Classic Mini (newbie)

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I’m in northwest england, The Lake District,
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PEDR0 wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 12:14 pm So we’re all in on the outlander
Rear motor, inverter, charger purchased.
Glad you bought the outlander motor I linked. I was getting the desire to buy it and I have no need for it!
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Jacobsmess wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 8:01 pm Glad you bought the outlander motor I linked. I was getting the desire to buy it and I have no need for it!
i had to, they offered me it for £99, i got all 3 for £225, all 2016 and all grade a so less than 60k, some even come with hv cables
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so next job is batteries,
is there a post/topic that has battery info with dimensions capacities etc. if not it might be an idea to set one up,
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PEDR0 wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 7:14 pm I’m in northwest england, The Lake District,
So no changes to any of the chassis and suspension allowed
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correct tom, i believe can use hi-lo's or coilovers on the suspension as they are replacement aftermarket parts and are fully reversable. i can pretty much do anything with the subframe if i use coilovers, won't need to though with the outlander, basically no cutting drilling or welding to shell. im not sure whether i would get away with removing the front end, replacing the inner wings with brace bars and fitting a grp flip front, this is a common change on classic mini's but it seems to be a bit of a grey area, it would create massive amounts of room cause you could tub the arches and fill the wings with batteries. this may still be possible as there is the radiator cowl on one inner wing and a grille on the other, they would just be tricky to mount without drilling
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PEDR0 wrote: Sun Jul 06, 2025 12:07 am correct tom, i believe can use hi-lo's or coilovers on the suspension as they are replacement aftermarket parts and are fully reversable. i can pretty much do anything with the subframe if i use coilovers, won't need to though with the outlander, basically no cutting drilling or welding to shell. im not sure whether i would get away with removing the front end, replacing the inner wings with brace bars and fitting a grp flip front, this is a common change on classic mini's but it seems to be a bit of a grey area, it would create massive amounts of room cause you could tub the arches and fill the wings with batteries. this may still be possible as there is the radiator cowl on one inner wing and a grille on the other, they would just be tricky to mount without drilling
Getting your EV conversion past the DVLA is stressful enough when you haven't drilled, cut or welded any part of the chassis.
If you can avoid doing that I would.
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