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[Stevee]

how come they never did a MG MINI?

really why didn't they?

wondered what a MG mini would of looked like and ran like Eg:

Rover 200 1.4 8 valve = 75 bhp MG ZR 1.4 16 valve = 103.5 bhp

same chassie, ecu, wiring loom & the head & final drive are diff

but get what im getting at? what do you think?

Edited by Stevee, 28 July 2010 - 07:01 PM.

[M44K TS]

Probbaly a cost implication.

[xBR4DLEY]

They already did a sportier one - the Cooper.

[Nelson92]

the engine would have been the mg metro engine. and the power isn't greatly above a coopers. i'm pretty sure in one of the mini books it says it was considered but there was always a sports model available so it wouldn't have been worth it. the ERA turbo could almost count though? in spirit at least.

[Stevee]

yeah the ERA engine is a MG metro engine?

so props :] im tempted to buy all mg parts and call my mini a MG mini ;] just cause i can haha

[mars red mike]

They did make an MG version of the Cooper S in 1963. It had an MG grille, Hornet side grilles and different seats and trim. At least one car was made to this spec, as just such a car survives in a private collection.

[Asphalt]

They did make an MG version of the Cooper S in 1963. It had an MG grille, Hornet side grilles and different seats and trim. At least one car was made to this spec, as just such a car survives in a private collection.

Are there any pictures of this car?

I only knowthe 'MG Gnat', a MG styled race Mini from the 60s, quit cool looking (perhaps that's the car you were on about @ mars red mike?)

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[mars red mike]

It could well be. That is the first picture I have ever seen of one.

[Stevee]

i want it! might have to get a project mini after this one and make it ;]

nout wrong with that

when was mg brought out?

[xBR4DLEY]

I do know they did try to phase out the A-series and but in the K-series , creating the MINKI , they did 2 prototypes of these but never caught on. Maybe aswell because K-series are terrible engines.

[project mini chris]

yeah the ERA engine is a MG metro engine?

so props :] im tempted to buy all mg parts and call my mini a MG mini ;] just cause i can haha

But the car wasnt built by MG ifm thats what this thread is aimed at stating

[Stevee]

nah i thought the era would of been cause it was only the mg metro with turbo's if im right?

[Stevee]

I do know they did try to phase out the A-series and but in the K-series , creating the MINKI , they did 2 prototypes of these but never caught on. Maybe aswell because K-series are terrible engines.

nout wrong with the K-Series :] ive never had any trouble with them to be honest just head gaskits but there good engines

[project mini chris]

nah i thought the era would of been cause it was only the mg metro with turbo's if im right?

Yepo the engine out of the MG Metro Turbo (t3 i believe?)

[Stevee]

cause the ERA came out after the Merto Turbo went out i think

i just recon Leyland were getting rid of the last of the turbo engines so they thought what the hell stick it in a mini ;]