Mini Busa ripping up the streets in Scotland

[melong1rl3]

i cant like this vid enough

[koenarens]

this is sooo coool, and also sooo not for me. this would go wrong the first day i got one xD

[kontaktseistrup]

lol, scotland.

[gingerbollz]

thats how its done lol

[buckleheid]

that must be ace,blowing the 4x4s into the weeds,love it

what a car

[KL7Clan]

My dad has a gsxr 1000 engine in his mini and its like a monster ! Do you race at all like at knockhill or anything like that?

[waz00z]

thank you :) my dad has a mark 2 cooper S fully restored.. it is a nice car and gets decent economy but has nowhere near the power of the mini bussa. love your work

[waz00z]

this is magic!.. can you tell me what the economy is like.. is it better/ worse than standard? is it what you would call a daily driver or just for weekends ?

[MiniBusa4Me]

@waz00z If you are worried about economy, this car isn't really for you. It is thirsty, but then I am always at the red line (i'm told if you drive sensibly you get a decent mpg) It's more of a track car than a daily commuter, although there is no reason why you can't commute in it if you only need 2 seats and no luggage space . (and you have a good supply of earplugs)

If you want a commuter, z-cars do a Honda ztec conversion which is alot more practical, but in my view not as much fun.

[Volfmech]

I love it! Had 3 minis in my time... I so wish I had the money for a Busamini. Looks insane fun.

[notrut]

Scotland - How come it's not pissing down?

[jjasonell]

open rd not the steets

[vbb148]

these are just plain bad ass! we/i need to do this here in the states, to mess with all the dumb asses and their toyota supra's.

all i can say is damb! these are bad ass!

[TheDarkVII]

Thats the road to Kemnay from Inverurie!

[Atsaki13]

Mate, what sort of Insurance cost does one of these little monsters have??

[MiniBusa4Me]

Last insurance was £350 fully comp with all mods declared. I'm 35 with full no claims, I've had the mini a few years now which seems to make a difference with the insurance companies.

[Atsaki13]

Cheers for the details. However I am 21 and dont think they would let me near one with a barge poll. xD

I have a 1996 Rover Mini with 20k genuine miles on the clock 1.3i. Good fun, but your one looks better ;) My insurance is £450 fully comp for that lol. And I have owned it for 4 years.

Thanks again.

[joshuasteffen]

dont get me wrong i loveeeee these cars but 20grand?? you can get a decent ariel atom for about that!

[adamrfuller]

Looks like Dunecht way??? Pretty sure this was shot in Aberdeenshire.

[silvamini]

Theres nothing quite like overtaking another car in a mini, my MG metro 1275 does a good job, but the bike engined minis are the dogs, must be so much fun! :)

[GabberGandalf85]

i want this engine in my racing mini cooper!!! my 1.3 has got an 100hp engine with a twin carburetor on it, and a racing exhaust. at least it only got about 120hp... :(

[1983funcuti]

slaba voznja

[checkerwrecker]

shit hot !!! we're doing a 1.6 8v vauxhall conversion at the mo, think we'll have to move to Scotland when it's done coz roads round here are shite and full of traffic unless you go iut at 3:30am, lol

[FanOfTheWorld71]

U need to speed more more more in the center !

Asshole

[MiniBusa4Me]

In total about 20k. I cheated a little and got Z-cars to fit the kit so there was a good chunk in there for labour. If I was given £1 for each smile this car has put on my face, I'd have paid for the car twice over!

[jimikestell1]

@MiniBusa4Me , you could get 400 hp out of it with a turbo that would be insane

[5me5]

How much did this awesome project cost all together?

[bear2180]

power to weight means nothing in top end, it's power Vs wind resistance, and it's probably limited by the diff and the small wheels that the bike engines not use to. still a cool car

[warren304]

it would have been cheaper to get a motorbike license and buy a hyabusa 0-60 under 2secs on a bike hyabusa

[bear2180]

yes but bikes are boring 1 seaters and lets face it you can't put 4 people on a bike, and girls don't like bikes, and the weather sucks on a bike... and mini's although scary aren't quite as dangerous, so yes not as fast as a bike, but better then a bike? yep

[ledgendsrus]

did you keep with the sequential box ???

[carsarenumber2]

thats shit slow every mini hayabusa turbo i saw does 170mph and some more

[ee16csvt]

But it depends largely on the gear box/powering differential! ;)

If you've got short gears, meaning it revs up quicker through the gears, you'll reach a slower max speed, but be quicker on acceleration. If your running longer gears then you'll be accelerating slower, for a higher top speed.

[MattGilmore1]

bull shit...... show me proof of a mini doing 170 mph????? z cars racing busa turbo that has aero mods doesent even do that.....

[mininutter08]

i'll answer your geustion mate

they are not very easy to build in any way

they are very exspensive to build aswell and were talking 15 grand plus depending on spec

the engine .. well you just find a hyabusa and use the engine or look round a bike scrapyard

and the top speed is 125 because the engine is desinged to pull a motorbike that weigh's like 2-300 kg not a car that weigh's 600kg and the bike engine doesn't have a lot of torque like a car engine

[spyder2001]

:D awesome!

hope you dont mind but i have a few Qs

how easy and expesive is it to build?

where did you get the engine?

why is the top speed 125? id have thought that with 300bhp per tonne the top end would be higher