on a run one day and saw the water temp rising over 100degC (norm 83degC), killed the engine and pulled over. whilst on the phone from the other side of the road I noticed the Serpentine belt had come off - WTF?? Turns out where I had been adding spacers to the alternator to keep the tension on the belt with the OEM tensioner it had snapped the two lower bolts - oops... A new design for the spacers was conceived and it is now fine.

Most recently - like two weekends ago the front N/S coil over decided to come apart - couldnt believe it...... the boing and then the rattle around under the hood coupled with the N/S dipping kinda gave it away. That and the fact that I need to replace the recon steering rack with a brand new unit means the Beast is currently off the road again. A picture below of that unit apart:

On a lighter note me and a buddy were out in the car a few weekends ago and completely destroyed a Ferrari 328 off the line.

Another time saw my right up the trumpet of a Ferrari 360 off a roundabout and he did not get away from me up to about 100mph then we hit traffic, he did a proper twat of a move on the next roundabout to shake me so I left him to it as I refuse to drive like an idiot......

I have got my camera mount made up now and once I get it back on the road I will try and get some vids and post them on Youtube.

Type-S-Ralph · 08-25-2010, 11:10 PM

Sick build looks great, I bet its a blast to drive.

Crazy Canuck · 08-26-2010, 11:44 AM

Captain,

Good to see you on here. I was just surfing and shopping on Club-RSX for parts and ideas for my K20A2 power plant and I ran across your thread….
I just picked up a 2004 K20A2 19000km’s last month from a dude that changed his mind on the K20A2. He is now putting a Honda S2000 in his Mini (and I’m Cazy?!?!?)….. I bought his K20A2 6-Spd Typ-S along with - RBC throttle body induced air intake, ACT Clutch Kit - AR1-XTG6 Extreme Pressure Plate w/ 6-Pad Sprung Hub Disc, F1 Racing Lightweight Chromoly Flywheel, turbo w/cooler & pipes, K-Pro ready ECU and and and…. But I know nothing about the Engine as of yet but have found loads of info here on the Club…..
I too belong to the Z-Car ‘Mini forum” as I have had my Mini now for 12 years and have just started building up my Mini V-tech now for the last 8 months.
I have Chris at Zcars waiting to send the CDS frames, frontend and Z-car kit. but I want to build up the engine and I’m still in the tear down/ body work stage. So you know what I have in front of me.

I can’t wait to see this little monster rip’n thru the Canadian Rockies.
I have talked to Lyle about his Evil eye’d blue monster and Jim @ Rougese7en about Kevlar panels, but I just would like to say, your build is a huge help and inspiration to my build. If I can even come half as close to what you have built I would be happy..
Keep up the Ferrari kill’n and I’ll keep you informed as to how the Canadian Mini Type-S is doing here or on the Mini forum.

Crazy Canuck
Mini Type-S 400Hp @ 1600lbs
http://m1n1c00per.miniowners.com/com...cfm?galID=1078

Martian SI · 08-26-2010, 01:31 PM

wow...gotta see pics.
sub

m2marsx · 08-26-2010, 11:40 PM

can't believe I just seen this now! Sub'd most def!

Martian SI · 08-27-2010, 01:37 AM

next mod.....power windows

cptkirk · 08-27-2010, 06:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crazy Canuck

Captain,

Good to see you on here. I was just surfing and shopping on Club-RSX for parts and ideas for my K20A2 power plant and I ran across your thread….
I just picked up a 2004 K20A2 19000km’s last month from a dude that changed his mind on the K20A2. He is now putting a Honda S2000 in his Mini (and I’m Cazy?!?!?)….. I bought his K20A2 6-Spd Typ-S along with - RBC throttle body induced air intake, ACT Clutch Kit - AR1-XTG6 Extreme Pressure Plate w/ 6-Pad Sprung Hub Disc, F1 Racing Lightweight Chromoly Flywheel, turbo w/cooler & pipes, K-Pro ready ECU and and and…. But I know nothing about the Engine as of yet but have found loads of info here on the Club…..
I too belong to the Z-Car ‘Mini forum” as I have had my Mini now for 12 years and have just started building up my Mini V-tech now for the last 8 months.
I have Chris at Zcars waiting to send the CDS frames, frontend and Z-car kit. but I want to build up the engine and I’m still in the tear down/ body work stage. So you know what I have in front of me.

I can’t wait to see this little monster rip’n thru the Canadian Rockies.
I have talked to Ryan about his Evil eye’d blue monster and Rougese7en about Kevlar panels, but I just would like to say, your build is a huge help and inspiration to my build. If I can even come half as close to what you have built I would be happy..
Keep up the Ferrari kill’n and I’ll keep you informed as to how the Canadian Mini Type-S is doing here or on the Mini forum.

