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The Lotus conversion would have been done in the 70's or 80's before the Toyota engine was available. The photo below is one of my favorites. How much torque can a mini gearbox stand? Rover V8
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Rookiepilot wrote:
The Lotus conversion would have been done in the 70's or 80's before the Toyota engine was available. The photo below is one of my favorites. How much torque can a mini gearbox stand? Rover V8

The Rover V8 ones I have seen overseas pics of all used an Austin Princess gearbox, not a Mini one.
Matt `TheMiniMan' has one with P76 V8 sort of 1/2 bult up in Brissy. He's going to turbo it too.:wink:

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cush wrote:
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Lotus Twin Cam - which is Ford Kent block. I think they bolt onto a Mini gearbox

About 160 horses at the flywheel - interesting

Not a very cheap option - silly prices for those engines at the moment


good for novelty value

but 4efte would make a better bang for buck option..

Very true Cush. My Kent engine was in my Minor (conversion done circa 1978). I wanted more power (easily achieved - it was tuned enough to run on only three cylinders!), so I contacted some small Ford guys (hard to find in Oz!). They were talking Cooper S money for the engine built with a twin cam head... So my Minor's turning Japanese instead. 8) So... You'd probably get two Starlet/Suzuki conversions (which would go harder and be more reliable) done for the same price as a Lotus conversion. :shock: :lol:
That said, back in the day, a Kent conversion - even without the twin cam head - would've been an interesting thing. Every Kent over 1100cc had 5 bearing cranks, and they were all very oversquare. Can't remember for sure whether or not they were all crossflow - I think anything called Kent should be, with the early ones seemingly aren't called Kents, even though they're the same basic engine. Not sure. Then they became Pinto and CVH and Cosworth engines, then degenerated back to power the Ford Ka. They got some good power out of them back in the 60's and 70's though... 8)


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