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Many hour toiling over that door! 😂😂

@@nudgersssounds awesome man, how does it handle the power?

@@professionalbodger bit like that Arden 8 port would I guess or anything with 150-160hp engine

@AdeyThatCapriGuy ah cheers dude appreciate your comment! I got a really great landlord for it too.

💯 agree!!

He'll yeah to the 8 port!

Honestly considered this when i had my rx8, but due to the costs alone of the wiring etc and the custom shafts i backed out. Its been done to some degree out there though

Close, but no dice! The full vids on the channel if you wanna find out 😅

@mehboobsumar6532 haha I used to own one! 2.0 si I think. Good little truck with the column change. I don't imagine that swaps ever been done haha. Cool suggestion though

man i would love to reacquainted with my first mini!! your right... you never forget them!

Wasn't binky a project car on a awesome.channelnon UA-cam? I'm sure I watched one called 'project binky' Man, a flat planed engine would be insane!! Almost a Ferrari right😅

@@professionalbodger Next time you see a newer R1 listen closely to the engine... it's beautifully tuned engine orchestra. Project Binky was an old Mini that they updated with the drivetrain of a Celica All-Trac. AWESOME series, yes on UA-cam.

Man I love the old school ways! Herald pistons? We're they stronger? Lighter? Heard of the Jack knights, good reputations!

@@professionalbodger The pistons were 1340,s.the pin height was slightly higher from the skirt so we used shorter rods. Longer pistons shorter rods means higher rpm.

@@chrisplace9773 Thats amazing! Where did you learn all this stuff? I'm guessing you would have had to use a thinner or thicker head gasket to compensate somewhere for exact fit? This is proper engine building masterwork!! Would absolutely love to see a vid about that!

@@professionalbodger you can also fit a rover v8 without cutting up the shell.Minimum work is needed on the engine to make it fit.

@@chrisplace9773 HOW!! hahaha. Love a v8 but not sure it would be very driveable in a mini haha

These are excellent options! A Yaris swap would be nuts!!

This or a 1380 seems to be my long term plan!

100% agree!!

Ooh strong choices there! Dont think I've seen a vfr800 swap before. Immediate research needed! Thanks for your comment!

Appreciate you comment! - This was unfortunately the first thing i tried. I did it a few times too to try n clear the transmission cooler as much as possible. No real improvement. That was a few months ago so perhaps i will try it again. I may buy some proper chemical flush at the same time. Thanks again dude!

@@professionalbodger It's not leaking any fluids? It could be a pressure problem. I've never had an automatic in a saab. I did tune my manual 9-3 and got some electrical problems, but I guess this is mecanical.

​@lancelogan no leaks that I can see unfortunately. I'm guessing it's either dirty fluid and messing with a sensor or its the tcm again. No warning lights or codes is frustrating. I'm going to do a fluid change n go from there. Going to so a few vids on the car. Got a few parts to fit etc!

How rotten is yours? You digging the original designer or my choice of repair? Haha. It does seem strange that's was designed so finicky, would have thought it to have had bigger brackets etc but I guess it was to keep down weight?

WHAT! that's crazy haha. What would that work out as in todays coin? (not that its that long ago 😅😅)

You lived in a awesome era!! super jealous!

@@professionalbodger really nice of you to say that, thank you. But of course there was also those very dodgy fashions for men (but the girls did all seem to be beautiful)👍🏻👍🏻

@@Daniel-deMerrivale i love the fashion haha i even bought myself a 1970s 'pig skin' bomber jacket haha my dad reckons it was from that era!

@@professionalbodger I had one myself!! I loved that coat! Happy days looking back. If you had been there we would have been the best of pals! 👍🏻👍🏻

I remember a few years back seeing a mini with this conversion in a magazine and it looked amazing. UA-cam research is needed. Thank you for your input!

Have you seen the Honda D16 kit from SMCO? Offers all the Ecoboost swap does, without being known as the EcoBOOM. Why would anybody actually choose a wet belt engine?

1.3 16v engine?

il have to look into this one!

@@professionalbodger 1.6,20v,itbs.was a really good engine,I think it also had lsd and 6sp.the blacktop

@@bikeserv this was in he old mr2 right? blacktop name rings a bell...

@@professionalbodger it was in the fwd trueno bzr.a friend on mine had one.was a really good car, reliable and pretty strong for what it was.dont know if it came into different chassis though

terrifying i bet!!!

@@professionalbodger Not at all. Go racing a 1275 round the circuits and you'll discover just how much more power the car can manage (with the required upgrades, of course) without terrifying the driver. It's all relative, what you're used to.

jeez that thing must have been a reving machine!! You just dont see them like that these days!!

This comment made my day 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Cheers buddy, much appreciated!

Your welcome, thank the dudes who's cars they actually are haha

@@professionalbodger .....good point...they had the ideas, the bank accounts, the spirit......but you made them ours for the day!

Now that would be a sight to behold hahaha!

Cheers dude that's very kind of ya. Luckily my camera isn't great so it hides some of it hahaha. Though your right, grinding them back, they don't look too bad. Appreciate your comment!!

I dont think i have heard of this conversion, sounds interesting though

Did the maxi 1750 when we were kids. Lots of torque, heave and involved removing the front wings, building a engine cage attached from the front sub frame and front bulkhead. Put a clubman fibreglass front tilt bonnet. Got specialist turned drive shaft. Ran it on 12inch rims. It had some grunt but was dicey on stoping - put s curbstone in the boot to keep the back down.

@@a760541 sounds awesome! what kind of year was this? Seems like it must have been before the vtec gen took over

Unfortunately i only have a normal mig welder so i think i need the flux to make it weld 😫 Though perhaps it will be better for me to invest in a gas one when im better

Old school is cool! Cant beat them for raw sound that's for sure

I agree on the sills and also those inner sills are a bodge "whack it over the top" panel rather than a proper panel. M machine do good panels.

You are not wrong. I had to do so much work to try n get things to 'kind of' fit. The whole rear end was a nitemare to try n line up. The idea Changing the whole floor scared me, but after botxhing together so many panels I can see the benefits to getting them

I think fitting a whole floor can be a hell of an undertaking and also a big expense. Depends on how much rust etc. Doing a side at a time and also doing a step at a time is probably safer, tho some bracing will need welding in. In regards to back panels, if you've got them cheap great, if it's cost a fair bit might have been better with a half panel. Just depends. Generally if we're welding it ourself we tend to be time rich and money poor haha

Thankyou so much! I believe you about the v8 sound. I once had the exhaust fall off from the manifold (we all now about those pesky downpipe clamps!!😑) And it was the loudest and most embarrassing experience of my life hahaha. Just got over the first speedbump, off it fell, heavens opened with me holding up the biggest que. The van driver beeped his horn and god knows the look i gave him, but he changed from angry to cowering little boy hahaha. Ended up chucking the whole exhaust in the car hanging out the window. Had to keep turning it off through the order window and collection window. The guy at the collection window asked if it had a v8 haha. Luckily for me, i managed to get out of the drive through (those awkward exit points with the metal frameworks) and by a miracle my brother in law was down the road in his work van eating his mcds haha. Chucked the exhaust in his van and drove home- most of the hearing gone in my ears hahaha. What an experience!