Crazy Canuck
Mini Type-S 400Hp @ 1300lbs

Thanks for the compliment.

Good to see another of these cars being built and I am quite jealous that you get to dive round the Canadian Rockies in it, I can imagine there being some great roads out there.

It would be good to se another build on the miniforum, we are even interested in the build up stage that you are at, information gained about engine builds is good as I dont think many of the mini guys are into building their motors.

I look forward to seeing your build thread sometime soon.

bakasam · 08-31-2010, 02:04 AM

my inspiration, im doinga mini build as well ! :]

cptkirk · 09-01-2010, 06:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bakasam

my inspiration, im doinga mini build as well ! :]

Got any links to a build diary or link to pictures??

Crazy Canuck · 09-02-2010, 04:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cptkirk

Got any links to a build diary or link to pictures??
**I am quite jealous that you get to dive round the Canadian Rockies

http://roguese7ens.com/se7ens/index.php?board=6.0
^^Anything under "Crazy Canuck" are my Build's.^^
The Mini builds still in it's infant stage, but have a look.

And here is a pic of the Canadian Rockies, home of this Mini Type-S....

MugenBBsi · 09-08-2010, 03:11 PM

words cant even describe this build, ur doing a perfect job. everything looks great sir

cptkirk · 12-08-2010, 06:22 AM

Not much to report at this time, I have been enjoying driving the car as much as possible but the weather is not good at the moment and the British roads get covered in salt whenever there is a hint of a freeze so its really not the best time to take a high powered rwd car out.

Still a month or so ago I managed to get out for a run with two of my mates (they were on sportsbikes so I didnt have to wait around for anyone). As my photoshoot for Miniworld was coming up I was going to leave it in the garage but the weather was too good not to go..

With the photoshoot in mind I hadnt yet done any timings for the car and as my SPA speedo gauge allows me to do whatever timings I want I thought I would give it ago. So I found a nice flat and fairly smooth bit of road (private road of course ;-) ) and then first I set up for my 0-60, then 0-100 and then 40-60 as these are the most talked about numbers. I hasten to add at this point I have my speedo calibrated to within 1mph of my GPS speed camera locator so its pretty frickin accurate.

The Results:

0-60 = 3.4 seconds
0-100 = 8.0 seconds
40-60 = 1.6 seconds

I only had three or four attempts at the standing starts and the 40-60 is just from one run and needs a few more runs to see if I can get it down with different gear selection. The standing starts were done taking off in first, minimal slip, no wheel spin, drop it and go. I reckon I can get both times down with practice and a clutch I didnt care too much about, still they're not bad for an amateuer......I currently change to 4th for 100 but I reckon I can hit the rev limiter in 3rd and that should just get the 100mph on the clock, will try that when the weather gets better.

With the timings done and a need to make a banner for my build diary forum I went about making the below in photoshop, for those wondering about the BHP thing, its because almost everyone in the UK understands BHP not WHP, although those that are true gear heads know what WHP is all about.

cptkirk · 02-21-2011, 06:06 AM

I made onto the front cover of Miniworld magazine:

**K20A2** · 02-21-2011, 11:34 AM

that is awesome, nice job!

cptkirk · 02-21-2011, 03:16 PM

Thanks Chris.

Crazy Canuck · 02-23-2011, 01:23 PM

Congrat's Andy, This really pays tribute to just how brilliantly awesome the Beast is. And to make it to the Cover of MWM is just awesome!! you disserve it, Great job!!
And I’ll be expecting an “auto”graphed copy from you as soon as they hit the stands…

**K20A2** · 02-23-2011, 08:36 PM

haha, I want one two to hang on the wall in the shop. I like to put up members cars when I can.

cptkirk · 02-24-2011, 07:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crazy Canuck

Congrat's Andy, This really pays tribute to just how brilliantly awesome the Beast is. And to make it to the Cover of MWM is just awesome!! you disserve it, Great job!!
And I’ll be expecting an “auto”graphed copy from you as soon as they hit the stands…

Thanks, you'll have to fly me over for the signing......

Quote:

Originally Posted by K20A2

haha, I want one two to hang on the wall in the shop. I like to put up members cars when I can.

I honestly dont know if you can get the mag out there, I am guessing give it a month and you might be able to order a back catalogue from the Miniworld website, I know you can buy online versions but again you have to wait til the issues been out a while.....

cptkirk · 04-27-2011, 07:40 AM

OK I got some video - its on the road video so dont expect anything wild and crazy or me breaking the speed limit, just incase that happened during filming I made sure the speedo is not visible, you can see the tacho and when the needle changes colour its around 7000rpm. The sound needs some work, I think theres something loose in the camera and the recording level is way too high. The video makes it seem very slow compared to being in it.

