anyone tried or heard of a 13B in a mini. nice and small, heaps of potential for power...

interested, thats all

It has been done. I don't think it is legal in most states.

One of my mates was looking at doing a FWD 10a but ditched the idea because of the engine size being slightly to large. a 10a rotary has a capacity of something around 1960cc and the biggest you can go (in NSW from what ive heard) N/A is 1920cc and mating a 10a to a FWD gearbox was abit of a pain in the backside. But yeh there is someone on youtube that has some videos of his RWD 13b build over in England so it has been attempted.

ok, thts a shame

it would be insane

thanks.

a mini chook cooker

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The weight of a four.
The power of a six.
The economy of an eight.

The parts availability of a ten.

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But he's thriving and striving and hugging the turns.

seen one just out side geelong
13b mated to a porche box only used for racing too wild for road use

Damn straight
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This thread has most of he info you need..

http://www.performanceforums.com/forums ... t839292078

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This was my mates rotary. 10A fitted to a combi box. It was horrible, but to be fair, he did do a number of hillclimb events. It just needed time to be sorted properly.





I'm still chasing photos of the Gulson/Hume brothers 13B rotary if anyone has any.

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ring Paul

his was mounted to a mini box tho (from memory,,, i was only a young fella then)

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

You must have a bad memory, it was mounted to a VW type box (kombi/Hewland/?) with the motor inside the car beside the drivers legs.
There was big doubts over the legality of the whole thing at the time. But it was fast!

Do I have too? I've tried e-mailing him in the past with no success. I'm really after photos of when the Hume brothers had it.



It was a Hewland, 13B and turbocharged, and the shift pattern was backwards. I've got a review of the car that appeared in "Racing Car News" back in the 80's. The Hume brothers couldn't sell it complete, and ended up selling it as a roller. I spoke to the current owner with a view to buying it a few years ago. Haven't given up hope of buying it, just need more bugs bunny.

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