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Mini reinvention

andyBeaker

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Squag1 said:
http://www.theminiforum.co.uk/forums/topic/313858-bmw-16v-k1100-1380-engine/#

Scroll to very bottom and pick NEXT to get through the build.

I missed the NEXT first time.
Some adventure!!!
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Nice to see someone benefitting from the weakness of the £!!!

There was a programme on earlier this week featuring a Mini having a Civic Type R motor stuffed in.......the kit was 'bolt in', complete with new subframe. It 'bolted in' very easily....once the inner wings were removed and the inlet manifold reduced in length by about three inches......
 
Squag1

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Knew of a guy who put a Rover V8 into the back of a Renault 5!!!!
 
slim63

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Old hat really, folks started putting calibra engines in mini's years ago you can buy a subframe for the job but you have to be willing to trim the firewall, this is just a version of that with a better motor

The one that impressed me was a mini van with a 5l v8 in the back that was kicking around a while ago
 
Pow-Lo

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Get a car with a proper engine in to begin with and you don’t need to faff around shoe-horning other motors in.
 
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slim63 said:
Old hat really, folks started putting calibra engines in mini's years ago you can buy a subframe for the job but you have to be willing to trim the firewall, this is just a version of that with a better motor

The one that impressed me was a mini van with a 5l v8 in the back that was kicking around a while ago
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If I were contemplating sticking a CAlibra motor in a Mini I would take a step back, have the Mini crushed and use the CAlibra.

In fact I would have all Minis crushed.
 
ianrobbo1

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andyBeaker said:
If I were contemplating sticking a CAlibra motor in a Mini I would take a step back, have the Mini crushed and use the CAlibra.

In fact I would have all Minis crushed.
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BMW so-called "mini's" or proper British Leyland rusty mini's :rolleyes:
 
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andyBeaker said:
If I were contemplating sticking a CAlibra motor in a Mini I would take a step back, have the Mini crushed and use the CAlibra.

In fact I would have all Minis crushed.
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Noooooooooo......

Then Italian Job would have been made with Fiat 500s ...... :eek:
 
Pow-Lo

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Minis have their place (little girls and poofers) but not for us real men who are dead rugged, grrrrrr.
 
Jaws

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Last PROPER mini I owned I deseamed it, and fitted a mk II Jag dash in it.. with all the dials and switches !
I do not 'do' woodwork and it took me more than two days of very careful cutting to get it all to fit :)
 
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