Summit Mini

[Reuhkapelti]

Here is another Mini with a little bit different engine bay. I snitched a V6 from a Ford Sierra XR4 and shovelled it into this tiny Mini. It needed some boost, so a big turbo charger with the intercooler was added in too. 

My Mini is rear wheel drive, the axle is from Toyota Hilux pickup. The doors are a bit longer than original, no real reason for that, I just wanted to do so. I added some Summit stickers on the body, as you probably  have noticed. The plain green paint looked dull to me, so I figured this Mini could be a Summit promo vehicle. And they are stickers, not decals, and quite tricky to get them to settle to the body. Maybe a little heat could have helped, but I did not try that.

As always, comments are welcome, thank you.

Edited October 6, 2017 by Reuhkapelti
Added some words

[StockBoresMe]

Super cool. Did you do the widebody or did it come like that?

[Reuhkapelti]

Thanks! This was just an ordinary Fujimi model Mini, and yes I made those wide fenders. The original hood/ bonnet got lost after I had cut it open, so I had to make a new one from Evergreen sheet.

Edited October 7, 2017 by Reuhkapelti

[bbowser]

What a "pocket rocket"!  Nicely done.

[shoopdog]

Quite an impressive Mini! Body work turned out very well.

[donb]

That would certainly haul butt! Nice work. Very cool

['70 Grande]

Sure would like to see a pic of its bottom-side; wondering how you did the rear-wheel drive/suspension set-up!

[Ace-Garageguy]

Pretty cool. Little puppy with big feet.  

[Reuhkapelti]

Thanks everybody. As for the picture of the bottom side... oh well nothing special there, just the the minimum. The radiator ls there also.

 

Edited October 7, 2017 by Reuhkapelti

[espo]

Great engineering on the drive train on this.