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    2/18/2021 7:48 AM  #1

    Don
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    If your insecure about having a little mini ... !!!!

    Ha   Gotcha    handling vrs straight line acceleration    WAIT !!!   never mind just take a look
      
    https://www.facebook.com/theminidaily/videos/1864413603850782

     

    2/18/2021 9:33 AM  #2

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    Re: If your insecure about having a little mini ... !!!!

    josh-kebob wrote:

    Nice driving by both drivers...

    I'm thinking about putting a sbf in Mrs JKBs Mini Coooper S.....plz don't tell her

     
    I think she would notice!!
    Cool video.

    John  -- 67 Mustang Coupe 390 5 speed
     

    2/18/2021 12:16 PM  #3

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    Re: If your insecure about having a little mini ... !!!!

    I recall at Lions DS watching a Mini eat up a hot 409 Bowtie over the 1/4 mile.  Lots of surprised folks that evening.

    "you get what you pay for, good work isn't cheap, and there are NO free lunches...PERIOD!"
     

    2/18/2021 12:18 PM  #4

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    Re: If your insecure about having a little mini ... !!!!

    note at end of video what came in third ?   go figure   

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    2/18/2021 1:14 PM  #5

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    Re: If your insecure about having a little mini ... !!!!

    Its all about weight to HP and traction.  The best cars have both attributes in spades.  My uncle had an L88 Vette when I was a kid.  Weight to HP was probably off the chart.  The car weighed nothing and had 600-650HP.  It remains the scariest car I've ever been in.  BUT, not a terror to a car with less power and significantly better traction.  On a short, twisty track my WRX would probably eat if for breakfast.  There was a great episode of Top Gear where they ran a Lamborghini against an Evo.  Two professional drivers, and eventually the Lambo driver spun the car trying to keep up with the Evo; a car that cost less than 1/10th the price of the Lambo and had significantly less power.  Plus, as Americans we always love the underdog

     

    2/18/2021 1:46 PM  #6

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    Re: If your insecure about having a little mini ... !!!!

    I once owned a Mini.  Loved it.  It was a blast to drive.  So much that I wrecked it in Texas.  Going too fast and hit a curb.  Sprung the unibody, but continued to drive it even with a howling wheel bearing.  I tried to get back to LA for my wedding, but had to scrap it in Flagstaff and rent a car for rest of the trip.  I did not want to brave the desert and chance that the bearing would seize in the middle of nowhere.

    I had hot rodded it a bit by replacing the 850cc engine with an 1100cc engine with dual carbs, headers and Jaguar inner valve springs that got me over 6k rpm.  It was faster than any Porsche of that time - 1964.  It might have beaten an A-code Mustang too.  It only weighed 1200 lb and cornered like it was on rails.

    The video really took me back in time.

    Original owner - 351w,T-5, 4whl disks, power R&P
     

    2/18/2021 7:57 PM  #7

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    Re: If your insecure about having a little mini ... !!!!

    I had a few of them. The last one I had I totally rebuilt converting it to Cooper specs except for the brakes. It had a 1300 in it. LOL  I painted it with Alumnigrip red with a white top.

    70, ragtop 351W/416 stroker Edel Performer heads w pro flow 4, Comp roller 35-421-8. T5
     

    2/18/2021 8:50 PM  #8

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    Re: If your insecure about having a little mini ... !!!!

    Here's a 1/4 mile Mini, 10.1 at 147 mph.
    https://themotorhood.com/themotorhood/2015/8/21/putting-a-spotlight-on-new-zealands-craziest-v8-conversions
    I recall from my teenage years, a street driven Mini with a Chev 427.

    "Those telephone poles were like a picket fence"
     

    2/18/2021 10:46 PM  #9

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    Re: If your insecure about having a little mini ... !!!!

    50vert wrote:

    Here's a 1/4 mile Mini, 10.1 at 147 mph.
    https://themotorhood.com/themotorhood/2015/8/21/putting-a-spotlight-on-new-zealands-craziest-v8-conversions
    I recall from my teenage years, a street driven Mini with a Chev 427.

     
    Some neat ideas Barry. Cool to see some modern engines in old classics.
    Where’s the grocery getter hotrod?

     

    2/19/2021 6:52 AM  #10

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    Re: If your insecure about having a little mini ... !!!!

    50vert wrote:

    Here's a 1/4 mile Mini, 10.1 at 147 mph.
    https://themotorhood.com/themotorhood/2015/8/21/putting-a-spotlight-on-new-zealands-craziest-v8-conversions
    I recall from my teenage years, a street driven Mini with a Chev 427.

