Tamiya 1/24 Morris Mini Cooper S with a twist.

[Guest]

Thanks Steve, Im still quite a novice but progress tonight will pretty much stop on it so let the other one catch up since its had a week of sitting in my grandads garage after getting painted. Also need to see if he will let me get some more stuff to make another roll cage for the other mini & finish the 1st one since the door bars arent on & theirs no crossbar above the windscreen yet.

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I wanted an M10000 Vtech for the other Mini. Nobody makes them but i was sent a link again by my american buddy to a page on facebook called Model Scientists Corp. who had a K20 witch is bigger & more powerful. I then found this beast on the internet Supercharged K20 Mini Cooper

Still cant find the lead for my camera yet :/

EDIT: If i'm confusing you now since i keep saying about a mini you haven't seen yet.

The mini i have shown will have a Mini engine with a Roots 45 Supercharger, Rollcage, Bucket seats, Big exhaust & flip front along with other things.

The mini you haven't seen will have a Honda K20 Vtech (Probably supercharged instead of turbo charged) Rollcage, Bucket seats, Removable front (Not flip) Custom wheel arches & some nice wheels

[HAWKERHUNTER]

crikey Adam, you are mini crazy LOL. You should make a model of the one shown in the avatar and then take a picture of them side by side. If I ever need advice on building mini's I know where to come.

[Guest]

Haha i grew up around Mini's & we have 2.5 of them (yep we have half a mini) & the Mini in my picture is on a Jeep Chassis :P

[Guest]

Well i went home meaning i don't have all my tools but i have the minis, some tool & a camera cable

The red one is awaiting its Honda K20 engine but i am working on the wheel arches.

The red engine with Black carbs is the engine it should have. the Honda engine is about 2X bigger.

I have orderd soem more tubing so i can finish the rollcage & make a second for the other mini & do some more on the exhausts. I made a custom manifold based on the Playmini LCB Maniflow one but with an extra bend on the middle port to fit around the supercharger

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[aaron]

Cool man...are you flaring those wheel arches? Great job mate.

Looking good so far.

[Guest]

Yeah the red one has flared arches. i have allso just removed all the seams from the body for a smoother look.

Doing more research i have learnt that the Honda K20 engine will not fit. the front has to be made longer lol. Allso the K20 is atleast 400bhp :|

mini is probably just under 1 tonne so thats over 400bhp to the tonne

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[Guest]

Think my Grandad ordered the wrong amount of plastic tubing for the second mini LOL

I need loads because i am keeping them real so loads of bars & stuff need making & a custom exhaust for the Honda K20 when it arrives since its made to fit a Honda civic not a Mini.

This is the front subframe of a standard mini:

Back is on the left & front is on the right

This is what i have to make for the new engine:

Front is on the left & back is on the right

I might move the firewall back inside the car depending on the size of the engine. seems all the minis with K20 engines have an extended nose

[aaron]

Good luck on the scratching mate. Few fiddley bits to do :goodidea:

[Guest]

Haha Yep, I know :'(

Will get it done eventually

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My engine hasn't arrived yet :/

[yambam26]

Nice Progress Adam, Loving the little personal touches! Always good to see a mini cooper build love the cars

Keep up the good work,

Cheers Ben

[Guest]

Thanks ben. their are 2 or 3 others on this forum but they all seem to be dead.

I am thinking of doing this exhaust stup on the Vtec mini. Its alot more complex & was only done because the mini in the pic was made 4X4 but looks pretty cool.

This is the car in the picture & i think it might have a K20 engine too!

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As you can see its a tight fit under the front end with a radiator half behind the right headlight.

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[yambam26]

Aha yh ive just checked my build thread and only just noticed your comment :surprised:

That looks smart adam it'll be a nice change from the norm it'd look great if you could make it out of tiny aluminium rod you wouldn't need to much.

I would mind having a few more to build of the mini's as there really fun to build and build quality is good too

[Guest]

2 Tamiya mini threads are at the top of the feed now

I had ordered some tubing made of plastic & it has steel wire inside it witch i will be using.

Should be able to get the all gray mini painted up this weekend then start assembling the interior.