but u wouldnt get no where near the power out put

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yea, yea you would

It's all proportional as you could spend 10K putting a 3 cylinder daihatsu in for no real gain in power. On an A-series 1000 - 1200 gets you 7psi supercharger. I looked on ebay.co.uk. With bulhead and crossmember mods aside going metro turbo with intercooler would cost about $2000 - doing ALL the work yourself. But when you go too crazy( ie. 10psi) for a stock compression engine, you need mroe work done...this is where it gets expensive. Unless you have your own maching shop you can't do it yourself. I reckon A-series, yes you can do it, and yes it's easier but hell, for say 15 grand it ain't worth it! To do historic racing, then yes it is

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1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T

u cant tell me u could spend 10G and get 150 ish hp

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About that...

8port is capable of that at the crank...that's maxed out hand grenade styles..

but you'd be talking closer to 250HP at the crank with a starlet with bolt on upgrades. Reliable daily..

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Starlet Conversion:
http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15484

But it will never sound like an A-series

Funny that, when i start mine up and it idles it sounds like a mini, i think its got something to do with the vibration through the body???

Will be interested to see how it sounds when i actually drive it

Dan

Vroom, psssht?

You will be forunate if you can hear the motor over the tyres screaming for mercy.

As a matter of fact.... where is the audio clip Dan?

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

I'll attend to that small matter over the next couple of weeks.

Yes i think there will be some interesting sounds happening when i put the boot in.

Dan

I think anyone that attempts a conversion needs to have a reasonable budget if they aren't going to do the work themselves.
the 4efte is pretty easy power. upgrade turbo and wind the boost up a little with couple of other supporting mods and 170hp is possible. ie 13secmini.
I know for a fact to build my motor again would be a few $$$. and thats N/A.

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I did everything myself and my cars owes me about $4500 after i had it engineered and that includes the car (Van) it might look shabby on the out side but its still a kick ass package for the money ive spent

after taking out the cost of the brakes and van which i would have gotten either way

Ive spent roughly $2500 on the new engine setup

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88 Rover Mini

thats totally amazing paul.
and to imagine that you will have pretty much no problems that are presented with an aseries engine for twenty years to come

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Appreciation without Depreciation
forever chasing clearer skies...

thats the plan duc

Or until it becomes my sons first car in 17 years and he asks me to put repulsor lifts on to replace the boat anchor

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57 Morris minor
88 Rover Mini

hey GZE, what sorta power and drivability do you get from the sirion motor?? Fuel consumption??

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