well i promised u guys an update, here it is. we've long finished a friend's nissan CG13DE conversion in his mini and today i remembered to take some pics of the install. theres also one of the pulley side of the subframe and its reinforcement. upgrading from the MA10 to the CG13 is just as hard as doing it from scratch we've learnt except for the left mount and the shifter which remains unchanged. the entire right side of the subbie must be re-worked plus the rear mount is dropped about 1 inch lower to accomodate the curvy CG manifold. would you guys believe that this engine intrudes even less into the firewall than the MA10 engine! this means that mods can be even more conservative requiring less welding.
pulley side of sub:
we are really pleased with the quality of this install and the owner was blown away too. the engine is extremely nimble and revs quite freely. the tach just flings around at hits the limiter with ease! the power delivery is VERY different to a mini or even MA engine and with the headers it sounds like a VTEC screamer. i will try to do a video so u guys can hear what i mean exactly. just picture pigeons flying away in all directions and frightened pedestrians fleeing in horror. heheh.......heh.
heres pics of the install :
gotta love sideways brakes [patent pending]
Hey bigchief,
I'm from Venezuela, and reading your post inspires me to take the conversion stuff seriously again. I read it from the begin, saving all the pictures and important comments, the thing is that I think that I don’t have the necessary knowledge to make such work, but I love my mini and I always wanted to make it more reliable and easy to maintain.
The thing is that I would like to contract you to make this conversion, but my mini is a minicord (fiber glass, Venezuelan made), it’s left driven, has A/C, so maybe you need to check if that is possible and the necessary changes, please let me know about your services, my e-mail [email protected].
Regards,
Enrike Barreto