Video 003

Video 004

Video 005

loganador · 04-27-2011, 01:17 PM

Holy mother of god! That is bad ass

Crazy Canuck · 04-27-2011, 03:51 PM

That was awesome Andy thanx for the Fix!!

How's the TB coming?

06-09-2010, 03:35 AM	#277
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06-09-2010, 11:47 PM	#278
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06-13-2010, 06:27 PM	#279
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08-25-2010, 07:13 AM	#280
cptkirk Scotty we need more POWER Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: West Sussex, England Posts: 263 iTrader: (0)	Teething Problems Well since completion of the project I have managed to get roughly 600 miles under my belt in The Beast, not without drama though. First big outing saw the N/S rear coil over come apart as the locking nut on the damper shaft had nut been tightened properly, doing around 60mph hard acceleration and BANG.....fortunately a fellow mini driver was passing that lived close, he lent me some tools and I had it on the road again in about 45mins. Front N/S wheel bearing came loose, turns out a tapered thrust washer that was holding it in had snapped and was basically disintergrating, so each time you nipped it up it just disintergrated some more. A new bearing set and new washer saw the end of that problem. Out on a run one day and saw the water temp rising over 100degC (norm 83degC), killed the engine and pulled over. whilst on the phone from the other side of the road I noticed the Serpentine belt had come off - WTF?? Turns out where I had been adding spacers to the alternator to keep the tension on the belt with the OEM tensioner it had snapped the two lower bolts - oops... A new design for the spacers was conceived and it is now fine. Most recently - like two weekends ago the front N/S coil over decided to come apart - couldnt believe it...... the boing and then the rattle around under the hood coupled with the N/S dipping kinda gave it away. That and the fact that I need to replace the recon steering rack with a brand new unit means the Beast is currently off the road again. A picture below of that unit apart: On a lighter note me and a buddy were out in the car a few weekends ago and completely destroyed a Ferrari 328 off the line. Another time saw my right up the trumpet of a Ferrari 360 off a roundabout and he did not get away from me up to about 100mph then we hit traffic, he did a proper twat of a move on the next roundabout to shake me so I left him to it as I refuse to drive like an idiot...... I have got my camera mount made up now and once I get it back on the road I will try and get some vids and post them on Youtube. __________________ MY K20A2 JRSC SWAP THREAD - COMPLETED PROJECT PICTURES ON PAGES 11 & 12

08-25-2010, 11:10 PM	#281
Type-S-Ralph Master Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: GA Posts: 6,180 iTrader: (4)	Sick build looks great, I bet its a blast to drive. __________________ 2012 Tundra Rock Warrior

08-26-2010, 11:44 AM	#282
Crazy Canuck King of Canada Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Earth [403] Posts: 23 iTrader: (0)	V-tech Mini Captain, Good to see you on here. I was just surfing and shopping on Club-RSX for parts and ideas for my K20A2 power plant and I ran across your thread…. I just picked up a 2004 K20A2 19000km’s last month from a dude that changed his mind on the K20A2. He is now putting a Honda S2000 in his Mini (and I’m Cazy?!?!?)….. I bought his K20A2 6-Spd Typ-S along with - RBC throttle body induced air intake, ACT Clutch Kit - AR1-XTG6 Extreme Pressure Plate w/ 6-Pad Sprung Hub Disc, F1 Racing Lightweight Chromoly Flywheel, turbo w/cooler & pipes, K-Pro ready ECU and and and…. But I know nothing about the Engine as of yet but have found loads of info here on the Club….. I too belong to the Z-Car ‘Mini forum” as I have had my Mini now for 12 years and have just started building up my Mini V-tech now for the last 8 months. I have Chris at Zcars waiting to send the CDS frames, frontend and Z-car kit. but I want to build up the engine and I’m still in the tear down/ body work stage. So you know what I have in front of me. I can’t wait to see this little monster rip’n thru the Canadian Rockies. I have talked to Lyle about his Evil eye’d blue monster and Jim @ Rougese7en about Kevlar panels, but I just would like to say, your build is a huge help and inspiration to my build. If I can even come half as close to what you have built I would be happy.. Keep up the Ferrari kill’n and I’ll keep you informed as to how the Canadian Mini Type-S is doing here or on the Mini forum. Crazy Canuck Mini Type-S 400Hp @ 1600lbs http://m1n1c00per.miniowners.com/com...cfm?galID=1078 __________________ K20A2 Mini Project Mini Trailer Last edited by Crazy Canuck; 04-20-2011 at 10:04 AM. Reason: spello's

08-26-2010, 11:40 PM	#284
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08-31-2010, 02:04 AM	#287
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09-08-2010, 03:11 PM	#290
MugenBBsi Master Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: LI NY Posts: 2,299 iTrader: (10)	words cant even describe this build, ur doing a perfect job. everything looks great sir __________________ 2005 Suzuka Blue S2k : current 2002 SSM AP1 S2k: SOLD 2005 JGM Type S: SOLD 2002 ABP Type S: SOLD

