Honda eninge in mini?

[SpeedDemon101]

What would it take to get a honda engine in a mini cooper and get it wired correctly? Would it even be worth the effort?

[jaybminivt]

ive done it and been driving around for over a year with my mods and yes i can say its very much worth it, as for wiring i used the honda engine loom with a stand alone ecu and have had no problems to date.

[007ightning]

roughly what did it set you back price wise to do the whole Vtec swap??
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John

[FortechMini11]

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[CivicRacerX]

Originally Posted by SpeedDemon101

What would it take to get a honda engine in a mini cooper and get it wired correctly? Would it even be worth the effort?

You should do some research. I just read an article in Car & Driver (pretty sure it was the newest issue) about a kit to do this if you're talking about an older Mini. I'm not sure what motivation there would be to swap one into the new cars.

Kay

[noshun]

Originally Posted by CivicRacerX

You should do some research. I just read an article in Car & Driver (pretty sure it was the newest issue) about a kit to do this if you're talking about an older Mini. I'm not sure what motivation there would be to swap one into the new cars.

Kay

There is a company in england that specialises in these swap although I forget their name. Last year at the mini 45 show at Beaulieu Motor Museum I saw two V-tec'd cars going at it on the dyno. The most popular motor I belive is the 1.6 CRX motor from the car you guys call the Del-sol 160 hp stock and smaller than the B20 motor. They afore mentioned co sells kits although they fit a lot easier under a clubamn front end than a roundnose. Ther's also the KAD 8 port head for your a-series block that's cheaper and totally rips! KAD usually build them with Yamaha R-1 pistons and rods!

[kraftdinner]

Check out this forum http://www.16vminiclub.com/forums/. Really good site should answer any questions you might have. . Goodluck with the conversion.

[wallybob]

Originally Posted by noshun

There is a company in england that specialises in these swap although I forget their name. Last year at the mini 45 show at Beaulieu Motor Museum I saw two V-tec'd cars going at it on the dyno. The most popular motor I belive is the 1.6 CRX motor from the car you guys call the Del-sol 160 hp stock and smaller than the B20 motor. They afore mentioned co sells kits although they fit a lot easier under a clubamn front end than a roundnose. Ther's also the KAD 8 port head for your a-series block that's cheaper and totally rips! KAD usually build them with Yamaha R-1 pistons and rods!

A friend of mine and I talked about doing the switch to a honda motor for years but never got enough money in hand at the right time to try it.

There is also supposed to be a company in the states that converts minis to a honda motor. My buddy mentioned a website to me but I can't remember the url - sorry.

[71NOVA02]

Hey guys. I have been on the Chevy NOva forums for a while but I know a bit about the old minis too. (hopefully I will have one by the end of the week)

the company that builds the honda powered minis is called MiniTEC. you can google them. they will sell you a fully built car, or the parts to do it yourself.

A friend just put a B 16 in his 74 mini ---- insane horsepower!!!! cant even use it all because there is not enough rubber on the ground. no traction!

the MiniTEC cars are a good chunk of change and it takes a lot of work to do it yourself. If you have the time though, it is definately worth it! the most fun to drive out of all the cars iv driven!