Irish Mini Owners Club

Would someone enlighten me what this is?

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C136122/

i have that exact engine thats in one of those cars

Its exactly what it says it is Stan LOL

According to the advert it's a 1984 so it's one of these ones:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innocenti_De_Tomaso

Quoted from above:

"In 1982, the car was renamed the 3C as the company replaced the Mini underpinnings with chassis and straight-3 cylinder engines sourced from the Daihatsu Charade. The base model was now called the Innocenti 990, while the Innocenti De Tomaso now received a turbocharged version of the 993 cc powerplant, with a diesel variant also available."

Wow, how cool would one of those be

Go on Maxi, you know you want too.

Ha I thought from reading the title, some nut jub sho9ehorned a engine from a DeTomaso Pantera into a mini

Id imagine steven would be quite interested in this, isnt he doing a charade turbo conversion??

looks similar to a fiat bambino.

they are more like a 127 than a Bambino to be honest, you would see the standard 90 and 120 models more often. They come up for sale on the web quite often. I saw one in a breakers yard in Enniskillen many years ago. Body panels would be scarce enough I'd say. That price is a bit on the strong side, but then most Swiss Mini prices tend to be. €4000 would be a little more realistic.

A bit of tuning would get the bhp over 100.

kona wrote:Id imagine steven would be quite interested in this, isnt he doing a charade turbo conversion??

The Marcos Graveyard wrote:A bit of tuning would get the bhp over 100.

care to fill me in how id get the 100 mark?

Bigger Turbo and more fuel? just guessing here!! Id imagine some head work too and maybe a lil intercooler.

...paint it white, adds at least 20hp

kona wrote:Bigger Turbo and more fuel? just guessing here!! Id imagine some head work too and maybe a lil intercooler.

thinking sticking with original turbo as there is very little to no turbo lag and theres full boost there straight away as its only a small turbo.. will prolly get the head work done, and maybe an intercooler, no f all bout turbo engines so its all notes, cheers.

92Coop wrote:...paint it white, adds at least 20hp

white?! il do that too... plus it has a japanese flag on the air casing, that must bring it up another 20hp?!!!