15-12-2011, 09:07 AM
Megamonkey Wrote:Yeah I did think there'd be little room in it, hadn't looked at the calculations or anything. Was looking for people opinions and veiws first.
I was thinking tho that a clubman estate could work, engine bay is bigger and with the XUD engine mounted at 90° to the 306 version would help, would end up modifying the interior, moving the dashboard back a bit and having rather large tunnel.
As I said is only an idea, tho constructive comments would help. Not just going 'that wont work'!
If you are just using the shell you could remove some of the inner wings to make more space, plus the Vitara XUD is vertical (not tilted back like the 306 version) and mounted the opposite way so that would be the way forward IMO
Your idea will work, but fitting an XUD to a stock mini would be a massive fail!
I'm sure you could make the SJ's capable of fitting an XUD and they are slightly smaller than a Vitara which I feel would make fitting the mini shell much easier and less like its just perched on top of the chassis, also they are damn good off road if maybe a little bit narrow
