my friends and i were talking about mounting a 1997 m3 motor on my mini cooper s ....how hard would it be ?....how much would it cost??...already have the m3 motor .... would it be a good mod?

 

Very hard and very expensive. I'm thinking it might be a little difficult to cram a 3.2l inline 6cyl into a little Mini....

So, no....not a good mod.

 

I agree...however I would love to see an LS1 stuffed in a Mini

 

Not easy, but it certainly would be a one of a kind MINI

 

I'm on troll patrol.

 

So that M motor came out of a RWD car right....?

And it's a 6 cyl which is pretty long right.....?

Any bells yet?

You'd bolt it to what transmission....?

 

Like this?


It's Vanina Ickx's Belcar MINI with an M3 engine.






So you'd basically need to re-engineer the entire car. Only the shell, parts of it that is, can be reused.

 

So... that shouldn't be too hard then, right? A welder, some toobs, parts of a MINI, wrench, screwindriver, screwoutdriver, hammerer. Got the M3 engine already. There ya go! Done in no time at all. Send pics, please.
Oh, yeah, paint. Forgot paint. And a wing.

 

pop open your hood and count how many cylinders you have.

1...2...3...4...

look how much room you have in your engine bay...

Then look at the m3 motor and count the cylinders and add it up.

size mini< m3.

i'm sorry

i would love to see this though! good luck and may the easy button be on your side.

 

The most important part of any mod.