This Mini is going to be hot.. 250hp at the Front wheels.. T25 Turbo..




Look how the headers run to the other side of the block..


Polished Cooler and Radiator..


Can't wait to see the finished project..

 

Awesome.

 

post more pics and a vid when done!

 

Friggin Aussies.

 

I wanted to do one of the original Coopers but we can't find any over here. Well, let me correct that, we found an Austin Cooper but it was a rust bucket :\

Hope you have fun with with

 

Rex....That thing will be so traction limited! What company is building it? There is an old school Mini around here (SoCal) with a B18 Integra Motor in it. It does the 1/4 in 12.5.....W/NOS woh!

I am waiting for my turbo motor to arrive from the UK so I can transplant it into my 61 Mini. Currently my car has 35 hp.....when I am done, it'll have 125hp. in an 1100lb MK1 car! woh!

btw...To other folks in the US....There are over 15000 old school Mini's in the US right now. They are easy to find if you know where to look. www.minimania.com/msgthreads.cfm.....go to the for sale section.

 

here is a pic of my Mini...



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Thats so pimp.

 

Hey Ralph, its actually running a Suzuki GTi Engine.. 1.8 twin cam ( I'm pretty sure).. ARE have built most of it, you can find them at www.are.com.au then look under customers cars.. they are doing a heap atm..

Pete.

 

there was an oldschool mini at the Vintage SportsCar races at VIR last fall that was whoopin the whole field. Looked like a roller skate on rails.....it was cool

Those things have 10" wheels stock...that's nuts !

 

they are so tiny, how do they not break though? they just way to compact for me

 

id love to mod out a new mini cooper s turbo for autocross it'd be sooo cool

 

Who said they don't break? In the month of March, my Mini's clutch died, master cyl fell out of adjustment and the fuel pump broke. These are 40 year old British cars. And British cars from that era were never known to be reliable even when they were brand new.

But the car is mechanically simple. They are designed so the owner can service it himself....which I do.

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