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Edited by Mini-dude, 10 April 2018 - 11:02 PM.
Posted 10 April 2018 - 10:57 PM
Edited by Mini-dude, 10 April 2018 - 11:02 PM.
Posted 10 April 2018 - 11:15 PM
not an easy set up to package in the Mini if you are talking real mid engine as behind the drivers seat.
an old SAAB 2.3 H engine that sat into of the gearbox would have been fun. seen a Hillman Imp with one in the back.
Posted 10 April 2018 - 11:38 PM
Edited by Mini-dude, 11 April 2018 - 03:27 AM.
Posted 11 April 2018 - 12:06 AM
right if you are looking like that i would be looking at a Hewland box.
Posted 11 April 2018 - 12:47 AM
Not sure if this might fit your criteria, but a guy in these parts did a Mid-mount Toyota Engine in to a Moke a few years back;-
http://www.autospeed...adness&A=108267
One issue I see with many of these types of conversions in to a Mini is finding a suitable final drive ratio to suit the smaller wheels.
Posted 11 April 2018 - 07:35 AM
nenault 25 gearbox used to be popular for this sort of thing as it had a square flange so it was easier to make your own bell housing, but these days a lot of people are using the Audi 01e transaxle whioch is a 6 speed.
Posted 11 April 2018 - 10:12 AM
So can anyone give me some photo of longitudinal mid engine classic mini? I so far have only been able to find one photo on pinterest of a mini setup like this, apart from the concept photo from dpcars
This one will have plenty of torque....
Posted 11 April 2018 - 10:49 AM
How about the Minissan, its "practically" mid engined (bonnet & front seats) and drives its 3.0l V6 Nitrous engine via the rear wheels and a standard diff.
http://www.classicmi...rg/minissan.htm
Posted 11 April 2018 - 04:03 PM
This monster ran about up here in Scotland years ago, this was the '06 Thistle run. Maybe someone knows if it's still alive, note the driving position. Also this must have been a nightmare to work on.
Posted 11 April 2018 - 09:07 PM
It was sold on eBay just before Christmas; it's now repainted in Audi red.This monster ran about up here in Scotland years ago, this was the '06 Thistle run. Maybe someone knows if it's still alive, note the driving position. Also this must have been a nightmare to work on.
Posted 11 April 2018 - 09:13 PM
you guys seem to have missed the point of the question.
MID mounted not front mounted.
Posted 15 April 2018 - 11:27 AM
In the late 60's, a friend acquired a single seater Formula 4. It had a very neat 750cc, two stroke, Saab engine & gearbox, which for some reason he hated.
Although you don't like the Imp gearbox, I mated one to a 750 V twin Harley Davidson for him. It was very compact and quite light, but in a saloon, I'm not sure how you would get enough air to cool it.
Posted 15 April 2018 - 02:27 PM
Yes I mean proper mid engine right behind the driver. I been toying with several spaceframe design for my next build, i started with the typical hayabusa type design but then, I started looking into other chassis design and really like the idea of a mid engine mini. The hard part is just finding a small enough package to work with, every transaxle gearbox that I look into would be sticking out several inches out the rear end. But recently I went to a track day and someone had a car with a transaxle called ld200, it was almost a perfect match for it. The diff was right in the center of the case, its not offset like other cheaper gearbox option (audi,subaru, old vw bug gearbox) and it was relatively lightweight, the one major downfall of the ld200 from speaking to the owner was the low torque limit of 165 foot pounds of torque.
One of my long term projects is to make a RWD mid engine Mini, front subframe in the rear with the good old A series
I have a 1960 shell partly done my old 999 S engine and 2 of Allan Staniforths 7x10 sandcast 'Mamba' wheels.
Allan Staniforth set a lot of single seater Hillclimband Sprint records with the same setup in his Terrapins, he even used seat webbing as suspension.
I know its transverse rather than longitudinal, but its more up TMF street, there is not a lot of room between the back of the front seat and the rear wheel centre line.
Posted 16 April 2018 - 12:45 AM
Edited by Mini-dude, 16 April 2018 - 01:31 AM.
Posted 17 April 2018 - 11:57 PM
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