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[Barnett]

German????

Found it on a German website!!

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[Miniman]

HEY HE STOLE MY NAME


could so wit some work lol

I want it lol

[Darren]

I like the wheels!

[marksmini]

they are nice and mad aint they

[Guess-Works.com]

Transverse V8... hubba.... !!

[Madmax]

thats quite nice

first time ive seen a transverse mounted v8 in a mini though, it simply wont handle like a mini though.

looks a bit like a minus to me, but that might be due to the massive wheels...

[Brawlyrox]

yeah i was looking at that engine and thinking what the hell, what a beast wots it outta?

[Purple Tom]

bet its a 3.5 or 3.9 out of a rangey

[Al*]

I've seen that before.... i knoe there somore info on it... I'll have a look round'.

Al

[Brawlyrox]

:grin: hmmm, that things awsome. and 3.5, imagine the torque.

[Dan]

I've seen these before, the best one is by a geeza called Viku Perala in Finland.
And it does handle like a Mini, very very well. The Rover V8 and Princess gearbox combination fits straight in a clubman with no body or subframe mods (other than engine mounts) and weighs less than the A series that it replaced! Doesn't feel over engined apparently at 3.5l, just loads of torque from low down like a supercharger.
HERE'S VIKU'S MINI
The one above looks quite poor by comparison, the engine is very far forward.

[tom]

That's Roberts' new engine sorted, then.

[miniman5]

imagine what cars you could have in that! :gasp: ...... almost every car around lol! can you imagine the look on a guys face who's just brought a scoobie and theres a mini rite up behind him! good old V8 power!

[mini_ron]

OMFG!

thats impressive, found some nutter from the uk who had done the V8 conversion, but looked nasty, bodywork was worse than mine :erm:

that looks wiked, uses austin princess gearbox (i think! if anyones interested)

still cant beat a bit of VTEC!