iknow its possible to fit a 4EFTE in a roundnose without lengthening.. but can you do it and still have airconditioning ?

just wind the window down....


or wear more white..

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According to Ben Afford, finding room for air con in a Leyland/Clubman is very hard.

It's on the list of things to do, but I'm a fair way off getting the 4EFTE into a Mini yet to even have a look. (Need a subframe first.)

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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

Short answer is NO

And the long answer would be WITH GREAT F...... DIFFICULTY!

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

Just as a random offshoot to this , with the way technology is improving would it be possible yet to have a small electrically powered air conditionerwounted somewhere (in place of a right hand tank perhaps?) , I know it'd draw a lot from the alternator but surely they are getting good enough now you could have a big enough alternator to run it ?


Oh yeah , I do realise this question will cause the photo of the Yank car with the house air con unit on the side window to be shown again .....

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I think if you were going to do a conversion you would take a very holistic approach very early on. You would take the opportunity to change the subframe mounts to the front of the car and change the castor arm mount.

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

havent seen it before but curiosity got to me n google is your friend lol, is it something along the lines of this??

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1968 Morris Mini Deluxe......sold
1992 Toyota Starlet GT EP82

Think more redneck , it was held to the side window with duct tape and had a honda generator bolted to the boot to run it ....

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lmao typed in "redneck aircon" in google

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1968 Morris Mini Deluxe......sold
1992 Toyota Starlet GT EP82

Yep, that's the one

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Simon

The adventures of an owner builder in the Tallarook Ranges

BINGO , though I also found this one .....

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I just had a thought about this... You can get self contained air con units for boats. I know a company called MarineAir make some (actually make combined heater/aircon units) but maybe too big for a small car.

Alternatively some trucks have 12V self contained systems for the sleeper cabs that can run while the truck engine is not running

-Alan

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-Alan
I blame my dad for my love of minis. I think I was conceived in the back seat of one
I also blame my Dad for me being 6' 1" - not really the optimum height for driving a Mini.

I am not buying into this..........

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I dont think an electric type of a/c will work. too much power drain with not enough results. If you want to use the 4efte air con you will obviously need to mount the a/c compressor to run off the belt. And then mount the condensor somewhere... You should be able to use a later model mini evap unit inside the car? Ohh and the alternator mountings are causing a hell of a problem in a few conversions, so i mounting the compressor will cause only more headaches.
But with ALOT of dedication it should work

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