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yeah sorry, can the mods delete at least 11 of those posts

& Evolution i`m glad you enlightened me with the lack of hondas over there,,, they seem to be everywhere here so i just "Ass-Umed" the same everywhere

sorry about the extras posts, i just got back from speedway, it`s late, i`m tired, i`m not well & my girlfriend is actually sucking on my,,,, OH ,,,, wrong site hey?

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most people over here who are playign with cars in there back yeard are building 2.0 16v turbo vauxhall nova and corsa's. unfortunately honda's are very expensive to insure somost people looking for a bang for your buck thrill look elsewhere.

turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)

Denis O'Brien.

For the Aussies, a Vauxhal Corsa is a Holden Barina and the 2.016v is tha same found in the Holden Calibra. I have seen a Vaux 2.016v turbo in a clubman in a mini mag a few years ago but was only 200 nan nans or so.

Hi,
I read a post I think it was on here or maybe 16v, where the weights were compared.
From what I remember unless you spent a lot of money on lightweight parts for the Honda it was heavier than the A series setup.
Personally I don't care about weight, me or the car! The unbalanced setup is not what a Mini is all about
And no I'm not slagging it off. :)
Cheers,
Gavin :)

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i dont see why people havent done a big power honda lump, a friend of mine has a 220hp n/a civic which he may be turboing soon that is rapid, and still about 200kg heavyer than a mini, even if the front of the car is heavyer or is imbalanced does it matter that much if its purly for drag? a bit of weight somtimes helps.

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On 26th Apr, 2008 MadMatt said:
Now back to the naughty step for you, that`s just not Assseptable

Back once again like a renegade master

matt-do you have 6 cans of worms?
Was it a multipack?

Nic, buy one & get 3 more posts for free stupid phat fingers must have bumped the special "multi-post" button, i wish i knew which one it was so i can avoid it

Ok, Jordan, that`s enough naughty seat for you, you`ve learnt your lesson

We havn`t had many Calibra or Barina engine swaps here, we`re seeing more Suzis & heaps more toyota starlet turbo conversions going on at the moment in OZ,,, I`m not sure what the deal is tho because some engineers are scaring people away from engine conversions (cost & safety etc reasons) & yet some others are letting them get away with the flimsy-est of subframes with very poor design that will surely bend & flex under torsional & lateral stresses & will definately start cracking soon, but they don`t seem to care about common sense & physics, they just want the donk in there & approved, so i bet we are going to see some pretty shit jap engine converted minis on the market here with subframes made with very little thought, but they will most probably sell easy anyways because they can simply show the engineers report that they`re safe, (yeah right)

I was thinking that we`d have a flurry of turbo hondas but they just don`t seem to be happening, only a few std N/A hondas & a few turbo toyotas & some old suzis & that`s about it really

& of course you guys seem to be getting quite a few more bike engine jobs happening , where as, it looks like they are slow off the mark to be built here,,, again probably the Dept of Tpt here scaring them off that path, not sure tho,,, i`d have thought that heaps more bike engined conversions would have popped up by now...

weired how the trends differ from country to country,,, dam just look at the states with people just cutting off the floor pan of another car & grafting it under & onto a mini shell (obviously with a lot more than just said, plenty of spaceframing & gussetting going on , but none of that here because of the Aust Dpt of Tpt rules not allowing it without mega bucks being thrown at stress testing etc,,, how`s the rules so relaxed in the states & in England??? what makes it so easy to register a motorised lounge chair etc ???

Where are the turbo vauxhall lounge chairs then???

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Hi,
I guess that's the thing Matt, it depends on what you can do in your country. In the States they've been chopping and welding for decades, it's a whole industry over there!
Rules are relaxed over here I think due to the fact as long as it looks vagely like what is says on the registration document as passes an MOT, you're ok.
I used to run a series I Land Rover, the wings and doors are the only things Series I, the rest was a shortened chassis Range Rover with a full cage!
Cheers,
Gavin :)
EDIT: Refresh is the magic multipost button! Click on the thread title at the top or bottom of the page instead

Edited by Bat on 27th Apr, 2008.

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Hi,
Handy for taking your crap to the tip! lol
Cheers,
Gavin :)

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Found this about the weight difference thingy

http://www.vtecminis.com/viewtopic.php?t=40

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swift gti engine is ca. 100kg complete

72 kg without box

//marcus

internationally known as "big" swede

mines a 6k so far and i haven't touched the engine brakes or interior.

still on standard disks and a 1293 mg metro engine.

soon sorting that out though.

have you seen a 800bhp skyline launch? they can go sideways coming off the line. think of how bad it will be in the mini with the short wheel base. plus you would probably lift the front wheels off the ground lol!

Edited by Sam on 29th Apr, 2008.

if i had unlimited funds i would like to fit a Powertec large RP8 3.0 liter with a quaife 4wd driveline. Its a flat plane crank V8 with dual hyabusa heads.

engine weight is about 92 kg.
and a 8000 rpm wide powerband.. it's silly. sounds purrty too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwivtF-cQxE

the 6R4 has one..

well i can dream

Edited by Sir Yun on 30th Apr, 2008.

That sir, is not rust, it is the progressive mass reduction system

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Hmm this thread is giving me forbidden thoughts about trying to make a rapid alien engined mini

haha, its giving me thoughts about making my crx rapid. must resist and stick to playing with the mini.

Anyone ever thought of chucking a 1750 O-Series engine out of the land crab in a mini!

Im sure with the same amount of work to an a-series you could produce some big figures?

Just a thought.

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wasnt the 220 turbo engine based on an O series?
Or was it a T series?

rather jsut have a 200 bhp mini turbo tht looks standard! :)

end of lol

I quite fancy the idea of sticking a judd v8 in the back of a clubby estate.

I hate to think about what one of those engines, and the associated transmission would cost.

Edited by minimole23 on 30th Apr, 2008.

or just a syncro 4x4 kombie running gear under a std looking mini van with a twin turbo lexus V8 pushing the thing

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or my next mini. mr2 mk2 turbo engine in the back of a space framed mini.

should fit but it will be tight.