All I was thinking there was that if the car had been done in 1988 or thereabouts it couldn't be a Minker spec engine as they use the '92 heads and block...........
What you on about then???

It's nice to see you on here Minker Estate & it's a nice car you have but I am sorry to say someone at some stage has misled you.
I can not see one single part from a Minker conversion in your engine bay.
Firstly you have the original AFM meters the same as a STD car, a Minker does not use them as the Minker ECU is not capable of using them.
Second you have the two extra injectors in the throttle exactly the same as only fitted to the TT225 kits.
A Minker does not have them extra injectors or any in that location!
Third you can see the add on map sensor on the drivers wing the same as the TT225 - TT280 kits had.
Minkers has the map sensor built into the ECU inside the car.
Fourth you have no ignition amplifier to fire the coil the same as the TT225 - TT280 kits.
Minkers had a great big ignition amp by the battery, they won't run with out it.
Fifth Minkers used a different radiator, intercooler & pipe work to what you have fitted but as you say that is no prove it is not a Minker but does make it less likely.
Sixith There is no way that is a 2.8 block!
So that engine is defiantly not running a Minker ignition system or fuelling or ECU or mapping.
If you took a better picture of the turbo's or tell me the TT code off the plates if fitted I could tell you if they are Minker spec or not.
Look behind the cover on the dash & I bet you see a STD Ford ECU sitting there.
Look around by the accelerator pedal area & you will find the DCU box as fitted to TT225 - TT280's that might have something written on it to show what kit it is.
After all that seriously ask yourself if it has the four thousand pound or so engine mods inside the engine you can not see.
They was never supplied as a kit, the engine had to be shipped to TT for them to do the work or Alan etc.
If still you want proof phone Alan Jeffrey & say you think you have a Minker.
He will say does it have injectors in the throttle, you will say yes & he will say then it's not a Minker.
Non of the cars Alan did where Minkers, they had Minker parts fitted & made Minker power but only had half the mods TT did to be able to call their cars Minkers.
Alan did do an Estate with a few proper Minker parts by the way. Now gone to car heaven.
Sorry if this all seems a bit harsh but anyone who knows these cars can see it looks like a base TT225 2.9 V6 Turbo Technics kit.