so i want to do an all wheel drive setup due to i want to rip other cars to shreds, and i want to due an engine swap preferably with a turbo any suggestions or help is what im looking for if ur against it don't post anything i have all the time and money and i want to make my r53 a monster

 

Sounds fun! Personally, I would just get a subaru if you want AWD. You might want to actually look into their set up as well, since they are either FWD or AWD models. It will be more like the setup you will need to convert yours from a FWD to the AWD. Don't know though since they use the horizontally opposed engines.

This is the most extreme conversion I know of:



You might be able to swap the system from a subaru, their models are turbo charged. Going to need a lot of custom work though, and a lot of funds.
If you have that amount to spend, it is your money so it is up to you.
You might want to get a Nissan GTR though, just saying


Note: To see more of the Mini above, google search Hemi Mini, there is even a youtube vid.

 

R53 was never set up for this....
Awd...
Outside of making it a full on rally car...don't think it gonna work without major work and fabrication ...think new floor for a drivshft, moved fuel tank and new floor to fit a rear diff...if you can get a transfer case...and the hp...
would love to see it done for less than $40,000.

 

In a nutshell, the end result would be a custom car with a mini body...but no real mini left.
Good luck, have at it. If go have the $$ to spend on parts, labour, and research, great, folks need jobs!!

 

get a wrecked all4 Cman for a donor car

 

+1

Dave

 

haha i have 2 gtr's and a v10 r8 so money isnt the isue i just want to make my current r53 nuts i heard that a srt4 swap would work but im not sure if its true

 

Wanna donate a GTR to me since you have two?

(one of my dream cars)

 

Who are you...Robert Himler?

 

You have the same problems to overcome as with every engine swap into a MINI, space and the computer interface. The engine compartment in a MINI is tiny, it's tight with the MINI engine in there, let alone anything bigger. Even the Countryman stuff won't fit, which is why there's a Countryman. (it's physically a lot bigger than a MINI hatch.

If I were going to do this I think I would go with Honda CRV stuff, there are a gazillion Honda tuner shops out there and there is every upgrade in the world available, so you could get huge HP and the CRV already is a 4wd system, all you'd have to do is make it fit - but that's the hard part! Use all of the ecm from the Honda or an aftermarket setup.....

The Neon wasn't AWD, was it?

You might also consider doing a "Twini", adding a engine in the rear to get AWD and lot's of HP.

If you're not doing the work yourself, you could spend as much as that R8 doing this, just FYI....

 

Getrag developed an all wheel drive setup for the R53 and presented it to MINI. They did not go for it sadly.

 

Only pic I can find. Notice the drive shaft

 

for mini dave. i would be doing the work myself the only problems that i would run into is the drive shaft problem. if its to hard to make it and awd is it posible to do a rwd setup

 

o btw gtr's not for sale sry. ones my project other is daily

 

Well, it's possible to do anything given enough time, engineering expertise and money, but are you talking about making a FWD into a RWD? Cause I can't think of any way to successfully do that, save doing what they did with that MINI racecar. For that one they basically used the MINI body over a tube frame racecar that used a BMW drivetrain, front engine, rear wheel drive.

Or are you thinking about making the MINI rear engine and RWD?

It all comes down to how crazy you want to get......

 

i would perfer to make it just rwd if its to hard to convert to awd

 

I don't know how far along they are, but Think Mini is working on an AWD R53. The donor parts are VAG, including a Quattro trans. They also worked out the computers from the Mini and VAG communicating to each other.

 

I think the easiest way would be two electric hub motors in the back, some powerful batteries, and a slick controller.

 

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gota love the haters lmao! ur a joke

 

his comment gave me some inspiration. Contact Prodrive. They are the people who build the ralley spec countrymans. They may be able to source the parts and do most of the custom work for ya.

 

guess the dream is dead

 

The R53 is in every way you can imagine better than the R56 engine. I dont know why you wouldnt ever want to use that engine especially if you want to gain hp.

 

Says the dude who owns a R56.

 

I like to learn the hard way what can i say.