Saxo powered mini.

[custom-decals2012]

My saxo engine install into my mini.
Started about 2 years ago when I had a scrap saxo and thought that will fit, then after many hours in a cold garage I'm at the stage below, still have loads to do and lots of teething problems to sort, just about everything has been modified.

[roland rat]

What engine is that? 1.6 8v ?

[custom-decals2012]

1.4 furio engine, still in the early stages of project so lots of teething issues, it's a snug fit but hopefully I'll pull it off.

[roland rat]

Surely if you're going to all this effort you want more than a 75 bhp engine fitted?

[custom-decals2012]

Not really want realiabilty over power, may upgrade after this is on the road, see how this ends first.

[roland rat]

The 1.6 8v vtr engine are reliable and quite easy to get over 100 bhp from cheaply

[Magenta Sunset]

classic mini shell?

[bashbarnard]

Well 10 out of 10 for effort. At least you can ditch the 1.4 and a 1.6 will drop straight in as they're the same size. Why though may I ask??

[custom-decals2012]

Had bad experiences with the a series engines, spent a couple of k on one and had nought but problems, I know these engines and can diagnose and repair any faults if needed unlike a 16v vts.
Had a mixture of saxo's 106's and 306's in my 8 years driving and only had 1 melon engine out the lot.

[bashbarnard]

A series are the easiest engines to fix diagnose and parts are aplenty. I grew up around them and not once did I have a major issue. The 16v is just as easy to diagnose as the 8v as well. There isn't really that much difference at all.

[fatlapit]

Well instead of saying your doing it wrong like most of the tools on here.

Ill say good luck and it looks like a great project.

[Niall]

Well instead of saying your doing it wrong like most of the tools on here.

Ill say good luck and it looks like a great project.

Get out of the wrong side of the bed? Who ever said he was doing it wrong?

Personally im looking forward to seeing how this pans out. Should be interesting and very different!

[Piggy]

Be very interested to see how this goes

Is slightly odd... A series, most reliable small engine easiest to fix... Also easily tuneable to 75bhp...
1.4 tu...cheesebox and common for HGs...
But as said...once you've got those mounts in...opens the door to better engines

[fatlapit]

Sorry nial i mean that the comments were negative. As per usual on here.

[7057sam]

Very interesting, best of luck.

[td_dan]

Very interesting im gonna be a standard 1275 in mine for a bit the look at turboing

[Insanity-74]

Thats great. Cant beat projects like this.

Have you seen Project Binky from Bad Obsession Motorsport? A couple of blokes putting a Celica GT4 running gear and 2l turbo engine into a classic mini.....its fabrication art

[procta]

Nice to see a different engine going into a mini, bar Vauxhall, kseries, A series Turbo and Honda vtec.
The A series engines are pricey to fix, The MG metro cup lads used to run the A series cars, but now have had to switch to the K series, due to the price. Its triple the budget to run an A series metro in the MG metro cup, compared to the K series. Are you adapting the drive shafts to?

[custom-decals2012]

I'll measure the shafts and get them cut and shut or sleeved, a series is a joke for the money to build a good one.
To be honest classic minis are getting far to expensive now a days even the rotters.

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Thats great. Cant beat projects like this.

Have you seen Project Binky from Bad Obsession Motorsport? A couple of blokes putting a Celica GT4 running gear and 2l turbo engine into a classic mini.....its fabrication art

Project binky is mental, proper weapon.
Bad obsession Motorsport also did a vts mini in the link below just scroll the pictures.
http://www.badobsessionmotorsport.co.uk/...axo-heart/

[procta]

I find a lot of mini owners tend to just pull engines from good cars, rather than either doing what you are doing or just spending the cash they pay for a donor car, just get the engine rebuilt. I always question what happens to the their old lumps after they drop the engine from the good donor car. They have destroyed quite a few metros, one daft fool, pulled an engine out of a metro that was worth 3k! tried to sell the rest on for a daft price too. Reason how the car was worth 3k, as the same model with similar mileage went for 3k.

[custom-decals2012]

So today I'm struggling with the gear linkage setup, Ive had to cut and re weld the rods but still not getting all gears and there to tight and close together, I've also modified the gear selectors which I've had to make shorter.
My gear linkages go on angles, do they all need to be perfectly straight from ball socket to ball socket.
I've ordered some adjustable gear linkage rods hoping there m8 thread so I can cut and adjust m8 threaded bar until I get the length right.

Is there any way I can us a Universal joint UJ instead of the rubber ball.

[custom-decals2012]

just thought Id throw this here.
Refitted subframe and steering rack.


Engine and box went back in.

Had another go at the gear linkages, decided to use a rover k series selector and modified it all to work.
I have all gears but the throw is quite short so still abit more work to get perfect.

[Ben]

Looks really good. Guessing you made all the box section framework? Not sure what a standard mini looks like with engine out..

[welshpug]

the bom project before binky was also a tu engined mini.

in theory its a fairly simple swap, though i dont know exact details, theres a fair few standard metro parts you could use i would imagine as tgey used a tud5 in the 115d.

[procta]

the bom project before binky was also a tu engined mini.

in theory its a fairly simple swap, though i dont know exact details, theres a fair few standard metro parts you could use i would imagine as tgey used a tud5 in the 115d.

one thing though I didn't understand was why didn't anyone convert a metro diesel over with the Peugeot petrol engine in. But then again diesel metros are not that common at all, back then.

[welshpug]

the bom project before binky was also a tu engined mini.

in theory its a fairly simple swap, though i dont know exact details, theres a fair few standard metro parts you could use i would imagine as tgey used a tud5 in the 115d.

one thing though I didn't understand was why didn't anyone convert a metro diesel over with the Peugeot petrol engine in. But then again diesel metros are not that common at all, back then.

simple answer.

vvc k-series.

[procta]

the bom project before binky was also a tu engined mini.

in theory its a fairly simple swap, though i dont know exact details, theres a fair few standard metro parts you could use i would imagine as tgey used a tud5 in the 115d.

one thing though I didn't understand was why didn't anyone convert a metro diesel over with the Peugeot petrol engine in. But then again diesel metros are not that common at all, back then.

simple answer.

vvc k-series.

that's what happened, most went vvc k series, with spi and mpi cars.