Everything is legal in SA, it's like Australias Mexico.
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| Author: | zulu_warrior1976 [ Mon Aug 22, 2011 11:14 pm ] |
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Hi all, there seems to be a lot of posts about 4efte conversions here. Which are complete car porn & totally awesome. So much so that It's got me planning on doing one myself. However, researching the conversion has brought up another possibly more awesome conversion option... The vtec conversion.... Has there been any successful conversions with a vtec in a mini done by members? If so. Was compliance a dog to get through? Etc. They just look very pro & super fast. [/u] |
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| Author: | _666_ [ Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:21 am ] |
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i think you will find that people on here are too obsessed with their toyota conversions to do a VTEC, as there havebeen many threads about it and no propper answers, having said that ive heard of a legal road registered on in VIC, using a Modified Minitec fram Good luck, |
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| Author: | zulu_warrior1976 [ Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:58 am ] |
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Reason I asked was because i had been checking out the kits from Mini Tec... Thought they looked better engineered and more professional that what it would look like if I did a 4efte conversion myself! Other than the car in Vic, do you have an idea if they would be legal here in SA? |
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| Author: | Harley [ Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:19 am ] |
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Everything is legal in SA, it's like Australias Mexico.
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| Author: | slinkey inc [ Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:10 pm ] |
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A little bit wrong there Harley. Many of the legal 4EFTE conversions from other states would not be legal in SA. We don't have road regular worthys but the modification rules can be quite strict. The only better side in SA is that there is no power or cc limit on modifying cars. It just has to fit within certain regulations and recieve approved CPEng approval combined with appropriate track testing. |
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| Author: | Harley [ Tue Aug 23, 2011 1:54 pm ] |
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They must have tightened up over there. I've seen a few cars registered in SA that I wouldnt see fit for a paddock basher let alone road use. |
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| Author: | Archangel007 [ Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:51 pm ] |
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Harley wrote: Everything is legal in SA, it's like Australias Mexico.
PML!! But seriously, Peter Dunn uses his as a daily driver, and its a very nice conversion. See here: http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=56035&highlight=vtec Cheers, Tricky |
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| Author: | slinkey inc [ Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:39 pm ] |
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Harley wrote: They must have tightened up over there. I've seen a few cars registered in SA that I wouldnt see fit for a paddock basher let alone road use.
Nothing's been tightened up that I'm aware of, but it is true there are some truly horrid cars about mostly due to not having regular roadworthies. But these are not legal. |
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| Author: | zulu_warrior1976 [ Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:19 pm ] |
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Lucky I live with the gringos then! On a serious note, has anyone bought one of those mini tec kits & had go at putting one together? |
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| Author: | _666_ [ Wed Aug 24, 2011 12:31 am ] |
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have a squiz over here - www.16vminiclub.com their is a plethora of information on there 
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| Author: | moemoke [ Wed Aug 24, 2011 12:36 pm ] |
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_666_ wrote: having said that ive heard of a legal road registered on in VIC, using a Modified Minitec fram Good luck, If thats the white Clubman (Peter Dunn's) then No he didn't use a Modified Minitec subframe. He made his own from scratch. Most of the UK subframe are to wide for our Aussie rules. |
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| Author: | '77 clubby van [ Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:38 pm ] |
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The main issue for the v-tec conversion is the width of the engine/gbox. In oz you cannot widen the wheel track by more than 25mm. If you look at most v-tec conversions in uk and us they use modified k-series metro (I think) subframes which give much wider wheel track than the usual mini. Apparently there are subframes available from the US that give standard track, which might be worth a look. Either way, everyone knows that if you want REAL power you need to fit a turbo! 
[and a turbo V-TEC would struggle to pass rego in any state in Australia!] Another nice V-TEC is TravelleR. Its from Canadia, but worth a look for the proper way to do things, even if it wouldn't pass rego in oz due to the extensive mods. |
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| Author: | zulu_warrior1976 [ Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:04 pm ] |
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Thanks 77 clubby, always a seriously good source of information. It sounds like 4EFTE is the way to go after all!! |
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| Author: | zulu_warrior1976 [ Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:13 pm ] |
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Or GTI... |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:43 pm ] |
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4EFTE gearboxes are pretty bulletproof, you can't say the same for Suzy GTI boxes. My mate at work had bearing problems in his at ~100,000km from new... and no it wan't turboed either. |
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