1987 Road Legal Track Mini

BEN H · Post by **BEN H** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:34 am

Looks great

When we going to see it on the track :?:

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 12:36 pm

Miniwilliams wrote:looks like you have been busy, and the new wheels look much better and suit the car.

Cheers

i took it up to the jet wash to get all the iron fillings off of the bodywork

BEN H wrote:Looks great When we going to see it on the track :?:

Well, i need to get it to a rolling road first as it's absolutley gutless since going from a standard 998cc to a mighty mini spec 998cc.

then i'll expect that the car should be on track spring next year

And it' getting a respray next year too, with a new livery for it.

ScoobieWRX · Post by **ScoobieWRX** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:14 pm

Your mini looks the biz. They didn't look like that when i was a youngster grasstracking mini's. Your car looks ideal for hillclimbs. I bet it sticks to the tarmac like 5h1t to a blanket :thumb:

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:24 pm

ScoobieWRX wrote:Your mini looks the biz. They didn't look like that when i was a youngster grasstracking mini's. Your car looks ideal for hillclimbs. I bet it sticks to the tarmac like 5h1t to a blanket :thumb:

Yeah, my mini's evolved quite abit

but i can't help thinking about a vauxhall or nissan conversion 8) and yes, i took it out today and the handling is great, but a nightmare when you go over severe bumps :oops:

ScoobieWRX · Post by **ScoobieWRX** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:41 pm

I would be tempted to buy a trailer and never put yours on the road. Track days, hill climbs and qtr miles only. Yours would certainly kepp upw ith a fair few track day cars bearing in mind it weighs nothing and has pretty reasonable bhp.

I saw one of these hillclimbing about 23yrs ago with a 1600 Ford X-flow BDA engine conversion plus supercharger atop that. Awesome bit of kit that was mighty quick, putting in much quicker times than some of the dedicated exotica around back then.

I noticed you have an SU carb fitted, would a Weber 40/45 DCOE not go well on that. That was a regular conversion in my day and the induction noise on the webber is addictive.

Nice one :thumb:

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 6:05 pm

I could never keep this car off the road, it's just too much fun :P
I'm sure my car would no doubt keep up with the cars on here through some right twisty bends, but eventhough the 65 bhp is still healthy, it's nothing up against your cars

the BDA conversion has all but diesd out now, can't understand why though? it must be down to the fact that the engines are becomming scarce now?

Yeah the SU, for what i've got, may 'just' be restricting a bit, but a webber would kill it, it's way too much for what the spec i've got - but a twin HS2 SU's would do the trick

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 6:33 pm

talking about engine conversions - have you seen this ?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gj3LmIuovYQ& ... ed&search=

You have to love the VTEC roar 8)

I used to have twin SU's on mine - a right pain in the arse to balance them. Used to use tube to listen to the pitch of the air whistling in to get them close. Completely different to EFI systems today.

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 6:42 pm

dynamix wrote:talking about engine conversions - have you seen this ?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gj3LmIuovYQ& ... ed&search=

You have to love the VTEC roar 8)

I used to have twin SU's on mine - a right pain in the arse to balance them. Used to use tube to listen to the pitch of the air whistling in to get them close. Completely different to EFI systems today.

Yeah, that is great!

but then again, i could get a KAD 16 twin cam upgrade for my engine like this]http://youtube.com/watch?v=4q5ZHU8yvLQ[/url]

my dad told me about how much of a pain in the arse balancing carbs can be :x and again, i could get a MPI upgrade for my engine too

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 6:45 pm

you trying to make me feel old :lol: ?

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 6:48 pm

Nah, i'd never do that! :-D :P