My mates mini...delightful!

[_Tom]

Been building it for years and now is thinking of selling it?! Im trying to persuade otherwise..lol! Not bad for a 22 year olds work.

130bhp running 8 PSi and setup to run more. I loves it.

 

[adam172]

VERY nice indeed

 

[Matt350.]

Awesome

 

[JD]

Love that! They sit so well, no arch gap, perfect stance etc.

 

[Will.]

Perfect!

 

[DaveDreads]

Amazing, old minis are cool.

 

[D4N13L]

How much is he hoping for?

 

[BoroGTI]

soooo cool! he's done that so well, what engine is it?

 

[K1NGY]

<3 that ! Id love to save a mini and get it lookin like that

 

[Matt350.]

My mate had a classic mini years ago when we were in college, 1295cc fully lightened and balanced, red lined at 8000rpm and kicked out around 95hp (not a lot) but in that car it was so much fun we used to go pizza delivering in it

 

[_Tom]

He's after 5.5k and tbh its worth it.

Engine

• Metro Turbo engine – Fully Rebuilt to high specification listed below
• Block Bored and Honed to 1293CC
• Chambers on Cylinder head opened up to allow higher boost pressures
• Ported Head to allow better inlet and exhaust flow
• Standard Timing gear, Oil pump and Cam but all replaced with new standard items at time of rebuild
• Ultra light alloy flywheel to allow engine to rev up faster
• New genuine Turbo Clutch at time of rebuild
• Fully Rebuilt Gearbox by Guess Works gear box specialists
• Rebuilt Garrett T3 Turbo at time of rebuild
• Modified Plenum chamber to accept dump Valve
• Bailey Piston Dump Valve
• Silicone Hoses for 90% of engine bay
• New Plugs and Leads Recently
• Boost Gauge Take off
• Recent new radiator
• Large Oil Cooler
• Large Electric fan on Radiator as well as standard Fan
• Avon bar Turbo Actuator
• Inner Wings removed to improve Cooling and Airflow
• Cone filter and Stainless splash Guard
• Play Mini full Stainless Steel exhaust system

Interior

• Cobra Monaco S bucket seats in black Leatherette, Red Piping and Red Stitching – FIA Approved Seats
• Luke 4 point Harnesses in Red – FIA Approved Harnesses
• Full Front and Rear 6 Point Roll cage including Rear diagonal made By Safety Devices - FIA Approved
• Custom One off fibreglass Dashboard Trimmed in Black leatherette, Red Piping and stitching
• Black Carpets
• Black Roof Lining
• Dash board has Oil Pressure, Voltage and Vacuum gauges
• Boost gauge mounted on steering column
• Custom Parcel Shelf
• Custom under rear seat board
• Aftermarket Mounty Steering wheel

Exterior

• Black Shell – Original Colour with a re-spray a few years ago
• Genuine Sports Pack rear arches
• Replica Fibreglass front Sports Pack arches
• Chrome Bullet Mirrors
• Standard Chrome Bumpers
• Chrome MK1 Grille and Surround
• Chrome MK1 Boot Handle
• Chrome Door Handles
• Aerial Hole in wing removed
• LHD Wiper holes removed
• MK1 Bonnet with air intake to maximise airflow to the turbo engine
• Bonnet fitted with bonnet pins and raised at the back to aid cooling
• Mini Ultra Lights 13x7 With Yokohama A539 Tyres
• Lightly Tinted rear 3 windows


Chassis

• New Rear Subframe
• Excellent condition front Subframe
• New Hi-Lo’s
• New G-Max Dampers
• New Front Damper Mounts
• New Adjustable Camber Brackets
• New rear backplate assemblies
• Mini Fin drums
• Fully Re-built front callipers with new seals, pistons and powder coated
• Braided front and rear brake lines
• New rear hubs and bearings
• New front bearings
• New Cone Springs
• 100% Rust free shell!

 

[_Tom]

Look under it and the whole car is like this -

 

[Laura]

thats awsome, we got one sat in the garden ... need to do something like this

 

[_Tom]

The only thing i dont like is the bonnet vent but the engine fouls otherwise..

 

[Alic01]

Thats a lovely job, conservative on power for a turbo but that should give it nice drivability and life. Thats one of the nicest jobs i have seen, i hope my paint job comes out like that, it looks great.

I am finding it quite amusing that iv been on mini forums for 10 years and im seeing better quality stuff on here

 

[Chrisbaker1000]

looks well nice!... can you find out where he got his smoked rear clusters from??

