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[minitomfoolery]

Just wondering if anyone's ever done a diesel engined conversion in a mini?

I've been looking into engine conversions alot recently and it just struck me as odd that I've never come across a diesel engined classic mini, none at shows and i've not seen one on here either..

I've never owned a diesel car before so I don't know much about them to be honest, except there pretty big/heavy, noisy and don't like to rev much past 5000rpm.

What engines fit?
Advantages?
Disadvantage?


I'm thinking a vauxhall diesel engine would be a good place to start? out of a corsa perhaps?

[minikidx14]

+ lots of torque
+ fastest ic engined car in the world is diesel

- heavyer then petrol engines
- louder

[R1minimagic]

I remember someone doing this with a Daihatsu engine a few years ago....

You missed the obvious advantage of fantastic fuel economy!

Edited by R1minimagic, 07 December 2009 - 08:39 PM.

[minitomfoolery]

I'm just thinking of one thing boys,


Torque..


And plenty of it.

[Git]

I'd love a diesel engine in the junker, but he's just been given a 1275. however, I have just bought a little Metro to experiment with bio (will start at some point).... you never know, the motor 'may' find its way into it.
There is a chap who's done this conversion with a van I think he had to graft the metro floorpan into the mini to get it to work.
And there's another guy doing a GM diesel. so it is very do-able.

[Trail of Dead]

There is a guy around here that is going to be converting his wife's Estate to a 1.9L Turbo Diesel. I think it would be the bee's knees!

[danie garry]

i remember a guy in 1 of the mags who had a 1.9 TDI in the back of his mini

[Git]

i remember a guy in 1 of the mags who had a 1.9 TDI in the back of his mini

OOO which one... that is one of the many dreams/plans/projects I'd love to do

[Trail of Dead]

i remember a guy in 1 of the mags who had a 1.9 TDI in the back of his mini

OOO which one... that is one of the many dreams/plans/projects I'd love to do

I know you didn't quote/ask me but the guy I was referring to is doing a VW 1.9L TDI in an Estate.

[danie garry]

i remember a guy in 1 of the mags who had a 1.9 TDI in the back of his mini

OOO which one... that is one of the many dreams/plans/projects I'd love to do

he was in the club power section, top of a right hand page!!! try at least 4 months ago

[petwar]

i have a good 1.9 tdi golf engine for sale if your interested? complete with loom , ecu, box, driveshafts, turbo, cooler ect.

[Git]

i have a good 1.9 tdi golf engine for sale if your interested? complete with loom , ecu, box, driveshafts, turbo, cooler ect.

love to, but unless you'd accept £50 I think we're both out of luck....

[jameslb101]

That sounds a cool idea (and VERY unique). You should see if you could get a VAG 1.4 TDI (think VW Polo) engine in the front. You'd probs get about 60 MPG combined cycle in a mini (half the weight of a polo so better in town but worse on motorway due to inferior aero)

[petwar]

hmm yes it seems that way then lol!

[Git]

You'd probs get about 60 MPG combined cycle in a mini

I get 61 mpg in the metro at the moment.

hmm yes it seems that way then lol!

Mmm so it would seem. PM me a real price and I'll think about hawking my soul...