From the 16v forum...

Having done a few of these conversions for my shop, the pedal pivot needs to be moved 1.58 inch upwards to achieve a normal feeling throttle (ie stock mini pedal movement. I also have made a bracket to use a stock RHD SPI throttle cable, goes right in the mini bulkhead and has the correct bung for the honda throttle body.

The one on the left is a OE LHD throttle pedal and the new one is on the right. The points are the same for the for pedal location, and mounting point, just the piviot point has been moves. The upper section is welded on to keep the pedal clear of the brake pedal as to not limit it's travel, (can still go all the way to the floor)

gas pedal mod i like it thanks mike ill put that in the tool box for later and i can measure the distance needed to travel.

Nissan cable like that too

as for a second hobby seems i have to do my own welding so picked up a Lincoln mig welder and gas and will be practicing my welds till i can get that right.

thanks guys all the info i can gather is great.

The other approach for the throttle is to modify the pedal assembly.. lengthen the pedal to pivot point and shroten to pivot point to cable connection..

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Keep on truckin-- youll get into all those tiny detials as you move along and need to handle each and everyone.  I think any mod has a plus and a minus-  how much effort vs how much reward. With my local friend doing a D swap too I could send you an army of his pictures- projects headaches and accomplishments. All in good time tho if you need any direction hit us up. 

Stock brakes are very adequate- 

Stock Clutch mouting can also be used wiht a Honda Master  - with an adapting spacer  . Accords came with "remote Resevorir's " stock that are easy and tidy to mount all in the stock locatoin. Consider this route tooinstead of the whole pedal kit like above.

Do you have any Pick N Pull  Junk Yards around your area?   This was a great way for Myself to learn how things go and mount in a simple Civic- Or look for and see other cars in the yard for possible parts.

Best thing we found - Acceletor cable -  Nissan Maxima / Altima - ALl nissans seem to make their cables EXTRA LONG-   Get this whole cable assembly - and you can turn it into however routing you may need- Short n sweet or Long and around the world. Some say - STock cable - Bike cable but the Nissan cable even let us use the adjusting threaded end to the stock honda manifold, Turned out a treat. 

Just ideas...

 Solution to waiting....  time to get into a second hobby while you wait for the bild parts to come! 

Bicycles! Thats the way to clearing your mind..

Keep Truckin! 

Well said. 

about the pedal set, I have read that on a few build forums that the pedals didn't live up to expectations and were difficult to get used to. ill be holding on to my original brake set up till I figure it out but initially ill start with them and make changes later if they don't work for me. 

on the throttle I read about how one guy modified the cam, link Is below anyone try this and still use stock gas pedal?

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I tell you if I read any more build forums my head will explode... bad mix 1 month wait for the engine and obsessive personality... I am pretty sure my wife, my friends, my coworkers, and pretty much anyone that passes me on the street are wishing the engine was going to come in faster. It doesn't help that I live in a hotel and have absolutely nothing else to do for the next three months.

its all good, at first they were pissing me off, but I got over it figured they just wanted to make sure I knew what was getting into.

Everyone has their opinion, but damn... so many people pissing on 82's parade.  It's *his* Mini, so he gets to mess with it as he sees fit.

I hope the project goes well and he's happy with the results.

Next time I'm on the US West Coast I need to find someone with a Honda powered Mini I can check out.  It's still floating in my head that I want to do one.

It's funny that the only folk thinking it's a good idea actually drive a vtec. Too much power? I'm still waiting to finish my B18 type R Moke, so one day I'll know if too much power is possible. It should be do-able in the time frame, the conversion isn't as hard as everyone makes out, especially with all the info that's out there. Good luck and go forth...

KJ

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Having built a few vtec cars, I would suggest keeping your stock pedal box, and making the intake fit around the Master cylinders. I dont like the feel the the wilwood/tilton clutch/brake pedals.  Also you need a new gas pedal so the throttle is not so on/off and I use a stock mini throttle cable with custom bracket for smooth operation with the stock throttle body. 

ya I see that with what I had1 cut away already, i had cut some for my alum radiator on my 1275.

FYI, go easy on cutting out the inner fenders until you see how much clearance you need. We ended up adding some back in after cutting everything out. The D series doesn't need quite as much taken out as the bigger motors, and those inner fenders are nice to have for stiffness and extra surfaces to mount things on. 

Norm

oh ya and you can see I have company with me, an 18 foot python is next to my car in that glass front box.  a little scary.

well got started today, stripped everything out, dash, pedals, engine, sub frame, exhaust, shift linkage, wiring, pretty much everything.

tomorrow ill cut out the fenders and grill, and strip the metal back to bare and prep the welds for the shock mounts that are rusted out.

Summer!   Thats 26 Days !   June 23rd!   

  I checked your build over on the Marcos Build and its looking great- The no doors- Taped windshield Track day (touring laps whatever ) had to be a stepping stone   It is all the little grimlins that take the most time to finish and resolve. 

As for deadlines, they are very useful. I was making swift progress on my Mini Marcos kit car build, and between end of august and end of December, I got it mostly running. The goal was to get it running and registered (bodywork unfinished) by end of 2013, and I almost made it...but then lost steam when my van with all my tools was stolen. 

But those 4 months with a deadline, I got far more done than I have in the 6 months since, without a clear deadline (things are picking up again, my new goal is to have it drivable this summer).

it is what it is, either by trailer or on its own power i have to go back to va in aug

2014?  Good luck on that one!

I was waiting for '61MiniMe' to chime in. I am much more inclined now towards '82Mini's' decision to move forward with the vtec conversion out of sheer respect for the one guy that I know that got it all right on all levels vtec. Good luck '82Mini'.      Mini Estate