Bonhoff Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Turbo engine in a Mini involved having to modify the bulkhead to make room for the turbo... AFAIK, the K series will fit with some engineering work. I've seen Red Top Vauxhall motors in a couple of Mini rally cars back in the day, these could hold their own against Cosworths in a straight line and completely out turn and out brake them in the twisty stuff. One guy had replaced the standard Mini/Metro A-Series powerpack with the A-Series / VW Golf gearbox that the Maestro and Montego ran - When I enquired, apparently the boxes are both stronger and much easier to mix and match gear ratios. IanJ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 55 minutes ago, Bonhoff said: I've seen Red Top Vauxhall motors in a couple of Mini rally cars Good grief that must be a tight fit....!! Our GT has got a 1293cc Steve Harris - ex Downton guy - built engine and we've got dyno sheets showing 99 brake - couldn't quite get to 100....!! It's quite enough for me in a car weighing little more than a wet cornflake box but I bet my son would love a red top in it...!! 🤣 Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anteater Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 The Vauxhall Nova engine fits in a Mini too. A common mod in top autotest specials. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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