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[yannick de brabander]

I am wondering wich engines they already fit into a mini?
Front wheel drive, rear wheel drive and 4 wheel drive?
please list up here wich one you know:


Bike engines:

-Yamaha r1
-Honda fireblade
-Kawasaki zx10
-...



Car engines:

-Honda type R
-Vauxhall red top
-Rover K Series
-K11 Micra
-Toyota Twin Cam
-....

List keep on growing ;)
Thanks Yannick

Edited by yannick de brabander, 05 December 2012 - 09:22 PM.

[lhaskins250]

Motor bikes mouted front or back- suzuki hyabusa engine
Yamaha r1 engine
Honda fireblade 900 engine
kawasaki zx10
these bike engines are the most frequently used for bike conversions, but can be very expensive to convert. http://www.lynxae.co.uk
www.zcars.org.uk
http://pro-motive.co.uk/R1KitInfo.html

or

car engines mostly used are - vauxhall red top
honda type r
zcars have good car engine selections also if the kits are too expensive then a slghtly cheaper option is a supercharger from
http://www.jonspeedracing.co.uk/

[yannick de brabander]

Motor bikes mouted front or back- suzuki hyabusa engine
Yamaha r1 engine
Honda fireblade 900 engine
kawasaki zx10
these bike engines are the most frequently used for bike conversions, but can be very expensive to convert. http://www.lynxae.co.uk
www.zcars.org.uk
http://pro-motive.co.uk/R1KitInfo.html

or

car engines mostly used are - vauxhall red top
honda type r
zcars have good car engine selections also if the kits are too expensive then a slghtly cheaper option is a supercharger from
http://www.jonspeedracing.co.uk/

Thanks already, I hope other people come up with more solutions. like this i can upgrade the list and help people in finding their right choice!

[Noah]

I still maintain that I wan't a Renault 172/182 engine in a Mini.

[yannick de brabander]

I still maintain that I wan't a Renault 172/182 engine in a Mini.

you think they already put in any ford engines?
I only heard about honda and opel engines.

[Noah]

I still maintain that I wan't a Renault 172/182 engine in a Mini.

you think they already put in any ford engines?
I only heard about honda and opel engines.

None of the ford engines are really compact enough.. .

The ones that I know of is The Rover K Series the K11 Micra Engine Honda VTEC Toyota Twin Cam.