Northy
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 07:56 PM |
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Bike Engined Chinq?
I really want to build a bike engined rear wheel drive old style mini, but good mini's are fetching big money at the moment. 
On our drive is a Sorn'ed Fiat Chinq, see where I'm going on this one? 
What do you think guys?
G
Graham
Website under construction. Help greatfully received as I don't really know what I'm doing! 
"If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?"
Built 2L 8 Valve Vx Powered Avon
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DIY Si
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 07:57 PM |
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It'll be "interesting"......
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andyharding
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 07:59 PM |
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Go for it.
I fancy a v8 4x4 Pug 106 with 6" suspension lift and offroad tyres...
[Edited on 4/7/06 by andyharding]
Are you a Mac user or a retard?
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JoelP
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 08:03 PM |
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have to say a seicento would be better, i cant imagine a sorned chinq having particularly tidy bodywork?! Id want the finished product to be very nice
and shiny.
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scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 08:17 PM |
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I think it'd make a nice street sleeper, ok so maybe it might not be the tidiest car but that means you can concentrate on just getting it
finished quickly and cheaply and treat it as a learning experience for when you can get hold of a cheap mini.
Pete
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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Mike R-F
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 08:40 PM |
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A Chinq (I Can't spell it either!) would be great. My Missus had the Sporting version & it handled like a go-kart. It was easily as much fun
as some of the other cars I've had including Beemers, Jags Porsche etc. I had a Fiat Strada Abarth once & it was a real Q car. The Chinq was
almost as good as that. Excellent Choice!
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peterriley2
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 08:41 PM |
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theres a lot of BE mini projects around, but a fiat just wouldnt have the street cred
Joel
If you dont respect yourself, dont expect respect from anyone else
Live your dreams, dont dream your life
Women only want you for one thing- everything!
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scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 08:43 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by peterriley2
theres a lot of BE mini projects around, but a fiat just wouldnt have the street cred
Anything that can hit 60 in around 4 seconds gets my respect!
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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Northy
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 09:14 PM |
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Especially if people aren't expecting it!
The bodywork isn't great but I don't care! Just means I'll never feel like I have to wash and polish it, just drive it!
So, how on earth would I go about it? 
G
Graham
Website under construction. Help greatfully received as I don't really know what I'm doing!
"If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?"
Built 2L 8 Valve Vx Powered Avon
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Danozeman
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 09:16 PM |
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A cing would be great. Theres was one in a mag with a cossie lump in the back. $00bhp or summit silly. This it was ppc or something.
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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Guinness
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 09:31 PM |
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Someone, somewhere, not a million miles from me, is building a Cinq with a 3ltr V6 Alfa in the boot.
Hmmmm tasty.
Northy, not sure of exact details but:-
1. Take the pissy engine out the front, put in skip.
2. Chop the boot floor and back seat out.
3. Weld in new roll cage and subframe thingy.
4. Fit great big Alfa engine in, complete with gearbox and driveshafts.
5. Bodge the rest, you'll be fine.
HTH
Mike
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scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 09:33 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Guinness
5. Bodge the rest, you'll be fine.
In true locost spirit!
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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gingerprince
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 09:33 PM |
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You'll have to do some serious work to the handling. I nearly binned one years ago on a windy NSL road because I couldn't pull out of the
camber doing 40 where my clio would have done 70+ without trouble!
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Northy
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 09:46 PM |
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Cheers guys. I'm sure I can build it, I built the Avon after all!
Seeing as I know nothing about BEC my main stumbing blocks would be:
What engine would you guys suggest (good value for power).
What diff could I use? Locost style if possible!
Cheers,
G
Graham
Website under construction. Help greatfully received as I don't really know what I'm doing!
"If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?"
Built 2L 8 Valve Vx Powered Avon
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scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 09:51 PM |
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I looked at a lot of bike engines at one point and my favourite was the R1 - powerful, light and relatively cheap.
Pete
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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alister667
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 10:20 PM |
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A mate of mine is actually doing this, putting an R1 into a sporting Chinq, again it was for the reasons you describe, everyone's doing the mini
thing and they cost a packet anyhow! His Chinq cost £400 and is a very tidy wee car, runs well and not a spot of rust anywhere.
He hasn't got very far AFAIK he still hasn't stripped the Chinq yet.
Go for it!!
http://members.lycos.co.uk/alister667/
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uklee70
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 10:47 PM |
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Hey I have a fiat 500 with a triumph triple in the back and the best thing is it's a fibreglass body
 
trackday1
I also had the first R1 mini on the road and it took me ages to find a decent shell and it still went rusty after a year !!!!!
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froggy
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 05:41 AM |
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ive got a reliant kitten with a tl 1000 v-twin in the back and its around 450kg youll need an r1 or similar as be minis are around the 750kg mark . if
you can do all the engineering work yourself its worth a go but be mini,s fetch goood money so it might be worth the extra in the long term if you
spend a lot on the engine and diff setup. im doing my own locost diff using the rear wheel hub which keeps the cush drive and disc but means no
actual diff but im not bothered
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locoboy
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 06:02 AM |
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I got blown away by a yellow Chinq with a bike engine in it a coulpe of years ago.
I was in a 1.6 focus and probably looking to overtake in 3rd doing about 40 and as i pulled out he left me on the wrong side of the road!
I wound the window down and it was just revving too high to be a car engine and when i met him at the next roundabout he pulled away and the back end
was squirming about.
Looked very basic but a wolf in sheeps clothing it certainly was
ATB
Locoboy
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carlgeldard
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 06:49 AM |
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Welcome back Northy
I have an AVI on my home PC that is a Smart car R1. That is quick off the mark.
Carl
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Dillinger1977
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 07:17 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by uklee70
Hey I have a fiat 500 with a triumph triple in the back and the best thing is it's a fibreglass body
trackday1
I also had the first R1 mini on the road and it took me ages to find a decent shell and it still went rusty after a year !!!!!
aww bless, i love 500's.
i saw the fibreglass kit moulds at newark this year and thought that'd be a great project.
dont think i'd ever fit in one though!
-Rog
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uklee70
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 10:21 AM |
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I'm 6' 2"
and MK engineering made it to fit me (with alot of swearing and cursing)
more pics in profile I have had a little hold up because I'm close to sva but getting married this weekend and have been banned from the garage
Lee
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1 litre screamer
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| posted on 8/7/06 at 05:32 PM |
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hello all, I have been pointed in your direction by Malc at Yorkshire Engines, from whom i recenlty bought a ZX12r engine for my little project.
I'm building a rear engined VW Lupo. The car is currently stripped back to the bare essentials to allow me to drive it, its fitted with a
rollcage and i have all of the plans ready to cut the back out of the car and fit the spaceframe and engine. It should be very light and look fairly
standard until i let the engine stretch its legs! I have found the site very informative, thanks for that!
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