I was wondering if anyone has tried to fit a turbo kei or similar engine from a suzuki cappucino dihatsu move, mira etc into a mini. If so is there any links to information?

Nope- I've looked in a Mira and thought about it, that's all. Easier to go buy a Mira and turbo it... it'd make a good sleeper... fancy getting blown away by one..!

<edit> I had a few rides in a stock 850?cc Mira into town and back lately- boy they have some torque compared to my old Morris 850! 4th gear pulls really well.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

I looked into fitting a suzuki alto works 2wd 660cc turbo motor and gearbox.
The motor and gearbox measure up well in the round front mini - but it's the engine mounts,drive shafts that stopped me from doing it as I could find no one to make them up at the time.
Also your insurance company may not want to cover you any more with a jap motor.
olly

insurance???? not worth the paper its printed on... which is why i dont bother..

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[NATHAN] -- Sold everything mini related and am back in big beautiful BMWs

hahaha yeah im in the same boat.. ive been driving for 2 years now, most insurance ice had is the compulsory one which you have to get.. nothing more, and ive had 1 little bump on the front, up the arse of a mate luckily..

i like the way you think 850, dangerously

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GTi Turbo'd mini, abused daily

Look ear

http://www.autospeed.com/cms/A_1889/article.html

There are a number of GTi conversions around

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"Show me the Mini!"

Kei engines are usually around 600 cc anything apart from the gti swift been done?

check out the goss at http://www.16vminiclub.com/forums/

if it has been done, or is being attempted - these guys would know about it.
Cheers Dat

I still reckon the Nissan March MA Turbo (Micra body) donk is worth a look.

930cc 4 cylinder with a Turbo AND a Supercharger! It runs 7 sec 0-100 completely stock in a Micra (810kg). So what would it do in a Mini (approx 600kg) with the boost tweaked and an intercooler fitted!!

There is one Micra engined Mini in Melbourne, but it runs the standard 1275cc DOHC Micra donk.

Funny thing about Micras - they came it two capacities in Oz - 998cc and 1275cc! The bore and stroke of these engines are the same as the A series of the same capacity! Surely no coincidence!

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

theres a 2 door micra goin round the south coast with a mk2 morris cooper s badge on the front aswell, how hard do u think it would be to put the micra 1275 in the mini ?

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lookin for another clubby

Looks like a similar amount of work to fitting a Suzuki GTi donk. The Micra engine seems to be a bit more compact. But the Micra 1275 has less power than the Suz GTi.

I would expect the supercharged and turbo'd donk would require more space as the Turbo is at the front. But it should fit into a Clubman okay.

The local wrecker has a complete Micra SLX with 68,000km on the click which has been hit in the right rear corner. It's been sitting there for months - nobody must want Micra parts. Must go back with a tape measure! I've been tempted to ask how much for the whole car....

The same wrecker also has a complete Corolla 1.6 Twin Cam 4AGE engine and box with loom and computer etc. But the gearbox on that one is HUGE!

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

Warwick Agustin used to race a Mini with a 4AGE or similar in it, can't remember what the box was though.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Aaaaahhhh, the 4AG-ZE..... my all time favourite motor. A few tweaks to it, eg: TRD cams, increased boost, internals lightened.... would push my old MR2 up the quarter mile in 13.0 seconds - and that car was 1100Kgs!!! So, squeeze it into the rear of a mini (as in a mid-engine, rear wheel drive setup)..... we'd be talkin low 12's ....... uh-oh, i'm gonna need tissues

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[NATHAN] -- Sold everything mini related and am back in big beautiful BMWs

....and the toyota 5 speed wouldnt fit in the front either, way too wide... but its a very nice gearbox - smooth-feeling cable short-shift

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[NATHAN] -- Sold everything mini related and am back in big beautiful BMWs

If I remember rightly, that car had a clubman front with the webers hanging through the grille?

If it is the same car, it had the 4AGE engine adapted to fit on the Mini gearbox. wonder how long the gearboxes lasted!

In my opinion, if you're going to fit a non-A series engine, you might as well use the matching five speed as well.

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2