uhlsta 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2011 Hey people. Just saw this outside work, 3.8l V6 Mini. Anyone seen it before, or know much about it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E30-323ti 66 Report post Posted March 9, 2011 Looks like a Lotus 7 with an Austin Mini coat on + a roof chop. I think I like it.... ... but not the wire whels/knock-offs Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark 178 Report post Posted March 9, 2011 That is an utter abortion of a car. And the fact it has (I'm guessing) a Holden V6 in it makes it even more so. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_ethrty-Andy_ 2132 Report post Posted March 9, 2011 Looks tits id drive that! Dont agree with engine choice though, needs at least 8 cylinders though, 12 would be ideal to keep to the era the car was designed to mimic. Should be something british too? the americans/australians had nothing to do with both mini or this sort of car design Would own all the same Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
my_e36 43 Report post Posted March 9, 2011 Looks tits id drive that! Dont agree with engine choice though, needs at least 8 cylinders though, 12 would be ideal to keep to the era the car was designed to mimic. Should be something british too? the americans/australians had nothing to do with both mini or this sort of car design Would own all the same So you are suggesting to put maybe a Jaguar V12 from like a XJ from the 80s? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_ethrty-Andy_ 2132 Report post Posted March 9, 2011 with the amount of work this car has had already, might as well make something like that fit. The bonnets long enough Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E30-323ti 66 Report post Posted March 9, 2011 (edited) Looks tits id drive that! Dont agree with engine choice though, needs at least 8 cylinders though, 12 would be ideal to keep to the era the car was designed to mimic. Should be something british too? the americans/australians had nothing to do with both mini or this sort of car design Would own all the same Agree is need min. of 8cyls, I was thinking one of those 'radical' 2.6l V8's that use the suzuki Hyabusa block/heads. I think you will find the Ozzie's probably did give some steer in the direction Herbert Austin took his design/engineering: Herbert Austin but not directly in the mini I guess... Edited March 9, 2011 by E30-323ti Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antil33t 90 Report post Posted March 11, 2011 with the amount of work this car has had already, might as well make something like that fit. The bonnets long enough Rover V8. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christopher j 10 Report post Posted March 13, 2011 Pretty sure that was built by a guy up the top end of albany. He's built quite a few different custom minis. One was the front half of one with the back half of a motorbike jammed up its arse to make it a trike. Another was a widened mini ute kinda thing with a hayabusa motor in it i think. Also had some 3 wheeled car that looked like an aeroplane also. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Dwarf 136 Report post Posted March 13, 2011 Rover V8. ... you mean a Buick I like to think of myself as a serious mini fan, having owned some pretty modified cars including a fire breathing 1410cc with an 8 port and sequential fuel inection and I have to say like this... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
5amchris 45 Report post Posted June 1, 2011 Sorry for the bump but found this car on the web =D http://www.youtube.com/user/MadGeordie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KwS 2425 Report post Posted June 4, 2011 Dude obviously has WAAAAY too much time and money! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yankus 0 Report post Posted June 4, 2011 ... you mean a Buick Think he means the small block 3.5L V8 from the Rover Vanden plas. Common engine upgrade for brits as its quite small. Troublesome tho when it breaks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KwS 2425 Report post Posted June 4, 2011 (edited) Think he means the small block 3.5L V8 from the Rover Vanden plas. Common engine upgrade for brits as its quite small. Troublesome tho when it breaks. ... Which is an engine that Rover purchased from Buick after the americans kept making it fail. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rover_V8_engine Edited June 4, 2011 by KwS Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sp8s 1 Report post Posted June 5, 2011 ... Which is an engine that Rover purchased from Buick after the americans kept making it fail. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rover_V8_engine Which is the engine that the Aussies made into the 4.4 ltr they put into the Leyland P76. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KwS 2425 Report post Posted June 6, 2011 Which is the engine that the Aussies made into the 4.4 ltr they put into the Leyland P76. Yup, the RV8 is bit of a BLMC slut. Its been in a few different chassis's, in various different configs. Miss my old Vanden Plas EFI SD1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
