bike powered mini

[carperv88]

bin wanting to buy a mini project an put a bike engine in busa are r1
but whats involved how hard is it to do

[Ben Magoo]

Pro-motive do R1 in the front - front wheel drive:

http://pro-motive.co.uk/

Z-Cars do busa in the boot - rear wheel drive:

http://www.zcars.org.uk/mini/index.htm

Anything's possible it just depends on your own ingenuity and the depth of your pockets

[carperv88]

do you no if it is expensive and if its quick never been in one just seen them done would have ago myself if its not that hard

Edited by carperv88 on Wednesday 25th February 21:27

[Ben Magoo]

They do tend to be bloody quick and the insurance will be a bit steep if you've just passed your test

As a project there are some engineering challenges: - Fitting it all in, driving the wheels via a chain, reverse gear etc.

It depends what you mean by expensive? maybe if you can get hold of a cheap engine and fabricate all the parts yourself I guess it could be done for a couple of grand?

Once you start looking at GSXR's and Busa's with bespoke bits and you can spend 20k +

I always fancied bike engine in the front - rear wheel drive

Maybe oneday???

Edited by Ben Magoo on Wednesday 25th February 23:11

[carperv88]

been lookin at them they are expensive when i look at it proply its just abit of a dream. will afta look at one with a smaller engine like a redtop are vtec lump