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Mikorsa16v
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29th Jan 05 at 16:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Buying a classic mini cooper- x reg or so for 7k and throwing money at it doing stuff (parts are so cheap) and maybe put a metro turbo engine in there? when i get a company car next year i can lock it away in a garage and preseve it.

on a standard 1.3i cooper engine £800 can shift the power upto 90bhp (which seems like not a lot from my 206gti) then chips and things. I know everyone will say there are a lot of other cars for that money but im not sure why i like minis so much, but i do :/
Mikorsa16v
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29th Jan 05 at 16:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
something like this



[Edited on 29-01-2005 by Mikorsa16v]
Mikorsa16v
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29th Jan 05 at 16:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
the problem is i like a bit of power and my music, so i would have to spend a lot on performance parts and ICE fittings etc, so this would be a big project hehe!

either this (saving on insurance, petrol etc) or a Golf 1.8 turbo, yes pleaseee.....
mwg
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29th Jan 05 at 16:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Minis just dont appeal to me at all
Mikorsa16v
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29th Jan 05 at 16:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
marmite i spose, love em or hate em
Voyto
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29th Jan 05 at 16:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
LLOOOVVEEE minis i used to have one not so long ago, had a 1.3 Metro lump in it ill grab a pic...
Mikorsa16v
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29th Jan 05 at 16:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cool!
Paul H
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29th Jan 05 at 16:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
original mini was a great car till bmw got there hands on it
Voyto
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Mikorsa16v
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29th Jan 05 at 16:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ahh wicked Voyto!!!

thanks for uploading them nice colour
LScorsa
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29th Jan 05 at 16:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Im looking into this at the moment something easy to work on and like you said the parts are so cheap, good luck finding a metro turbo lump though i heard they are very hard to source now.
Voyto
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If your gonna buy one id take someone with you who knows what they are lookin at. Mine had problems with the floor, sils, boot, the hinges on the doors or somethin, the seams, all sorts! thats why i sold her
jr
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29th Jan 05 at 16:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
mini are brilliant, personaly i wouldnt put an a+ turbo in it as its a lot of fucking around, personally i would suggust sticking a vaux 1.6 c16se in there (actully easier) or a vtec, both fit in the standard front

of better still tune the a series up with a 1380 or 1420 which will be so much fun for the road, minispeed would be able to build you up one of these
Siberia
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29th Jan 05 at 16:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
do what this dude is doing.....


http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=157938&highlight=v6+mini
Mikorsa16v
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29th Jan 05 at 17:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thats very mad!
Mikorsa16v
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29th Jan 05 at 17:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by jr
mini are brilliant, personaly i wouldnt put an a+ turbo in it as its a lot of fucking around, personally i would suggust sticking a vaux 1.6 c16se in there (actully easier) or a vtec, both fit in the standard front

of better still tune the a series up with a 1380 or 1420 which will be so much fun for the road, minispeed would be able to build you up one of these


Yeah the VTec lump sits on the opposite side to the driver (compared to the XE which doesnt - sits on the drivers side) so the weight is balanced out.
calidus
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29th Jan 05 at 17:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
c16se mini conversion is drive in drive out for 480quid, which is a bargain!!!

 
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