Is it too big?
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squarepants
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and that was in the back wasnt it? witha custom chassis?
squarepants
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its a no then, it wont fit in the front of a k11 
its like wanting to drop an rb26 engine in the front of a micra, no chance without a custom frame! for one the transmisson tunnel will need widening, the engine needs all custom mounts, the engine wont fit in the engine bay! and you need to fit a wider rear axle than the car and mount it! too much work than its worth imo.
its like wanting to drop an rb26 engine in the front of a micra, no chance without a custom frame! for one the transmisson tunnel will need widening, the engine needs all custom mounts, the engine wont fit in the engine bay! and you need to fit a wider rear axle than the car and mount it! too much work than its worth imo.
squarepants
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tbh would be too much work, and theres no real bench mark, so you could end up spending thousnads of cash on the job!
Antony
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if you can fit a 7.6l v8 into a mini anything can be done..
to be honest the 3.0v6 is a bit on the heavy side. your better off with a mazda KL-ZE v6 from a mx-6 (210bhp and 190ft-lbs) arround the same measurements as a beetlw engine only narrower, comes from a fwd car and has been fitted in all sorts... so its a compact engine. and all alloy too.
depends how much ya wanna spend. cos if i had £20k i could quite easily have an RB26 DETT RWD micra..... (just send it to an engineering shop. wright them a cheque and roberst your farthers brother...)
to be honest the 3.0v6 is a bit on the heavy side. your better off with a mazda KL-ZE v6 from a mx-6 (210bhp and 190ft-lbs) arround the same measurements as a beetlw engine only narrower, comes from a fwd car and has been fitted in all sorts... so its a compact engine. and all alloy too.
depends how much ya wanna spend. cos if i had £20k i could quite easily have an RB26 DETT RWD micra..... (just send it to an engineering shop. wright them a cheque and roberst your farthers brother...)
ollie240585
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If you're going down that route, might as well go for a ####el engine from an RX7. Twin tubbie baby and a rather small engine. Although a pain to tune/map.
sp
it might still fit, the block is only 3 cyl,s long (it may be shorter than a cg
does he not mean front wheel drive (transaxle), btw ?
Yes fwd, no tunnel to the rear differential. I was thinking if I could chop, weld and bend some front subframe parts from a VQ30 Maxima or I30 it might work with some mods to the inner fenders and hood (maybe firewall too). Only about 8 inches of difference in the hub to hub width. I'm a yank, so I'm used to front heavy cars
No your thinking of the VG engine series, v6 with cast iron blocks, stupidly strong and heavy, the VQ engines are a work of art with complete aluminuim and variable valve timing along with a lot more toys they are the Daddy of small V6's.
You want the Nissan Maxima, it comes with the VQ30DE, is FWD and is N/A kicking out 190 ponies and 217 ft·lbf ~ or torque is the best option!
I think it will fit but with full custom mounts, don't go cutting corners.
To be honest if its possible theres a good chance its already been done in Japan.
you'd be suprised what you can fit in a micra, i have seen some impressive engine installs. but really the micra is a little car and if you are keeping it front wheel drive you don't want to chuck in a heavy engine, just a little light one like an RX8 or a busa engine
lol you could get a V8 in a micra easy enough. there are minis with v8s in them. best one to use is the Rover SD1 i think.
there are people who have built custom mini V8 engines that are only like 50cc or something
they are so awesome 
Best v8 for a Micra would be a VK45DE.
Further VK info here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_VK_engine
And yes I have looked into sourcing these engines
Further VK info here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_VK_engine
And yes I have looked into sourcing these engines
