Hi,

Has anyone ever attempted one ? Any information would be appericated.

Thanks

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Danger to Manifold! Danger to Manifold!

what do you want to mid mount?? a mini motor?? lots of guys in the uk have done motor bike engines mid mounted, some have even done twin mini motors, one in front one in rear:)

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1974 Moke - 998cc
76 Clubman B16a2 Vtec AWD Turbo 12.9@105mph
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9PW49e1hYs

Saw a V8 in an extended ute that was sort of mid mounted - hugh wheels on the back and small on the front - Think it was just all show

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

If you are looking for info on the twin mini engined minis they're called twini minis

http://www.mibv.com/Mini/Misc/TwiniMini/

I couldn't find anything out about them until I found out they were called Twini minis.

As 13sec said there have been quite a few mid engined minis done with bike motors

have a look at:

http://www.16vminiclub.com/

Bye Arrin

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Roads need more corners
A Deluxe(CG13DE), 2 Clubbies(998 and 1275) and 2 Morris 1100Ss

There was a Mini in the US on ebay a while back that had a VTEC Honda in the back.

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There was a ute in US that had a Corvette 327 squeezed in, narrowed IRS rear and all. And it was registered...
Not sure now but I think it was a front mounted engine, full ladder frame... unlike most of its ilk, this one looked like it might go round corners too!

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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.

Thier was a rear mounted V8 Ute in one of the UK mini Mag's recently

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Stop Licking the Dog...I Don't Care Who Started It

Yep, i believe there is a mid mounted Toyota 4a-gze in a mini on 16vminiclub.com

The only problem with an engine conversion like this is that the wheel track is SO much wider than a mini shell - you need to use something like a Fortech bodykit to fit it all in.

Dont forget that the front wheels now have a much narrower track because they are unmodified. Here is a challenge in itself, getting it to match the rear.....

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

There's a pic of a black Moke somewhere over here with a mid mounted Toyota in it.
And of course, there's all the Nota Fang sportscars that Chris Buckingham & his father built. Early ones had 1275 power, I drove his 2.2L Camry engined one, I think his latest has a V6 Toyota in it!

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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.

here's the google search to the mid mounted toyota, just the first link - you can avoid the autospeed content management system if you go via a search

http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&r ... t%22&meta=

I know a guy in sydney who has a nota fang with a 1275

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?

A client of mini reckons, back in t' day, they built a mid mounted V8 van, with tubbed out wheels and a roof-mounted 'hood' scoop. I'll chase him up for some photos of it. If he doesn't come through, I'll assume it is akin to vapourware... Another older geezer at the hire shop built a Twini moke, and said it went best with one motor in 2nd and one in 3rd, presumably for some kind of primitive non-proportional torque split.

Hang on, How did that get engineered ?
There is no Windscreen !



I call "Bullshit" on its being registered...........

J

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u can get a rego plate without accually registering your car, we did it to reserve them, makes sense when u cant drive it

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Potato

Don't forget, the rules used to be more relaxed that they are now. The vet up the street has 2 Escorts- one has a 302 Clevo in it... and it's street legal- papers and all!
The other is a little bit tamer- Nissan 180SX turbo.. and I drove it ..

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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.

LOL - a mate of mine built a westfield a few years back - in Vic, you guys are NSW so I'm not going to say this is the rule everywhere - the westfield is a new car, and this moke may be registered as a new car as well - for a new car, you don't have to have a windscreen, if you don't have a windscreen you don't need wipers, if you don't have doors, you don't need side intrusion bars, etc. etc.

there are many many loopholes like that - you've just gotta have a creative and enthusiastic engineer....

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?