12-08-2010, 06:22 AM	#291
cptkirk Scotty we need more POWER Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: West Sussex, England Posts: 263 iTrader: (0)	Not much to report at this time, I have been enjoying driving the car as much as possible but the weather is not good at the moment and the British roads get covered in salt whenever there is a hint of a freeze so its really not the best time to take a high powered rwd car out. Still a month or so ago I managed to get out for a run with two of my mates (they were on sportsbikes so I didnt have to wait around for anyone). As my photoshoot for Miniworld was coming up I was going to leave it in the garage but the weather was too good not to go.. With the photoshoot in mind I hadnt yet done any timings for the car and as my SPA speedo gauge allows me to do whatever timings I want I thought I would give it ago. So I found a nice flat and fairly smooth bit of road (private road of course ;-) ) and then first I set up for my 0-60, then 0-100 and then 40-60 as these are the most talked about numbers. I hasten to add at this point I have my speedo calibrated to within 1mph of my GPS speed camera locator so its pretty frickin accurate. The Results: 0-60 = 3.4 seconds 0-100 = 8.0 seconds 40-60 = 1.6 seconds I only had three or four attempts at the standing starts and the 40-60 is just from one run and needs a few more runs to see if I can get it down with different gear selection. The standing starts were done taking off in first, minimal slip, no wheel spin, drop it and go. I reckon I can get both times down with practice and a clutch I didnt care too much about, still they're not bad for an amateuer......I currently change to 4th for 100 but I reckon I can hit the rev limiter in 3rd and that should just get the 100mph on the clock, will try that when the weather gets better. With the timings done and a need to make a banner for my build diary forum I went about making the below in photoshop, for those wondering about the BHP thing, its because almost everyone in the UK understands BHP not WHP, although those that are true gear heads know what WHP is all about. __________________ MY K20A2 JRSC SWAP THREAD - COMPLETED PROJECT PICTURES ON PAGES 11 & 12 Last edited by cptkirk; 12-08-2010 at 06:26 AM.

02-21-2011, 06:06 AM	#292
cptkirk Scotty we need more POWER Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: West Sussex, England Posts: 263 iTrader: (0)	Magazine Article I made onto the front cover of Miniworld magazine: __________________ MY K20A2 JRSC SWAP THREAD - COMPLETED PROJECT PICTURES ON PAGES 11 & 12

02-21-2011, 11:34 AM	#293
K20A2 Internet Crack Dealer Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 34,339 iTrader: (6)	that is awesome, nice job! __________________ Chris Dye http://www.kseriesparts.com Club RSX Founder

02-21-2011, 03:16 PM	#294
cptkirk Scotty we need more POWER Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: West Sussex, England Posts: 263 iTrader: (0)	Thanks Chris. __________________ MY K20A2 JRSC SWAP THREAD - COMPLETED PROJECT PICTURES ON PAGES 11 & 12

02-23-2011, 01:23 PM	#295
Crazy Canuck King of Canada Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Earth [403] Posts: 23 iTrader: (0)	Congrat's Andy, This really pays tribute to just how brilliantly awesome the Beast is. And to make it to the Cover of MWM is just awesome!! you disserve it, Great job!! And I’ll be expecting an “auto”graphed copy from you as soon as they hit the stands… __________________ K20A2 Mini Project Mini Trailer Last edited by Crazy Canuck; 02-23-2011 at 01:46 PM.

02-23-2011, 08:36 PM	#296
K20A2 Internet Crack Dealer Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 34,339 iTrader: (6)	haha, I want one two to hang on the wall in the shop. I like to put up members cars when I can. __________________ Chris Dye http://www.kseriesparts.com Club RSX Founder

04-27-2011, 07:40 AM	#298
cptkirk Scotty we need more POWER Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: West Sussex, England Posts: 263 iTrader: (0)	OK I got some video - its on the road video so dont expect anything wild and crazy or me breaking the speed limit, just incase that happened during filming I made sure the speedo is not visible, you can see the tacho and when the needle changes colour its around 7000rpm. The sound needs some work, I think theres something loose in the camera and the recording level is way too high. The video makes it seem very slow compared to being in it. Video 003 Video 004 Video 005 __________________ MY K20A2 JRSC SWAP THREAD - COMPLETED PROJECT PICTURES ON PAGES 11 & 12

04-27-2011, 01:17 PM	#299
loganador Master Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,480 iTrader: (10)	Holy mother of god! That is bad ass

04-27-2011, 03:51 PM	#300
Crazy Canuck King of Canada Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Earth [403] Posts: 23 iTrader: (0)	That was awesome Andy thanx for the Fix!! How's the TB coming? __________________ K20A2 Mini Project Mini Trailer