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[stellis]

ello, i have a mini city with a 998 in atm, its tuned and will blow most s***y boy racer corsers away frm the lights but i want more power:D:D, i was speaking to a friend the other day who said he managed to get a nova 1.4 si engine in his minio, all he had to do was change the engine mountains on teh sub- frame, and i asked the question would a metro gti engine fit with just chaging the engine mountains, and if so has anyone done it?, and did the come into anyproblems during the swap, wb , thnks ste

[Retro_10s]

your mate lied, it's much more complicated, you have to sort driveshaft-hubs, subframe needs completely re-building, steering geometry etc, electrics-possibly differnt fuel tank, i could literally go on all day about the mods you need .. we have a NON mini engine section on the forum if you look.

It is possible however! We get all sorts of engines in mini like vauxhall lumps, Vtec, Rover V8's and the K-series.

Your 1.4 would be a Kseries 16V twin cam from a metro GTI, A very pokey lump and IMO one of the best K-series... (don't bother with the SPI 8v version)

PM Geehawk for info as he has built this system succesfully. there's A LOT of work involved. again, search the site and talk to people.

good luck, and here's some Info about the K-series engine you're interested in....

Kseries-

Potentially, this can be the easiest engine conversion to do, currently it seems there are two ways to achieve getting a K-series into the mini and It will fit a Roundnose mini with and extended front, or a Clubman with the lower valance slightly modified.

1. Install the engine on a K series subframe.
**The K-series subframe WILL need modifying in order for it to fit onto the mini:
**The rear lower mounts need extending
**The rear upper mountings, often these are constructed to bolt onto the shock absorber (damper) mounting bolts, (or you could fabricate tower mounts to attatch 'as per' the minis original subframe).

2. Make your own frame using a Mini one as a base or starting from scratch.
**LOTS of custom fabrication of parts is required.
**Mini brake assemblies and suspension systems can be kept
**You WILL need to get some custom drive shafts made up which aint cheap but if you want to run 10's well worth it.

Handy hints:
**The Kseries 1.4 ECU is capable of running the 1.6 AND the 1.8 version of the K-series. So upgrading is an option to bear in mind when thinking about size of engine.
**If cutting up a mini subframe to modify and take a Kseries. Brace the subframe around the tower mounts and tiebar mounts to stop them flexing, which hopefully means it will fit back on properly when done!

In my opinion the 2nd fitting option here is much harder but more attractive to me...

Edited by Retro_10s, 02 January 2007 - 05:39 PM.

[maph2]

ello, i have a mini city with a 998 in atm, its tuned and will blow most s***y boy racer corsers away frm the lights but i want more power:D:D, i was speaking to a friend the other day who said he managed to get a nova 1.4 si engine in his minio, all he had to do was change the engine mountains on teh sub- frame, and i asked the question would a metro gti engine fit with just chaging the engine mountains, and if so has anyone done it?, and did the come into anyproblems during the swap, wb , thnks ste

thats a fast 998 you must have then

[Retro_10s]

what do you mean it's tuned... spec etc? interested...

[stellis]

what do you mean it's tuned... spec etc? interested...

Ello, cheers for the info bout the enigne swap, ill have to get on to my mate bout that , and yhy its tuned, keeps up qith my mates 1275 spi, its puttin bout 55 bhp out soo, and the beatin of the corsers is only up until the 12v version anyhire like the 16 valve and i can jus keep up lol , but ill give you the spec if u want , well most of it i knw , wb ste