How hard is it to change to a car engine on an MNR chassis designed for BEC.

From an R1 to an F20C.

Anything is possible, with the right knowledge and cash, but is it a very complex job to do ?

Anyone done it a similar transplant ?

thanks

MNR BEC chassis don't have a wide enough tunnel for a gearbox. Even converting my CEC MNR to BEC would involve cuttign tubes out the chassis...

Chassis are not all the same I might add.

[Edited on 18/5/09 by coozer]

i asked the same and it depends on the chassis. designs changed over time.

dont think its that easy but cant exactly recall what Marc said when i asked.

since there not all the same ( thanks coozer did'nt know MNR had different designs) think you should take photo's and measure the tunnel , worst cast you need to re-jig some tubes ! have you got the s2000 engine/box yet?

Sounds like too much work to me and a fresh chassis would be the easier option as the BEC are made with quite thin tunnels and cutting that out would surely cause issues.

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Originally posted by richardh
dont think its that easy but cant exactly recall what Marc said when i asked.

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its not just the engine bay that would need mods the rear diff mounts also ,i would say a new chassis my self....also your body tub where the headers come through are totally differant.lot of work involved just to change 03 /r1 to 07 /r1 that i am looking into