Just a curiosity - has anyone swapped a completely different engine into a MINI? Something from a VW or a Honda or ??

Not thinking to do anything, just curious - the VW forums have folks cross swapping engines a lot though in that case it's generally within the same "family" ie a VAG product.

 

i have also wondered this ! wouldnt it be cool to have a v-tec motor or something already turbocharged ....

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYuN0N2aq5g

 

Considering that this is posted in the first gen forum, I assume you are referring to '02 - '06 MC/MCS, not Classics.

 

I think it has been done..

 

Right, I had seen that youtube clip with the Classic - but have not seen a current 'modern' MINI having being modified like that.

 

I saw an article in the latest MC2 magazine of one with a Turbine engine in it. I didn't read the article though, but it looks like the engine is mounted in the back.

 

The "cooper S3" has a BMW engine up front

 

Keeping it in the family!

I would love to drive that .

Longboard

 

keeping it in the original family, a Rover V-8 would be nice....

 

Yes, we've seen some of this here and there. The moral of the story is "anything can be done for a price."

 

Yah agreed....though i agree, it'd be really nice if it wasn't as expensive or complicated....more like the VW swaps.

 

Not enough room in the engine bay w/o a lot of mods.

VW's have a lot more room to play with and the electrics are not hard to mod.

 

Honda guys do engine swaps like we do intakes,,,, makes me sad


Jack

 

i saw a vw golf or gt i forget with a north star engine . it was awsome . car and driver i think .

 

i started a thread on this a while ago. from what was said i think it would be more costly to do a swap than to tune the original.

Chris.

 

Yep!

 

I would think a 1.8T motor would swap pretty (easy)...

 

That would be pretty awesome. They're pretty long though...i wonder how hard fitting it would be.

 

Probably just as hard as me swappin an S motor and turbo'n it from my Cooper...But bloody hell...it'll be done. 2009ish....

 

pffft! u need a job first

 

Nope

 

Put a V6 3.2L SHO motor in it . One of the coolest intakes of all time. And, they're absolutely bulletproof for forever. (as long as you change the rod bearings).

First post!

 

here is the 3.2SOHC engine from??? i doubt it would fit mind you.

Chris.

 

that was my thought, but then you are only getting 180-225bhp from a stock engine, then you have to start tuning, you can get over 300 out the stock bottom end, but thats with alot of mods.

now asuming its going to cost roughly the same to mod the VAG engine as it is the mini its going to cost you alot more to run a 1.8 turbo.

if you want a bigger engine speak to RMW n here. theyare coming out with the 2.0 ltr stroker soon and that should answer everyones questions about power!

cheers

Chris.