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[jamie@thefatgarage]

If you are having 4 cylinders mounted in line for rwd, surely you would take advantage of all that spare width and stick a V8 in it, saving you the trouble of tuning a 4cyl or running a modern bazzillion revs vtec thing... an alloy block v8 will be lighter than a pinto too.

[Shifty]

Where would the gear lever end up???

How short would the prop end up being???

[rids]

i ran a 2.0 zetec on a type 9 box with dcoe 40's and a dunnell engine ecu in a spitfire. it had 130bhp at the wheels and was told by rolling road guy that dc45's would give me a further 5-10 bhp this went really well and would be very interesting in a mini!

[ibrooks]

Where would the gear lever end up???

How short would the prop end up being???

The gear lever would end up wherever you want it. One of my reasons for leaning towards keeping an A-Series in there is that it's a compact engine so turned through 90 degrees and moved as far forwards as the bonnet/front panel would allow the standard gear-lever on a type-9 should be in an acceptable position but there are kits to bolt on so that it can be moved forwards or backwards from the original position on the gearbox if it falls too far back for comfort.

Prop length isn't a problem so long as the angles of the UJ's aren't too tight. This was one of my reasons for planning an independant rear setup as I could accomodate any necessary drop in height between the tail of the box and the hubs partly with the prop and partly with the rear halfshafts rather than having to do it all in one go and maybe forcing a joint through too accute an angle.

Iain

[Gingernet]

I've got 'til august to decide because I should be getting some money for my 18th. I've seen people carb a zetec so that could be an option if I go with the zetec. Or leave it on injection and a remap. Hmmmm

Ah this would be Spud the Lightning Rod driver then !!!

[kmol468]

Just lob a pinto lump in it, afterall if that what you want/have available, then go for it. If at a later stage you change your mind,you already have the basis for cosworth power.
And i dont think people can argue that cosworths cant produce power!
(check out signature link to see that it can be done!)

[Gingernet]

Just lob a pinto lump in it, afterall if that what you want/have available, then go for it. If at a later stage you change your mind,you already have the basis for cosworth power.
And i dont think people can argue that cosworths cant produce power!
(check out signature link to see that it can be done!)

I agree, I mean a 2L Hotrod on the road isn't gonna be slow!

[Spud_133]

I've got 'til august to decide because I should be getting some money for my 18th. I've seen people carb a zetec so that could be an option if I go with the zetec. Or leave it on injection and a remap. Hmmmm

Ah this would be Spud the Lightning Rod driver then !!!

Indeed it would, can I be rude enough to ask, who you are?

[Gingernet]

I've got 'til august to decide because I should be getting some money for my 18th. I've seen people carb a zetec so that could be an option if I go with the zetec. Or leave it on injection and a remap. Hmmmm

Ah this would be Spud the Lightning Rod driver then !!!

Indeed it would, can I be rude enough to ask, who you are?

I raced Lightning Rods for a few meeting a couple of years ago, a white one with green bumpers (363)

I'm usually in the pits at most meetings with Neil Wollington and Mike Daniels

I've got a mini I want to build, just constructing the garage in order to do so

[Gingernet]

Ooops, forgot my name

Lee Walker, did Rookie Rods for a while before the Lightnings

[olds_kool_lews]

we used to do lightning rods, cant remember the number, but the drivers name was rob chambers, drove a yellow xr4i sierra with a union jack flag over the front, and checkered flag over the back, had robbo on the name plate on the windscreen, and we also did mini stox, car number 243, clubman painted to match the lightning rod except it had flames on the front! lol