which way to go

[gteben]

good morning well after a long few months of wondering im now ready to have the car fully painted but i was wondering when i got up this morning.

austin mini has a honda civic engine fitted..

i wonder if its possiable in having a honda civic type R engine fitted
what would you need ??
id imagine that the body would need strengthing plates
need to build custom engine mounts
and drive shafts/ custom exhausts



forgive my spelling too never been a strong point for me

[jimbob-mcgrew]

if it fits in a mini, it'll go in a nova.

yeah pretty much everything youve said, plus

various stitch welding at the front end
mounting points for bigger radiator
throttle cable mods (or is it fly-by-wire ?)
plumb in the clutch pipework, or mod it to cable if poss ?
a suitable fuel pump for that engine

that i can think of... probably a few more things.
you fancy having a go ? :)

[jimbob-mcgrew]

if i had the time / space / money, id love to mount a 1.8 16v towards the back end. RWD :)

[gteben]

Thats sounds brilliant yeah im toying with the idea. As I want to be different and we all know the vtec engines pretty quick.. well I think
im going to have to price a few bits first an save up for like a year lol but I was wondering if anyone else has done it to a nova as it would be interesting to see what problems they ran into..

the 1.8 engine would be a brilliant idea an rwd even better

[Southie]

Vtec Nova ;)
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[gteben]

Holy turd i think its a plan go then... where did u get photos from so I can find the owner

[bazzap8389]

http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/projects-restorations/465663-vtec-powered-nova.html

[Southie]

Holy turd i think its a plan go then... where did u get photos from so I can find the owner
The blue wording I put above the pictures is the link ;)

[dgbnova#1]

Ben is this for your Gte ? It's gona be worth a lot more as standard than with a any mods like that if this is just for a toy I can find you a good cheap shell for that

[mowgli]

as with all these ideas, you can fit pretty much anything, but you just need specially made mounts, shafts, hoses etc to get it to work. i say go for it

[gteben]

Ben is this for your Gte ? It's gona be worth a lot more as standard than with a any mods like that if this is just for a toy I can find you a good cheap shell for that

Not going to do it too the GTE havent got the heart to change it too much... looking in the future for a second nova as I just found out ill have a spare garage. But the gte im just going to have the engine rebuilt and keep her looking has close as possiable to original. .. but yeah next year id be game for a spare nova shell for shore buddy

[gteben]

Well its a idea worth going thru with