Vts mini... Vts turbo?
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Hi all. Havnt been on in a while but still thinking of ways to get the minature back on the road on a low budget after what happened. And might be getting offered a rotten vts for cheap. Was thinking it may be a good lump sizewise for the mini, and the gearratios may be a little more suitable for a mini than some other modern engines.
Has anyone had any experiences with these engines? Ive heard they are a nice nippy engine, maybe pretty quick with mygt20 strapped on.
And secondly has anyone done a citreon/ pugeot transplant you know of?

Hi, yeah I think it's been done before, im sure I read about one on the 16v site

saxo vts? check the engine over before fitting it, a lad i worked with spent a good amount on a 45kmile one, packed up before 50k - apparently this is common especially if its been driven like a twat

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Hey Rick. My brother just turbocharged his S2 106 rallye. It had the 16V lump in and it produced 200bhp on the rooling road set up with just 6 or 7 psi via a GT17. Felt very quick as a passenger. Seemed reliable and cost him very little to actually do. It is featured in last months performance french car magazine if you want to see more.

my 106 gti (same engine as a vts), engine has 130k miles on it now and i rev it like a twat, saying that it started to smoke about 2k miles ago, just some times after a bit of a thrash.
Thers a recent topic on Theminiforum of someone whos shoehorned a 8v 1600 into the front with a turbo, standard roundnose, turbo over clutch and rad' in the boot. clubman front and a little more thought it might fit.
gearwise the box's arent that reliable. I used to work in a place that delt with peugeot rally cars and the MA box's are poor, maybe in a light mini it would stay alive longer. my gearing on a standard MA box feels fairly low in the pug though so with little wheels, cant imagin it would be nice, saying that theres quite a few diff ratios out there and the LSD's arent massivly expensive

David.

These comment are useful and the turbo sounds good, might pop to a store and glance at that article. Are the actuall lumps fairly small and light compared to the vtecs and vauxhalls? Dont know a great deal about them to be honest.

Edited by Rick.SPI on 17th Apr, 2012.

iv fitted one under a standard round nose with a bulge for the timing belt on a modified metro frame. they are good reliable engines imho. have also looked after a few turbocharged ones and the stock bottom end is stout. iron block so heavier than a rover k-series, probably on a par with a honda B18 and obviously lighter than a big block vauxhall. weak link is the MA gearbox. not so much of an issue in a light car like a mini, but they are pretty shit. however LOTS of gear ratios avaliable and you wont pay more than £50 for another gearbox.

turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)

Denis O'Brien.