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I've just been reading about these in Car and Driver...

Honda powered Minis

They sound like so much fun they should be banned!

A

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My brother owns a mini, allways going on about either 2.0l Vauxhall powered, Type R engine or motorbike engined mini's..

Damn quick.. :drool:

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They talk about 0-60 in 5seconds, standing 1/4 mile in 13.6 at 104mph...

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They are cool :D

As the mini has sucha short wheelbase it really suits FWD.. cracking little cars (not that I am biast!)

The motorbike engined ones are the best.. as they are so light they do not need that much torque, the 2.0 turbo vaxhaul engined ones (C20 LET) are very fast, but the huge weight at the front seriously messes up the handeling of the car (it also only fits the snub nosed clubman style cars/vans).

I have a video of a 1600cc Vtec mini, FWD going around the nuremburgring..

you see him flying around other FAST cars (porsches etc) totally out of the racing line!!!!

cracking stuff!!! if anyone (on broadband) wants it.. email me!

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Sounds like a bit to much weight at the front end, good for striaght lines but would not fancy it on the bends, though i'm sure some of it could be moved to the boot. Battery, liquides and a few other bits and bobs.

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A guy I know has a B18C5 (Integra type r engine) in his mini...sooo fast!

That's what's in these ones... They stretch the front by 4 inches to fit it in though. I think they HAVE to shoft batteries and stuff to the boot as there's simply no space up front...

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imagine what would happen if you hit a wall!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can't see it being any more dangerous than hitting a wall in a standard Mini....they're not the safest place to be in a crash at the best of times !

Rich

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I hope you guys got the email ok!!!!

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imagine what would happen if you hit a wall!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can't see it being any more dangerous than hitting a wall in a standard Mini....they're not the safest place to be in a crash at the best of times !

Rich

Just a lot quicker than usual!! lol :D

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A car that does stoppies....

How cool :thumbsup:

The guy that sent me that vid was going to built a rear engined bike engined mini (hyabusa engine) but he never did :'(

is building a 5.0 V8 Bowler instead now (mad mad offroad thing)

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Mostly a bike term.. whack on the front brakes and lift the rear off of the floor..

Dowload the vid and watch the mini do one! :thumbsup:

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building a 5.0 V8 Bowler instead now (mad mad offroad thing)

There are a couple of these in the Dakar rally at the moment. Superb things

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Apparently their small wheels pose a bit of a problem, but they're still stupid fun (according to Car and Driver magazine)

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