flying mini!!

mountain

Hi,

Travelling on the dual carriageway some where around portlaoise today,
i was passed by a mini van, with "mini service" ? on the side,
it was flying! i was doing a good 70 and it disapeared,
if their business is making minis go fast, well they are a great ad for themselves,

wonder can they do the same for my 63 volvo...

carchaeologist

A 1275 inside it no doubt...or bigger,see this months retro cars for a 300BHP mini,still has an A series engine too!!

Max_Damage

carchaeologist wrote: »

see this months retro cars for a 300BHP mini,still has an A series engine too!!

Can't imagine that being too reliable, or lasting very long either.

carchaeologist

Max_Damage wrote: »

Can't imagine that being too reliable, or lasting very long either.

Havnt got around to reading the article yet,left it in the work van:mad:
Sounds like a fun car all the same!!300BHP in a mini would be mental!!:pac:

MercMad

Was it a green 'ish one by any chance ?

mountain

not sure about the colour, could of been green,
but i reckon it belongs to a mini specialist as it had "mini service" or something similar on the side.

Also appears to have been on old irish plates.

MercMad

mountain wrote: »

not sure about the colour, could of been green,
but i reckon it belongs to a mini specialist as it had "mini service" or something similar on the side.

Also appears to have been on old irish plates.

.......yeah I've seen one with similar writting, it was at Classic Cars Live at Mondello !

1275gt

yar, its a little flyer alright.

its got a 1430 MED engine under the bonnet

carchaeologist

1275gt wrote: »

yar, its a little flyer alright.

its got a 1430 MED engine under the bonnet

Ah ha!!More brum brum!!:D

starrywalsh

I have a 1430cc in my mini, you should see the shock in peoples faces when I but the boot down, it has 120bph at the moment, I'm looking at a minispeed supercharger, would bring me up to 170bhp, and she is all set up to take the supercharge with a 44Hif Carb. :pac: :eek: woohoo Its gona be great. Here she is ..............

carchaeologist

Wouldnt mind a crack at that little mini!!:DNothing like a mofo of a turbocharger or supercharger to make things interesting.

S.I.R

carchaeologist wrote: »

Havnt got around to reading the article yet,left it in the work van:mad:
Sounds like a fun car all the same!!300BHP in a mini would be mental!!:pac:

hmmm


1.6 vthick civic engine ?? fully built with a t-88 bolted on.... or rebuld the front of the mini and stick on a rover v8.... though if they had any common sense, you either go the bike engine route or the mazda rotary... either of the two...

carchaeologist

The mini in the mag has an an A+ Metro block bored to 1293cc uprated to hell and fitted with large turbo and N.O.S. It makes 250 brake @26psi boost without the gas and 310 with.As has been mentioned already i think,reliability is a problem,he rebuilds the engine every year!!
Im only going by what iv read in the article.
He coud be making it all up!!:D

carchaeologist

S.I.R wrote: »

... or rebuld the front of the mini and stick on a rover v8....

Why would you bother??Where would it fit,where would you fit your running gear,surely the car would handle like a cow on an ice rink with so much weight hanging off the front??

Max_Damage

carchaeologist wrote: »

Why would you bother??Where would it fit,where would you fit your running gear,surely the car would handle like a cow on an ice rink with so much weight hanging off the front??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iK4dy74ibY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmNIY3i1oNk

carchaeologist

It sounds like a V8 alright,but i cant see it!!:P
Im thinking that car is mid engined too?

viz139

I saw a rover 3.5 lt. V8 on an Alegro box fitted tranversly in the front of a mini clubman without any external body mods in Finland. Real street sleeper.Biggest problem was changing the rear spark plugs

BeardyGit

Is this the mini you're talking about? It was a princess gearbox according to the write up....

More info here - http://www.geocities.com/jharkola/Viku2.html

Max_Damage

^ That must be a nightmare to work on!

Toon--soldier

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNIMH0kF5BI I want:cool:

carchaeologist

I stand corrected:D!!Now thats engineering!!

S.I.R

carchaeologist wrote: »

Why would you bother??Where would it fit,where would you fit your running gear,surely the car would handle like a cow on an ice rink with so much weight hanging off the front??

not really, lenghten the front to accomidate it, sitting the engine as close the firewall as you can, seen it one on on of them discovery car programmes a while back, scrap challenge when thewy have to make reverse wheelie minis, one of the guys had a 4.2 rover block...


needless to say it goes fast...


but a rotoary engine would be a personal choice, though motorbike engines are very common as are vthick's


but on the facotry 1300's.... with Alot of work, you can scrape it to 1.4 with a Big turbo and alot of mind-numbing tuning, if you spent about 2 years perfecting it you could get 300 hp... but it would'nt be practical or relyable... hence why the saying " theres no replacement for displacement.... Well.. a big ol' turbo or nitrous... "

viz139

Thats the car alright. His roadster is the car on the left in the third pic, that has nitro injection.The mods to the carb involved a homemade filter using saucepan lids.The Fins have nothing better to do in the dark months!!

BeardyGit

viz139 wrote: »

Thats the car alright. His roadster is the car on the left in the third pic, that has nitro injection.The mods to the carb involved a homemade filter using saucepan lids.The Fins have nothing better to do in the dark months!!

Hmmm....Makkara with some Aurun Sinappi, a 6 pack of chilled Lapin Kulta and a BFO barn full of tools, V8 bits and a mini....and a wood fired sauna when you're completely chilled....

Sure what else would you want?

S.I.R

Gil_Dub wrote: »

Hmmm....Makkara with some Aurun Sinappi, a 6 pack of chilled Lapin Kulta and a BFO barn full of tools, V8 bits and a mini....and a wood fired sauna when you're completely chilled....

Sure what else would you want?

winning lotto numbers for the next 20 years ??

glenda gleeson ??

a fully original mini with no welding or rubbish done to it ? (rubbish being the usual " restoration " people do.... )

Be sure to stop me when i come up with a good reason. :pac: