bigblockchevybitch

yes I wanna drop a rotary into an original mini utility vehicle (looks liek the cooper on ly it's a panel wagon) and I wanan go with just a carb'ed rotary so I don't have to mess around with computer **** any ideas suggestions or know were I can get either the motor or the mini

Kick

Your going to drop a rotary in to a mini pickup
=O

liquidferrum

hell yes well the panel wagon that's if I can find one I might settle for the cooper if I can't find anything else

liquidferrum

/\ somehow he logged in under my name, that was bigblockchevybitch though

Kick

lol..
Good luck, if you have the money then its no prob. Also, you should really learn a little bit about the minis.

bigblockchevybitch

I know about the mini's but every body says they're front wheel drive and I'm almost positive they're rear

Kick

lol..
If you new anything about the mini's, you would know that they are front wheel drive. There is also a difference from the minis and the coopers. One of the most hard to come by minis is the mini pickup.

Here is a photo of the motor bay, now tell me what car that is rear wheel drive has the 4 cylinder side ways like that?

http://kickatomic.tehvul.com/forum_pics/9840c.jpg


You must have been thinking about the morris minor, something like this http://www.minimania.com/ClassDetail.cfm?ID=3172

MikeLMR

Minis are Front wheel drive

They also have the gearbox under the engine in the sump so a transmission adapter is not really an option

good luck finding a mini van or a mini pickup , they are very rare in the UK let alone in the US

bigblockchevybitch

lol no **** I might bye a mini and get a new body for it I think I've seen bodies go for like 500 on ebay but idk I might just go with the cooper

Kick

lol..
I would like to see a mini body go for that cheep. Good luck finding a cooper too, you might have better luck just looking for a mini. I know where I can get one, doesn't run, will cost me close to 3k for it. It’s a 72 mini 1000.

bigblockchevybitch

ho wbad is the body on it and what I swa on ebay was just the body it self no frame justthe panels

Center of The Universe

Minis are FWD, That is how they got there fame in the rally days of yore. They did well because every other car during that time was rear wheel drive. They were ahead of the curve.

ACTION RT

IN the Kit Car magazine a while back. someone took the 1st gen mr2, supercharged and adapted a fiberglass mini body to it. It was a wide body mini and looked totally badass.

Kick

I think it looks gross

EScalade

Down here in NZ there is a Mini that used to race with a 12A might have been a bridge port - not too sure but went hard and sounded great.
Was FWD on mini or similar gearbox via an adaptor plate.

SaturnHKS

Hey liquid and bigblockchevy. I see you guys are in Wisconsin.

Why the =(? Rotaries ARE hard to come by here, but it's not THAT bad...

Now, I'd love to help out with you're little "project", but I'm only 14 and doubt I'd be any help.

liquidferrum

where at in wisiconsin are you saturn, we are in ripon over by fondy

Kick

well you got have some nice money to back this idea up, cause minis do cost a little.

MikeLMR

they are dirt cheap in the UK but rotaries are real expensive

SaturnHKS

I'm in Waukesha, in between Milwaukee and Madison (but closer to Milwaukee).

stu from cornwall

I can't find any info, I know they put the rotary on top of the mini gearbox and used drop gears. I like that idea. I want mine to be FWD and have a gearbox which sounds like an angle grinder!! I will post something if I can find it.

Kick

Someone did this very thing in AU or was it NZ.
But they didn't use a mini gearbox. They used something else. It started with a C

xlemming

Citereon (check my spelling). Double helical cut gears. Better than helical cut, similar to straight cut only quieter. Hard to make.

introVert

Citroen

michigan02

For the mini panel hunt I have seen a few at a show called Battle of the brits located in Michigan

Check the events board on this forum
http://pub30.ezboard.com/boldimports

worth teh drive to find a mini forsale