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[redhot-mini]

hi guys i know it may sound odd but i have 2 ka's sat in my barn and a mini shell i have been thinking alot about chopping up the ka and putting the subframes and engine in a mini with all the ka wiring dose any one know if some 1 on here has done it before and how do you register them after changing the engine is it still a mini or a ka or dose it go on a Q plate .. ?

[charie t]

are you taking the shell and putting it on the ka floor pan?

[redhot-mini]

i wasnt my i dear was 2 use ka rear subframe shorten it make new mounts on the mini shell for it then modify the front mini subby for the ka engine as i think the floor pan is wider on the ka than the mini

[Artstu]

Hasn't the MK1 KA got an ancient engine based on something like the Kent engine from the 1950's ? a heavy single cam push-rod engine with not much power, is it fuel-injected?

Edited by Artstu, 22 September 2013 - 09:45 AM.

[Tahiti Joe]

Hasn't the MK1 KA got an ancient engine based on something like the Kent engine from the 1950's ? a heavy single cam with not much power, is it fuel-injected?

 

Depends what year it is, the early ones had the Endura-E engine, which is based on a Ford Kent engine, OHV as well. Was fuel injected though, but not a great system. In 02 (i think) they got the Duratec engine, same capacity, but now OHC and a wee more power, as well as being nicer to drive. They had taller gearing as well from what i remember.

 

Power figures for both are between 60 and 70bhp. So hardly going to set your world on fire. Not that easy to tune either, so you'll want to think whether it'll be worth the change, a 1275 A series with few mods can easily run more power than that. 

[Spud_133]

Yeah they've got the endura engine, which is the single point injection of the crossflow

[smartie93]

Yeah they've got the endura engine, which is the single point injection of the crossflow

You mean multipoint ;)

 

The Ka has torsion beam rear suspension which is rubbish compared to the mini's independent setup.

 

and if i remember, there is no rear subframe as such rather two large chassis rails that the suspension mounts to

[l_jonez]

Personaly for the effort involved I'd not bother, either built a decent A series or if your set on a conversion look at the swift Gti or micra engines. Both can produce more power and are smaller and lighter

[redhot-mini]

the 1.6 is 93bhp