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gafmo
PostPosted: Tue May 12, 2009 7:31 am 
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We have our conversions down here but this is the first time I have see a Lotus engine in a Mini :shock: Just amazing.

These pic's are from Himley Hall Show in the UK recently and thier are a lot of other amazing Minis

http://www.miniaddicts.co.uk/forum/show ... php?t=3786


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Can't quite see enough to see if it's on the mini gearbox or not , sure looks good though .

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Same here and I'v ask for any info they have :wink:

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I'm thinking on the lines of a lotus head on a ford engine (cortina or escort) onto a mini gearbox with the older style crank adapter the pom's were famous for . Could be the top of the mini clutch housing peeking through at the rear of the engine ...

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And the best part ist: it's on a mini(-ish) gearbox :roll: It was for sale some years ago somewhere, can't remember.

They were made by 'Manx', for Ford 'Kent' engines. But of course Kent based Lotus engines fit aswell. But I think both engines needed a special crank or crank tail adapter to take the Mini(?) flywheel:

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Ooh that's nice , most of them I've seen photo's of were cruder versions with heavy alloy plate bolted to a standard gearbox rather than a recast gearbox .

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on tenth day god created torque steer :shock: I assume the handling would be horris with all that weight up front
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IMHO who cares how fast it goes or how well it handles...all I see is BLING BLING BLING

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Lindsay Siebler use to race one here in Aus.

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Oh yes please!

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Looks like it would be a pain to replace the waterpump. Just as well the Lotus motor has such a good reputation for waterpumps. (the reputation is for chewing out the waterpumps in a short time) :mrgreen:
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Who cares if its lots of trouble? Itd be a hell of a lot of fun and would be unique.
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blue_deluxe wrote:
Who cares if its lots of trouble? Itd be a hell of a lot of fun and would be unique.

Unique? Just like all the others. :lol:
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I think there's better engines with much better gearboxes to use nowadays :D

One more note to the pics I posted above: IMHO the Manx 'box was only available as a remote change type. So the others are most possibly of other origin :)

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