R1 engine Mini first time out at Castle Combe

This is a regular Mini with an irregular engine. It's been fitted with a mid mounted R1 sports bike engine. This is the edited highlights of the first trip around Castle Combe race circuit in Merry England.

The problem was that on the second lap the brakes failed. You may just hear me shout "brakes have gone!" at one point. This meant that I had only engine braking into the corners so I had to ease off way ahead of the corners.

Thanks to Duncan for the editing.

Have now sorted the car a bit more and have taken her around there again. Sadly no video this time. I am now pulling about 115 mph at the end of the straight and the car is Awesome! I plan to take it to the forthcoming Mini day in September. If you see me there say hello. The car looks frighteningly standard. Its cream with a white Union Jack roof. The only hint that its not standard is the mid mounted engine and the 8 in wide Alley Cats and racing slick tyres.

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[nathanpisces]

lol 1:53, thats not the fastest line ;)

[ukcog]

@nathanpisces It is if you have a tractor!

[ukcog]

I'm afraid thsi car is now dead! I rolled it on my last track day. Watch this space for the new one I am building!!

[judgeypooh]

what year mini is that?

[ukcog]

Just checked teh V5 and she is a 1983. I bought her from a dealer in Birmingham. When I got her she had only doen 17,000 miles from new and had been in a garage for most of her life. She is a little quicker than when she had teh 1,000 cc engine and automatic gearbox.

I took her to Pembrey last Sunday but sadly they would not let me film from the inside. We overtook a Porsche and a couple of TVRs.

WHAT FUN!

[offitcock]

i'm definatly doing this conversion, one day lol

[ukcog]

its really FUN. Am going to Castle Combe again 2moro

[TeamSquizza]

was it a z cars kit

[dealer124]

fair play for over taking hitlers mini tho, the bmw pile of shit

[doozie98]

it wud do cooper s easy

[nicko678]

Did you get to race any cooper S's? What was it like compared to those?

[offitcock]

i heard there was a mini day but i'm in birmungham man