mr2 powered mini

[frets]

Hi all

Just wondering if anyone has ever looked at or built a rear engined mini with a mr2 engine?

just thinking out loud about different possibilities. any advice would be good

[pantera2075]

In a funny sort of way, it's what i've done.
There's also a GTM out there with a 3SGTE in the back - though it's a wide bodied one.

[frets]

nice one, how difficult is this to do? can you just mate the mr2 sub frame to the back of the mini or would it have to be a custom made one?

[pantera2075]

It's taken me 18 months and counting so far. Not easy.

They don't have a subframe as such - you really need to research this sort of thing some more.

[Body Stylist]

http://www.mr2mk1club.com/MiniMR2.html

[peely]

Here is one I prepared earlier... taken me 2 years to get this far, but I made a subframe instead of using a Toyota subby.I believe a chap called Welshy is doing one as well but he is using a 3sge.
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab49/peely101/Image074.jpg

[welshy]

hi,
I am the one guilty as charged. Look at my build diary called canny on a budget. It is a little out dated and progress has been slow due to work commitments. Feel free to learn from my mistakes. .
Welshy