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4th November 2006, 06:00 PM
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Jim27
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£50,000. For a Mini :D
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4th November 2006, 06:25 PM
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many years ago i worked for a company called f+m dobsons (fizz bombs).
the owner fred dobson sent a mini to rolls royce,it was fully trimmed by them and had the famous radiator with a flying lady on top. he owned 2 rollers and changed them every year. i so wish i had some photos to show everyone,alas it was in 1986.
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4th November 2006, 06:27 PM
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ill build you a type R powered mini for alot less than that
 close friend had the first uk type R powered mini using the engine and box from a integra type R. 1800cc, hyabusa throttle bodies and DTA and produces 220bhp. now thats a track weapon says he'll sell it for 12k lol
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i once saw a video of a mental mini like that,do you have a link ?
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4th November 2006, 06:37 PM
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The Suzuki Swift GTi engine fits under the standard round-nose Mini
 100ish bhp from the box. Plus.... .... Suzuki made the 1.2 Swift 4x4. But the 1.2 block was different to the 1.3 so wouldn't fit the GTi 1.3 block. However, Subaru bought the manufacturing rights to the Swift in 1996 (IIRC) to use it as the base for the Subaru Justy. The Justy was a 1.3 4x4 and as Subaru wanted a 1.3 instead of the previous Suzuki 1.2, they used the 1.3 block and adapted the gearbox to fit. So (in a nutshell) the Swift GTi 16v 1.3 engine fits under the factory Mini bonnet, and the Subaru Justy 4x4 drivetrain fits the Swift GTi 16v 1.3 engine. Sooooo it's possible to build a 1.3 16v 4x4 Mini. The 1.3 16v is fairly tuneable and a variety of turbo, super and nitrous charging has been tried and tested. Plus the engine quite likes bike carbs (so long as a decent ignition solution is sourced). So I'm just wondering how a Swift 1.3-engined Mini on bike carbs and a simple wet nitrous setup and running the 4x4 drivetrain would compare to a 1.8 ITR-engined FWD Mini round a track? Interesting - you see a helluva lot of innovation in the Mini community and some amazing cars
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4th November 2006, 06:47 PM
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Bike Powered Cars : Twin R1 engineed Mini how about this for 13k! twin R1 engine mini! and go on the z-cars website zcars.org.uk they even do a 400bhp turbo hyabusa powerd mini!
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Look how young Clarkson is in the original clip, whats that 50 grand in todays terms... somebody saw that guy who paid 50 grand for it coming in a big way.
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4th November 2006, 07:53 PM
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 glad to help lol that company also made a twin 500bhp hyabusa powerd 4wd ultima gtr! now thats nuts!
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When I was a nipper (i.e. too young to remember) my old man had a CRAZY ex hot-rod mini (dad made it road legal). I have part of the spec somewhere (which I'll try and find), basically revved to something stupid like 13k and was dynoed at Ricardo's at 228hp at the front wheels. Looked like a piece of sh1t though - but that's what the old man loved about it ... crappy looking brown mini .. but went like f*** !
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