Bean Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Hey guys, I was thinking last night about Trevor's gorgeous Mi-16 that had a timing belt failure. It occured to me that for the cost of repair you could easily swap in a VTEC Honda powertrain, SR20DET FWD powertrain - or even a VW TDi to make a hell of a decent car... You'd have the wicked handling of the FWD chassis the 405 is known for - with the reliability of a newer powertrain. Sounds funny - but there's a guy in Regina SK that's quite famous in North America for his outrageous engine swaps that have been in Sport Compact car many times. Some of his achievements include a Northstar FWD V8 powertrain into a VW Golf, an 01 TDi 6-sp into a 1990 Jetta (almost bought that one), and all sorts of Honda engine swaps... Check them out here: CWS Tuning With the availability of engine swap stuff for Honda's - that seems like the ideal swap since it even keep with the spirit of the Mi-16. Just bouncing ideas around - I don't have an Mi-16 and I think there was only ever 1 in all of Saskatchewan. Rabin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norcal505 Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 there are a couple 405's in my town. one is a bright red 405 mi-16 with a glasspack. it looks pretty sharp, and i think has some kinda really rare peugeot oem accessory rims. ill take a pic or two when the guy takes it out of the garage for the first time in months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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