    Mother of God. 
     

     

    2/19/2021 11:51 AM  #11

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    Re: If your insecure about having a little mini ... !!!!

    No way I will take my 1979 Mini above 65 MPH. That little engine would fall out the bottom. 

     

    2/19/2021 12:06 PM  #12

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    NZ really likes their hot rods.  Spent a month there a few years ago.  Every day on the highway there would be a slew of hot rods on the road.  All makes and models.  Car museums abound.  In Nelson there is a museum that has a mini that did about 180mph at Bonneville!  It had a custom engine of something like 1200cc's.  Located in the stock location in front.  Stock wheel base.  That driver had more balls than I.

    Original owner - 351w,T-5, 4whl disks, power R&P
     

    2/19/2021 5:32 PM  #13

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    Re: If your insecure about having a little mini ... !!!!

    That green Morry pick-up definately causes the 'trousers-to-tighten'!  WOW is NOT strong enough!
    The movie "The Worlds Fastest Indian" certainly describes the NZ mindset........
    (please don't tell me you've never seen the movie?!)
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    Get busy Liv'in or get busy Die'n....Host of the 2020 Bash at the Beach/The only Bash that got cancelled  )8
     

    2/19/2021 6:28 PM  #14

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    Re: If your insecure about having a little mini ... !!!!

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    That green Morry pick-up definately causes the 'trousers-to-tighten'!  WOW is NOT strong enough!
    The movie "The Last Indian" certainly describes the NZ mindset........
    (please don't tell me you've never seen the movie?!)
    6sal6

    Is it “The World’s Fastest Indian” with Anthony Hopkins in NZ?

     

    2/19/2021 6:29 PM  #15

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    Re: If your insecure about having a little mini ... !!!!

    6sally6 wrote:

    That green Morry pick-up definately causes the 'trousers-to-tighten'!  WOW is NOT strong enough!
    The movie "The Last Indian" certainly describes the NZ mindset........
    (please don't tell me you've never seen the movie?!)
    6sal6

    Is it “The World’s Fastest Indian” with Anthony Hopkins in NZ?

     

    2/19/2021 6:44 PM  #16

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    Re: If your insecure about having a little mini ... !!!!

    Nos681 wrote:

    6sally6 wrote:

    That green Morry pick-up definately causes the 'trousers-to-tighten'!  WOW is NOT strong enough!
    The movie "The Last Indian" certainly describes the NZ mindset........
    (please don't tell me you've never seen the movie?!)
    6sal6

    Is it “The World’s Fastest Indian” with Anthony Hopkins in NZ?

    Yeah......sorry (It was almost supper and I had brang-freeze I guess) GREAT flick if you like Anthony Hopkins.
    6s6
     

    Get busy Liv'in or get busy Die'n....Host of the 2020 Bash at the Beach/The only Bash that got cancelled  )8
     

    2/19/2021 7:04 PM  #17

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    Re: If your insecure about having a little mini ... !!!!

    Back in the day, NZ was a great place to be a teenage boy. If you could imagine it, someone would tell you how to gett'er done.

    "Those telephone poles were like a picket fence"
     

    2/19/2021 8:43 PM  #18

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    Re: If your insecure about having a little mini ... !!!!

    50vert wrote:

    Back in the day, NZ was a great place to be a teenage boy. If you could imagine it, someone would tell you how to gett'er done.

    From the car builds I see come out of NZ and Oz you guys are still gittin er done.

    Bob. 69 Mach 1, 393W, SMOD Toploader, Armstrong  steering, factory AC.
     

    2/20/2021 11:27 PM  #19

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    6sally6 wrote:

    Nos681 wrote:

    6sally6 wrote:

    That green Morry pick-up definately causes the 'trousers-to-tighten'!  WOW is NOT strong enough!
    The movie "The Last Indian" certainly describes the NZ mindset........
    (please don't tell me you've never seen the movie?!)
    6sal6

    Is it “The World’s Fastest Indian” with Anthony Hopkins in NZ?

    Yeah......sorry (It was almost supper and I had brang-freeze I guess) GREAT flick if you like Anthony Hopkins.
    6s6
     

    We definitely enjoyed it.

    Here’s a link to more information about Burt.

    https://silodrome.com/documentary-burt-munro-offerings-to-the-god-of-speed/

     

     

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