Harley wrote:
I've had thought of doing this before, but I was going to look at getting hold of one of those 4wd moke concept cars, and making duplicates of the drivetrain through work. The other option is to drop a 4wd lancer system in there (Mmmm, 250+ Kw) but you'd never get the car to look stock.
lancer'd never go in.... too big, but I keep saying it - I'm doing one right now with a honda
thommo09 wrote:
there was a factory (Special Tuning) 4WD clubby that was used for motorsport in the UK. It was an 8-port 1293 and had a locked dif so it was no good on tarmac. Apparently it was unbeatable in "autocross" events
its pretty bloody ugly though
the factory clubby was in MiniWorld a while back, and it looked like a stock clubbie, so yea, pretty ugly - it was in a moke until the competitions director saw a 4wd capri killing in autocrosses.... it wasn't a locked diff, there was no center diff meaning the 100% of the drive goes front and back so there isn't a difference in the wheel speed which is required when turning, you break diffs and axles otherwise..... they could actually get around that now using a viscous coupling like the honda I am doing, it works when the back and front wheels are rotating at different speeds - it uses silicon oil that increases viscosity under heat and there are plates which run inside it, when the oil heats up it binds the plates - therefore 4wd, but under normal conditions it's only fwd. When I was test driving the donor car before I wrecked it, I tried to do a handbrake turn, and it locked the front wheels - I thought "oh, the handbrake is on the front wheels like a subaru", but it wasn't, it was on the back wheels and the viscous coupling had locked up.
getting hold of a 4wd concept car would be impossible, but I know a guy who knows a guy who bought 10-odd sets from BMC in the 60's after the project was cancelled - must give him a call and think about adding the viscous coupling
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did I tell you that I won a
trophy?
well im not sure about this mini but i think it is 4WD 
I think I just creamed myself.
where is the justice..!!!
