hi all, just wondering if a sr-20 would fit as theyre only 4 cyl. i'm expecting to get roasted over this so have a dig at me if you want

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'73 clubby s "cryo" - sold
Operation Evil Sesame Street!

Depends on the gearbox attached to it.

But in short, yes it'll fit (in a clubman).

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

i was hoping to put it into a round nose van. any way of cutting a bit out to make it fit? what about hp's that i could expect?

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'73 clubby s "cryo" - sold
Operation Evil Sesame Street!

You could expect big HP from a turbo one. N/A seems good but not all that impressive IMO when compared to the SR20DET, but in a Mini, .

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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

yeh i figure im not gonna be able to drive it anyway on the road if its n/a (stupid p-plater laws) might as well go the whole hog and chuck in a sr20det, bored and stroked (hopefully get it to a 2.4)

does anyone know if this has been done before?

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'73 clubby s "cryo" - sold
Operation Evil Sesame Street!

When I was 13 and into ricers and S13s I remember seeing HKS stroker kits for various Nissan motors.

There are 2.4L Nissan eninges though, but I don't know how good they are.

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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

too much to shake my head at here...

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you can buy a 2.4l engine from nissan, it was fitted to the american "240sx" (it was apile of crap, americans pay top dollor for sr20dets)down here we had the 180sx, which had ca18's and later models had sr20's.
if you managed to sqeeze in an sr20det i doubt that you would need more power then it already has. check out some of the uk forums, most people who fit vauxhall 2L engines stick with rear wheel drive so they can attempt to keep the power on the road.

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JC and I have test fit a SR20DET into a Clubman, it will fit but only in a clubman. To fit it into a round-nose, you will have to do a nose extension in the order of 100mm.

SR20DET's are great motors, very torquey and make heaps of power - you definately wouldnt want anymore than stock SR20 in a mini, definately.

The 2.0 turbo and the 2.4 litre stroker kit would be overkill in a mini, not to mention being illegal under DOTARS legislation.

If I were you, I would just stick to a N/A 2.0 litre or less (like B16, B18 etc) until you get the hang of it, or something significantly smaller turbo-charged!

Let common sense rule here!!

My $0.02

Cheers,
Tricky

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"Not Speeding Officer..........Qualifying"

if ur after a 2.4 N/A nissan engine my nissan pintara TRX is pretty decent i was thinking of putting it in the instead of the starlet when i wrote my car off but i bought a cheap seccond car to replace the panels and now i have a spare auto box and engine (i kept the manual one ). Plus i would've have to send in another proposal to qld transport and no knowgin how log it will take to get a reply

cheers!

i only had a brain explosion when i saw a sss pulsar drive by, and thought what if...
we were going to extend the engine bay to compensate anyway and convert it to a rwd. i really dont like the ca18's.
so heres my questions,
1) would it beat a vtec down the quarter?
2) could i do a round nose conversion on it?
3) why is it illegal under dotars (i'll only use it at track days for the next few years, p-plater laws)?

thought of a vtec, but i want to stand out.
so most of you reckon a n/a sr-20 is the way not the det?

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'73 clubby s "cryo" - sold
Operation Evil Sesame Street!

Yea i'll shake my head too

I tell you what next time your on a cruise and i have my car out i'll take you for a ride in my starlet mini when it's done and lets see if you still want more power than a 1.3L Turbo

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

yeh ok, but i doubt it'll make me wanna do it any less. i think dane'll have my head

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'73 clubby s "cryo" - sold
Operation Evil Sesame Street!

damn i just found this
http://www.16vminiclub.com/forums/viewt ... light=sr20
so much for the original idea. some people think they exact same way i do, i wanted a pickup aswell

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'73 clubby s "cryo" - sold
Operation Evil Sesame Street!

here's my answers

1) *shakes head*

2) *shakes head*

3) *shakes head*

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