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[chairchild]

Balls - I lost the bid on ebay for the sierra rear end, but at least I know what I'm after now. And my guesstimation of 52" for the width of the sierra must be wrong, as apparently, the width of the mini is 55" (can anyone confirm this? I cant find a tape measure!) but that MUST be wrong, as according to spag, it's about 8" too wide - so that makes it approx 63" wide

http://spagweb.com/v...pievan/axle.htm

Just a little off then!


ah well - tomorrow, I'm off to the local scrapyard to see if theres anything RWD there (doubtful)

[Mini Mad Rich]

If you want Ford measurements go here.

[chairchild]

nice one Rich, may have to venture onto there at some point!

But I have had a look on fleabay for alternatives, and the setup from a BMW 3 series could be made to work - although it looks MASSIVE



Whilst the setup from a BMW 5 series looks to be far more compact (even though it is a BMW, so it's possibly still huge)



Looks like the 5 series setup would be far easier to mount, what with only being held on apparently by 4 bolts!



and a Jag setup could work - but then I'd have NO boot, or even a back seat!

[gizmo]

might also look at a mazda miata (dont know what theyre called there) rear end assy. its self contained also

[ed4ran]

Its an MX5 over here

[miniboo]

or the imports are called Eunos Roadsters. there must be a few of those dead by now.

[chairchild]

Hmm, I'll have a hunt around for one of those as well - but to be honest, at this scrappy, if I find ANYTHING RWD, it's more than likely to only be a bloody transit, with the pikeys still living in it knowing my luck!

But if I fail to find anything, on monday I might have a trip to a couple of breakers yards (about an hours drive away mind you) or I may even just phone around to save on diesel, and then I can just laugh at them when they say their silly prices

[camp freddy]

What about using a renault trans axle and mid mounting the motor ,that is if there would be enough room to fit seats in front
of it

http://www.carbuilde...images/tony.jpg

http://www.carbuilde...lt_V6_Turbo.jpg

[camp freddy]

Subaru wrx motor on renault transaxle, the buisiness, looks like
it could go in a mini mid mounted...

http://www.saker.co....sprint_open.jpg

[chairchild]

ahaaa - nice thought, but I'm determined to keep the rear seats


lol, and cheers for throwing this back to near the top, saved me the job of having to dig through pages of posts to find it again for an update!




Not been able to buy or do ANYTHING in the past couple of months, as my finances were a LOT worse than I thought they were (going to have to see citizens advice about my debt tomorrow) but I've been doing some thinking, and I'm kinda tempted to not go for a normal front-end..............





It'll just make my job SO much easier!! As I can have the radiator front-mounted, and I wont have to shorten the engine, PLUS, I'll be able to use the standard rover gearbox, as I dont have to worry so much about trying to cram it all in the footwells now!


Also really tempted to try and make thefront similar to the one in Dogmatix's signiture...

[Bungle]

LOL that doesnt look to bad

but i still think its better to keep it looking like a mini

[Dog]

It will look like a Mni Bungle... from the only area most people will see it... the rear...

[Retro_10s]

any updates monsieur slacker?

[Ferrina1275]

Noticed an all up weight of 150kg mentioned for an A series engine. Is that true? Anyone got any exact weights for a 1275cc engine and box with all ancillaries?

Cheers.

[James182]

I wouldnt recommened using a 5 series rear as they are huuuuuge..i work on BMW's all the time and from Trailing arm to trailing arm is probs longer than a Mini........lol

Edited by James182, 11 November 2007 - 01:02 PM.