has anyone on here ever put a metro turbo engine in a mini?



have always liked mini's for some reason (dont ask me why, i dont know )


was following one today and just started thinking about it


anyone???

 

mate had a black one. Said it was alot of work putting it in. he had to cut some of the bulk head or something like that.

However it sounded great and was really fun to drive.

 

You'd never fit in a mini gus!



How ya doing babe not see ya for ages!

 

Guy from Ipswich called mat has done. its well over 200bhp and the thing is an absolute animal. It needs 2 lanes when it comes on boost. beleive me, you can forget rs turbo torque steer, you should see this thing proper fast

 

i wanna do one now


im good hay you?

 

how much do you reckon this conversion would cost?

who would be interested in doing it?

or would it be worth just going for a worked n/a engine


should stop thinking about it as the more i do, the more i wanna do it


going to but some magazines about it now, see if theer is any for sale

 

This is matt's site...

http://www.miniwilliams.co.uk/

 

I got one too...

www.afracing.com and goto projects.

Torque steer and power delivery can be sorted... matt wood's is the cossy equivelent of a t4 and 8 injectors... IE low tech!

Alex

 

i had one last year...loads of fun...best one was the m3 driver who couldnt understand how a mini kept up his ass to 100mph

http://photobucket.com/albums/0903/m...latest%20mini/

mark

 

there was one with a vtec lump in driving round southend etc that was ment to be a beast! theres usially a few mini turbos on ebay so worth havin a look.

 

Unless you have a large budget, you are limited to more or less standard power (due to busting gearboxes etc) from a turbo a series

100bhp is pretty much the limit for an affordable mini that is reliable.

And you would be better off getting that with a 276cam, decent head, and rebuilt engine.


Far better to put a modern engine in.

Like a 500bhp turbo+nitrous 2.0 16v motor, that seems the sensible option to me

 

Like a 500bhp turbo+nitrous 2.0 16v motor, that seems the sensible option to me [/quote]



seems sensible enough to me

 

2.7 v6 RWD do you

http://www.v6mini.com/

 

how did he get that in there

 

once my RS is done and on the road, the mini's coming off road for a turbo engine and brakes to suit

 

theres a 1260 supercharged mini around dumfries. sounds mental.

 

supercharged i like the sound of that

 

I disagree with people who say the a series cant be tuned, i had a 130bhp 1380 which was nice, did over 130k mile. Turbo wise, u just need to build them properly - all steel and sort the cooling. 200bhp pretty easy.

 

cant the block take 200bhp as standard



just need decent cooling

 

2oobhp in a mini


what does a mini weigh? power to weight and all that

 

take a look at this one then http://www.spagweb.com/v8mini/

 

why bother with a shonky old A series engine?? stick an all alloy bike engine in and get a turbo kit for it from holeshot racing!!! 550BHP for 6k anyone??? , and you can use the bikes 6 speed sequential box then as well

 

RWD cossie will. I have been looking at that on holeshots web site today. 550bhp hayabusa engine for 6k (u supply the engine)

I was thinking in a smart car though

 

i was thinking of a quick cheap run around



its gonna be quicker then me turbo

 

not to sure but id say 600/700k



so 200bhp would be pretty mental

 

130k miles on the same engine and gearbox? not likly!

Yes you can easily get to 200 bhp.. and yes the block/crank/pistons will take that...

same the gearbox is good for 120bhp!!!! (though its the torque that kills boxes!)

Std mini is about 660kgs

mine is nearer 500... so with my near std 120 bhp I make that 240bhp/ton

 

my mates mk1 with full cage etc , gen mk1 coopers weighs in at 560KGS , imagine that with 550bhp of turbo in it

 

cool, i wasnt far off

 

http://www.zcars.org.uk/


No more information needed! Just watch the video clip. Guy I work with is doing one. He just got the rear subframe back. All independently adsjustable and rose joints

 

oi radders get on msn

 

cant mate, im in the nafi and dont have msn on base


need the net in my room


pm me if you want anything

 

Vtec is the way to go!!!

Mates turbo conversion is furious and fun - but its unreliable, suffers from under bonnet heat problems and at the end of the day the A series is a wheezy 50 year old pushrod engine with or without a turbo!

A series engines weigh a ton too!

 

There was one up brum about a yr ago up the esses it was red.And could keep up wiv sum fast scoobys was a sight to see

 

Not seen a really fast vtec to be honest....

seen a few fast vauxhall powered ones, but they arnt all wickly fast!

alex

 

Not fast to look at... not fast by the stopwatch...

But boy do they FEEL fast!!!

 

go for a xe/vtec or k series

problme with vtec is is difficult to get the gearign right on 10" and 12" wheels, if you use an xe with the f16 box its spot on

 

Get yourself to V8mini.co.uk and see the install on the black one - belongs to a Finish fella if I remember rightly - it's amazing, it just looks like a sleeper Clubman. You'd never know it had 3.5 litres lurking under such a tiny bonnet

 

rs daz that red one was stupid up the esses in brum

it waisted me on the bp straight and i was in my 4wd cossie

but fair play to him i pulled up and hid the car after that

that was a very quick mini

also somewher some is putting a 2.9 24v 4wd n/a cossie in one

last timw i saw pics the engine was in and the rear diff now thats some fabrication

 

I used to have a MG Metro Turbo many moons ago, great little car and felt pretty fast too!

Although as said as above if the gearbox wasn't playing up then the driveshafts were poping out

Like rocking horse stuff now, v rare.

 

i had a mini turbo about the time when the new 205 1.9 gti came out,... my mate bought one and was well pissed off when his new pug got wasted at the lights by my mini! was great fun but changing the gearbox every 500-1000 miles was not.