I'd imagine it would be the Cordia if it's either of those - the Starion was rear drive.
I don't think I'd want to get in that thing...

Sorry my bad, yes it was the CORDIA....
I'm not well up on Mitsashittys....

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cordia... thats the one i heard.

Thats good to know. So a mid engined rotary would be possible with that combo.

Useful info

Just imagine the sound of a 13b j port behind your damm head

i'd rather pass on that car due to lack of practicallity. but a lot of fun

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been talking to one of my friends. Had to refresh my memory. There was a fwd rotary. r130. only 1000 made though. One known of in melbourne.

before you make comments like that just remember it was originally a clubbie

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I think one thing i never rarely mentioned when this pops up is the idea using a 4wd gearbox' setup to solely run the front drive shafts. Some of the box's are hugely strong and your options would be fairly large compared to FWD box's, Plus finding a race spec 4wd box is way more common then race spec fwd box's, most of them seem to by tight tolerance honda box's. Sure it's rear mounted but it produces options.
You just have to look at baja style buggy's to see the wild match up's they create and the extensive list of box's at there avail.
Either way obviously it's a huge job, though a dry sump would sit it a fair bit lower.
As much as i would love to do it i also doubt Front engined RWD could be done very effectively.
But who cares, FWD all the way.
Also i believe the NZ mini runs a Toyota Carona box.

Cheers
Pete

their's only 1 problem with 4WD. The mini was neve designed for it. Sure it's got a transmission tunnel (for a peashooter that's it)

I am not saying it can't be done, and it's not the least of your problems but I think most people look at it as too much work for little gain

not to mention you are throwing the option of rego out the window.

The bottom line is it's too much work for a car you won't be able to enjoy legally

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Sadly i agree.

just a comment on the Baja Buggy's..... most of them run either Porche boxes or type 2 VW Comby box. the main issue is space, you wouldnt fit eather of them into a mini let alone with an engine. the only other real setups would be with what is already out there in the conversion forum, honda vtec, toyota starlet, ect.

if only bike engine conversions were legal in australia, with out the epz costs

let's face it for 99.99% of people a RWD mini won't happen in Australia

bike engines need emissions testing and often this would also mean that they would need bulky pollution gear added to bring emissions down. This realistically would add about 10K to the price of a conversion

then you would have changed the driven wheels. So you would have to register it as a one off and comply with current ADR's
this would include a collapsible steering column, side intrusion bars, lights etc. soo many small changes

an of course theirs the red tape. It'll be a massive headache

FWD Rota = soooooooo much easier. Cordia gearbox = fit- well I don't know

personally if you want a RWD rota buy a old KE30, 1600, Gemini The ADR Rules favor these as easier and cheaper

Or even easier just buy a RX to start off with? just a suggestion

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or the rotor powered bug,

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Sorry HP, strongly disagree.......

Some of us do it for the challenge, to test our own engineering prowess, and how far engenuity can go within the design limts set by legislation.

As for too little gain, some of us pay quite a high price for a piece of individuality (look at the last price paid for a GTHO Phase III - $186,000).

Personally, I get a kick out of pushing the envelope, my own engineering skills and levels of adaptation that I can achieve and still get rego.

But hey, thats just me.......if someone wants to have a go at doing front mount, mid mount or rear mount, FWD, RWD or AWD, have at it I say!!

Cheers,
Tricky

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didn't mean to upset you about it. Some states think differently on engineering but they all seem to agree that if you start doing stuff like changing engine mountings, subframe mounts and driven wheels, or using motorbike motors the engineering process changes drastically and gets far to time consuming for those of us who are just weekend warriors.

I don't want to stomp on anyones dreams. and personally I don't think the rules are that fair in all cases. But their the rules


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As for too little gain, some of us pay quite a high price for a piece of individuality (look at the last price paid for a GTHO Phase III - $186,000).

the GTHO was not a once off car, And I don't know anyone that will pay $100,000+ for an old car that isn't amazing and their going to enjoy driving every day

I believe you are arguing the 0.01% that I didn't talk about, but good luck too you

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