Mini Engine swap

[Morrydownunder]

I have a very clever friend who did a 1340cc conversion for me in 1995 and it is still going strong today. It involved machining the Mini crank to a taper, a woodruff key and a thread and nut to hold on a boss/flange with the similar taper. The fly wheel sits 1/4" back from normal with a bit machined out of it and runs a 9 spring 6 1/4" clutch. A backing plate was made with a seal fitted to run on the boss. And a bit of fiddling with the oil pickup. It runs an early Datsun gearbox, we don't have your options down here. A better option is to use the Marina 1275 engine (or Sprite) with a backing plate to suit your gearbox - I have two of those fitted. Bruce - Australia.

[bmcecosse]

Crikey.. - a brave modification! But very interesting.......

[Matt]

The original poster, after being very confident they were right......fails to come back in any way after we have made enquiries/looked up parts prices / spent time researching etc etc and come to the same conclusion that it just isn't practical.... Oh dear - I'm not sure why I bother..........

Blimey Roy... give people a chance! Katt only posted up at 9-30 pm the night before! Some people don't live on the forum