Hi all, can anyone help me?
I currently have a bull -nose with a 1275 (bored to 1380) engine with a turbo which I enjoyed while it was going, but it soon started cutting out due to overheating & fuelling issues.
So I’m now in the process of completely overhauling the entire car; body engine, wiring, etc. I’ve pulled out the engine and split it to see if the overheating had affected anything, and I am just about to put it back together, but I’ve been tinkering with the idea of fitting a Vauxhall 1.4 SOHC engine(C14NZ, South African Spec) , with bolt on turbo into the car, I am fully aware that I will need to cut away parts of the engine bay, but what I would like to know:
* is if anyone has done this conversion as of yet with a 1.4 engine & will the radiator by any chance be able to be placed right in front (I doubt so), also if anyone has done this conversion what would the expected output of the engine be with low 0.7 boost on the turbo?
*is it possible to fit the engine by only cutting the side walls of the engine bay & obviously building a new sub-frame or modifying the Mini sub-frame AND not the entire front end, as I’ve seen so many other do?
*if I undergo this conversion, does anyone know what the right gearbox to use is, for the correct ratio with the R13 inch tyres?
I know I am asking silly questions but I am just hopeful someone will be able to give me some insight, as there are very few/ nearly no expertise where I live in South Africa, with regards to fitting Vauxhall engines in minis?