Mini v8 roadster at knebworth.mov

NOW FOR SALE. 9th Nov 2011. £12000.

My car is a 1975 Austin Mini. This car has been completely restored and is now powered by a 4Lt rover v8 engine and 5 speed transmission. The carburettor is a four barrel Edelbrock 500 as is the inlet manifold. Crower 232 cam and stage 2 cylinder heads. Ignition is provided by Mallory. The cassis is made from 38mm CDS tubing. Fibre glass boot lid and bonnet. The car has a steel flip front to allow easy access to the engine. The differential is a Ford Sierra Cosworth LSD. The suspension is coil over shocks all round. Seats are black glass fibre buckets with 4 point harnesses. The car now has disk brakes all round with 4 pot callipers on the front and Ford Sierra callipers on the back. Due to the engine layout the radiator is in the rear of the vehicle. The wiring loom and all electrics are new. Wheels are alloy and are 15X8 all round. Weight is approximately 600Kg's.
This gives me 500BHP per tonne.
If you look on Ken Voss's website he has an applet to calculate quarter mile times. Mine comes out at 9.46 @ 144MPH which is a shame cos my tyres are rated at 130 MPH Ha Ha Ha.

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[Regreta7]

Many thanks Johnanm1984

Its great fun! Everybody looks and some even wave!!!

[Regreta7]

Many thanks. I love the way it makes people smile and wave when out drining.

[Regreta7]

Knebworth is always a great show, see you next year.

[CADpencil]

That's pretty epic....

[Regreta7]

@CADpencil many thanks I have to be patient and run the engine in properly.

[waz5550]

nice one mate how long did it take to make it ???

from waz5550

[Regreta7]

@waz5550 Hi, car has taken 2.75 years to get to this stage

Regards,

[nixxvidz]

the air filter and the rollbar are just too ugly

[Davejf27]

Brilliant, Mini mates with TVR and becomes a baby Cobra... i love it mate!



[johanm1984]

that is the coolest mini conversion i have seen!!

[regalgsme]

0:29 what a wad of shit under the dash! 0_0 i dont fuck with wires, i get mad a knots!

[PooPoo2U]

I love it, all except for that big bar which sorta spoils it for me, although I'm admittedly a a downer on anything that is strictly safety-oriented and not aesthetically pleasing.

[madjimms]

Yuck its carbed...

[MrBonkers96]

all bar that roll bar setup that looks pretty smick!....nice job.

[stratusplayer1]

Steering wheel location problems? lol  beautiful car..

[Chaancasey]

Is it Mr beans car