FAQ
Our kit was designed to fit Right Hand Drive or Left Hand Drive Classic Minis with a stock steel front and minimal body altercations. You simply need to remove the inner wings. No need or requirement to have a flip front. We prefer to keep a steel front on our conversions.
The MCM subframe retains stock rubber cone suspension, hi los, and top arms. We highly recommend installing adjustable lower arms and adjustable front tie bars. Our kit keeps the steering rack in its stock location. We also recommend installing a Sportpack Steering Rack or KAD limiters to limit steering as to not contact the radiator on full lock.
In our builds we generally use a 96 to 2000 D15b bottom end, with a D16y8 rebuilt cylinder head. You can use D15 or D16 engines with our subframe kit. D16y8s and D16z6 engines are fantastic to use domestically. We generally see about 145-150bhp out of our engine package with our supporting products.