Cheers

 

[Alic01]

They look like the Huddersfield Mini Spares ones but nt sure theirs are that dark. Not road legal either unfortunately you will need reflectors, they look good on a black car tho, normally standard look best on a mini but i like them.

 

[_Tom]

I'll ask tonight and report back. Was tuned after the rebuild by Slark Race engineering and made 130bhp im told and could have pushed more?

 

[hughesclio]

looks well nice!... can you find out where he got his smoked rear clusters from??

Cheers

i was thinking the same thing

 

[Daniel]

Fcuk me, thats lovely!!

 

[Gally]

Love that! They sit so well, no arch gap, perfect stance etc.

Oh it looks perfect! Go kart indeed!

 

[Brian172]

Love that. i have a soft spot for classic mini's

 

[Brett]

Perfect tbh.

 

[aucky]

I'd have bought that it a second if I hadn't bought the trophy!

 

[Alic01]

Yeah that build could easily push more than 130. I would have thought it would get to 150 with relative ease, problem at that power is rods, rockers and gearbox. 130 is a sensible figure tho as you won't be pushingso much torque to wreck boxes.

I assume it's running a straight cut box and drops?

Does he go to the riviera run being in Somerset? I'm rebuilding mine for there next year so I'll have to keep an eye out for him.

 

[Ian_182]

Needs a type r lump in it.

Lovely car though...

 

[_Tom]

Teg lumps ruin the balance plus this has still got around 180bhp per tonne..haha

 

[_Tom]

Oh and straight cut box too! Wines like a b**ch haha

 

[Alic01]

Teg lumps ruin the balance plus this has still got around 180bhp per tonne..haha

This is very true, every engine transplant mini iv ever been in has lost the mini handling charachteristics. Not really a problem if your not used to minis but just don't feel good when your used to them.

I'm running 125 hp and a weight of 680kg so about 183 bhp / tonne. The main benefit is reduction in rotating mass and the small wheels. Acceleration with a lightweight fly is great.

 

[mat-nos]

WANT.....

 

[Oldskoolbaby]

Bloody nice car that and with a nice motor to suit.

I wouldn't think it would knock out much more than 130bhp, reliably anyway. Its pretty much a fresh MG Turbo lump over bored. Doesn't have an 11 stud cylinder head either so you'll be waving good by to head gaskets on a regular basis if you start throwing boost at it. A+ rods won't complain on the lesser side of 180bhp and the rockers aren't an issue either....unless it sits at 7000rpm all day long.

Can't beat them on 10's in my opinion though.......and with a 3.65 diffs (He'd know what torque steer is then lol)

 

[Chrisbaker1000]

Teg lumps ruin the balance plus this has still got around 180bhp per tonne..haha

Mmmm interesting.. only cos Im building one with a Teg motor. How can this be proven? from what I have read there isnt really a great deal of difference.. maybe a bit more understeer?...

I must admit I have seen a few A series hill climbers with simliar power to ya mates but with serious £££ spent on them.. only to perform as well as what Im building, however they dont have the reliability..

Nevertheless - a great looking mini and credit to ya mate on achieving what he has..

 

[Oldskoolbaby]

I must admit I have seen a few A series hill climbers with simliar power to ya mates but with serious £££ spent on them.. only to perform as well as what Im building, however they dont have the reliability..

Costs £10,000 for a 140bhp N/A Miglia engine so your not wrong. Costs half that for a more reliable 200bhp turbo A seires.

Can't beat the Vtec mini's when it comes to reliability and big bang for buck but webers, Roller rockers, scatter cams, EN40B cranks do it for me lol

 

[Jewson172]

That is ver nice... I want my my 1972 mini back! lol!

 

[Alic01]

I have built mine with 125hp for about 6k on the engine normally aspirated, in order to do that I'm running a miglia crank, swiftune rods, everything lightened. It's topping out at about 8400 hence my rocker issues. Got the med low distortion rockers now which are fantastic. Reliability is an issue tho, it's running 11.5:1 compression so head gaskets are an issue even with 11 studs. Also using a 7" manifold and a dcoe45 means it will ice up from about 3 degrees downwards.

The turbo engine above could do with an sw5 cam to liven it up a little maybe if he wanted to push it.

As for teg lumps in a mini like I say if your not used to driving a mini you prob won't notice that much but when you are you can feel the difference. The balance becomes even more front heavy, they understeer more but for me feel worse on the brakes as the back tends to wander.

A lightened a series on the other hand does the exact opposite

 

[Rob]

Amazing little car, the prices of them makes me want to cry though.

I'd love one as a second car, especially that one.