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[]GoD[Zander]

its not cheap but it is a very fast conversion good luck to you

[Jammy]

Erm, not sure on the current price of the various frames.. I'm guessing at £400-£600
Coil overs - £300-400
Engine - £300-2500(Type R) or donor car £300-5000
Custom driveshafts - £150-350
Taller final drive(if wanted) - £350
MPi fuel tank (if needed) - £50-100
Brakes - fiesta calipers (£100), Alloy 4 pots (£300-450), Metro (£65-150)
Suspension parts - £40-100
Wheels (if you need them) - £100-500
Extended front - £100-300(composite)
Rollcage(if wanted) - £50-600(full FIA spec cage)
Buckets and harnesses - £150 - 1000

As you can see if varies greatly with the frame you buy. This dictates whether you'll be running mini susupension, steering and wheels or whether you'll be using K series parts. Theres also things like a taller final drive, which makes the Honda gearbox more suitable for mini sized wheels. Then stuff like rollcages, buckets, etc which you may not require, but alot of people choose to fit when doing these conversions.

I'd say if you *just* looking at changing you car from A series to Vtec, with the minimal amount of work and expense you'd be looking at £1000-2000, at least, then add at least 50% to that for all the little stuff you didn't think you'd need.

[miniallsort]

yeh i know he does.. anyone know where i can find him. apart from in his mini :tongue:

:grin: minifinity.com :grin:

[TimS]

just a quick thought, have you had a look at morspeeds new development? http://www.morspeed....st-newspage.htm

[minigraham]

yeh.. well im still not sure on what conversion i want to do. the idea of a suzuki swift gti conversion.. sounds great to me.. as engines are cheap. and self built subframe :nugget: wwhat u think ?

[minigraham]

and yeh the morespeed one doesnt look too bad. will have to give them a ring :tongue:

[ed4ran]

lol, BMW head!!
I want to do the swift conversion,
Just need to find a local engine.

[]GoD[Zander]

alot of people are doing swift converions now when i first started there was only a couple of people in uk doing them its that dam mini dvd

[minigraham]

i aint even seen the vid :tongue: just want the power!

[BlAck0ut]

What dash has dan got?? i want it!! :cheese:

[BlAck0ut]

Anyone know?

[Bigbudders]

i'd have a 1293 turbo over a foreign engine anyday.

A series is the minis heart :cheese:

Each to their own though eh :erm:

[Adrenaline Junkie]

*cough* Bike engine *cough*

[who_loves_the_mini?]

i aint even seen the vid :tongue: just want the power!

Id try and get an insurance quote first as you're only 17. Would be intgeresting to find out how much they quote you

If you can do it id go for the KAD 16v, pure A series