This will sound really stupid,but having owned a mini and did alot of reasearch into moddifying mini's i used to lust after a a vtec.you could have a honda vtec engine 1.6 fitted into a mini.Just wondering wether this would be possible with a cinq?as if you can get a 1.6 crx engine to fit in a mini surley you could get one to fit in a cinq?

Been spoken about before, do a search to see all the pro and cons.

Liam

i think your right in as much as it should be possible to be made to fit if it goes into a mini.
would be a screamer in a cinq.lot of work though more than likely

From what i remember though, the mini uses a seperate subframe which makes it easier to mod for different engines whereas the cinq uses an integral subframe which is alot harder to modify for different engines

Luke1985 said:

From what i remember though, the mini uses a seperate subframe which makes it easier to mod for different engines whereas the cinq uses an integral subframe which is alot harder to modify for different engines

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Correct.

A Cinq is a pure monocoque, the mini has front and rear subframes - in a mini, the front frame is usually based on a Metro GTi front frame, heavily modded. I would reckon either a bespoke frame would need to be made up, or a lot of panelwork (a la Uno 1.4 Turbo) would be needed.

The inner wings of a mini can be removed which can't be done on a cinq, without loads of fabrication.

Cheers

D

I would give this one a miss, unless you want to have a fast car American style where you have to get out of the car before every corner to push it round. There is a lot possible with the existing FIRE engines. Get a 1368 16v FIRE in, which is lighter than the 1108 FIRE and has got lots of tuning potential.

agree'd id give the v-tec a miss for the money/work you could put in an engine with alot more potential

imo v-tec' just a rev limiter that moves,dont get me wrong its an amazing peice of engineering but at the end of the day its a poor mans turbo really

shepz said:

imo v-tec' just a rev limiter that moves,dont get me wrong its an amazing peice of engineering but at the end of the day its a poor mans turbo really

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If you can afford a Turbo Cinq and all the problems with reliability, insurance and parts etc then you could actually afford a Civic V-Tec which has lots more power anyway.

SkinzCinqSproting said:

If you can afford a Turbo Cinq and all the problems with reliability, insurance and parts etc then you could actually afford a Civic V-Tec which has lots more power anyway.

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why do people say this all the time.the problems with mine dont realte to the turbo.
most of the other T cinqs problems are just general ones.if properly maintained there really no worse than any other turbo car

Because every cinq has problems with reliability . I'd just imagine doubling the power would double the amount of bad reliability to Cinqs.

EDIT: I'd still take the V-TecCivic over a turbo'd Cinq if I wanted power, but the CInq wins for chuckability and grin factor

SkinzCinqSproting said:

Because every cinq has problems with reliability . I'd just imagine doubling the power would double the amount of bad reliability to Cinqs.

EDIT: I'd still take the V-TecCivic over a turbo'd Cinq if I wanted power, but the CInq wins for chuckability and grin factor

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speak for your own.nearly 3 years on the non turbo with very little love/maintenence

I will do, by the time I get rid of it just about everything will have been replaced

custard boy said:

i think your right in as much as it should be possible to be made to fit if it goes into a mini.
would be a screamer in a cinq.lot of work though more than likely

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it doesnt really go in a mini it goes in something that used to be a mini

shepz said:

agree'd id give the v-tec a miss for the money/work you could put in an engine with alot more potential

imo v-tec' just a rev limiter that moves,dont get me wrong its an amazing peice of engineering but at the end of the day its a poor mans turbo really

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it has two cams mate not a poor mans turbo, turbos the easy option
the technology is straight off racing cars. Incredible power and naturally aspirated. 100bhp per litre thats ferrari stuff. Oh not to mention the handling. Hondas are SWEET!!

vandisian said:

it has two cams mate not a poor mans turbo, turbos the easy option
the technology is straight off racing cars. Incredible power and naturally aspirated. 100bhp per litre thats ferrari stuff. Oh not to mention the handling. Hondas are SWEET!!

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Have to agree with Vandisian here, turbos are the old race technology and the VTEC technology is very much the best technology to come out of races in a long time, much better than stupid paddle gear shift.

SkinzCinqSproting said:

Have to agree with Vandisian here, turbos are the old race technology and the VTEC technology is very much the best technology to come out of races in a long time, much better than stupid paddle gear shift.

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Seems as we are talking bout the CRX and VTEC's, how much power does a CRX have and whats their speed like?

as you's may tell im not a fan of ricers...v-tec all cock and no balls where's the torque?its all bhp figures.

and to whoever compared a 1.6 v-tec against a 1.2 turbo there's no comparison really

the sound of them aswell....they go from a sort of light hairdryer noise into a full on junkie stuker suicide bomber...its not pretty

v-tec just doesnt really cut it for me....but a turbo v-tec i definatly would

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it has two cams mate not a poor mans turbo, turbos the easy option
the technology is straight off racing cars. Incredible power and naturally aspirated. 100bhp per litre thats ferrari stuff. Oh not to mention the handling. Hondas are SWEET!!

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Sorry mate would disagree. Having driven a v-tech civic and a few other turbo and non turbo applications, i dont think v-tech is something to "lust" after. Nice piece of kit but not the be all and end all. My mate has a prelude (240bhp) with v-tech controller and he still says a turbo is better. Quick car right enough!

Ross