RE: Minker K1: PH Carpool

[s m]

kambites said:

Sort of reminiscent of the Lotus Carlton in terms of approach. Not so keen on the styling, but at least it has the performance to match the bodykit.

Used to be a guy who owned a later Minker 323 version ( more subtle in appearance ) and a Lotus Carlton

[DanGT]

One of the quickest cars around at the time. And still very quick today but there are now a lot of cars around that are in the same class. How many 4x4 jap cars are ther with 500-1000bhp? Still a nice car and one I would like.

[zebedee]

Thanks for sharing, I remember reading about these back in the day, probably in Fast Lane? Had totally escaped my memory though!

Good man for keeping it going.

[Hilts]

GranCab said:

MINGER would have been a better name for it ...

'You see those unfortunate people that laugh at their own jokes?'

'I am aware of them.'

'That's you, that is.'

[griffdude]

Many moons ago used to work behind TT in Northampton & my office window overlooked a roundabout that this used to drift around.

A great distraction from the the daily grind.

[Chris Eyre]

zebedee said:

Thanks for sharing, I remember reading about these back in the day, probably in Fast Lane? Had totally escaped my memory though!

Good man for keeping it going.

+1 to the above.


In the same vein, maybe not quite as far from the original production vehicle, anyone remember the Rouse 304R?

Same ilk, a tuner special, and relatively few of them about.

[Ryvita]

Frances The Mute said:

I guess he forgot about little things like air resistance and friction...

More to the point the little thing called inertia? A "0-60" time of 4 seconds just to spin up the inertia of the drive train, wheels and dynamometer kit versus the inertia of taking a tonne of car from rest would equate to a slow car indeed. What am I missing?

[GranCab]

Hilts said:

'You see those unfortunate people that laugh at their own jokes?'

'I am aware of them.'

'That's you, that is.'

Ooohh - my apologies for not being Jack Dee ...

[Petrolhead_Rich]

offspring86 said:

Google has returned this:

http://www.fordpower.org.uk/nik/mink.html

According to that it has a top speed of 170mph in fifth gear, is that a (max rpm) x(Gear Ratio) top speed or can that ford sierra actually do 170mph?

Either way, nice to see it's still running and being looked after

[heisthegaffer]

Petrolhead_Rich said:

According to that it has a top speed of 170mph in fifth gear, is that a (max rpm) x(Gear Ratio) top speed or can that ford sierra actually do 170mph?

Either way, nice to see it's still running and being looked after

I'm pretty sure I have a copy of fast lane with this in it or something very similar and it did go to 170mph. I'll try and dig it out.

[Whiters]

zebedee said:

Thanks for sharing, I remember reading about these back in the day, probably in Fast Lane? Had totally escaped my memory though!

Good man for keeping it going.

And me. The second I saw it I was taken straight back to seeing adverts, probably in Car, Performance Car or Fast Lane. Can't remember seeing an article about it but will be having a determined root around in the mag library tonight.

[MonkeySpanker]

Ryvita said:

Frances The Mute said:

I guess he forgot about little things like air resistance and friction...

More to the point the little thing called inertia? A "0-60" time of 4 seconds just to spin up the inertia of the drive train, wheels and dynamometer kit versus the inertia of taking a tonne of car from rest would equate to a slow car indeed. What am I missing?

A hug?

[TEKNOPUG]

I remember these - assumed that there were more than 3 made? Quoted top speed of 180mph IIRC - although that may have been a tad optimistic

Good to see an 80's special still on the road.

[jason61c]

Ryvita said:

How does a rolling road give you a 0-60 time?

The same way they can give you any bhp readout you want!

[P4ROT]

MonkeySpanker said:

Ryvita said:

Frances The Mute said:

I guess he forgot about little things like air resistance and friction...

More to the point the little thing called inertia? A "0-60" time of 4 seconds just to spin up the inertia of the drive train, wheels and dynamometer kit versus the inertia of taking a tonne of car from rest would equate to a slow car indeed. What am I missing?

A hug?

[Morningside]

Its a shame that Turbo Technics stopped doing these types of conversions. There used to be an XR3i turbo near us.

[s m]

Whiters said:

zebedee said:

Thanks for sharing, I remember reading about these back in the day, probably in Fast Lane? Had totally escaped my memory though!

Good man for keeping it going.

And me. The second I saw it I was taken straight back to seeing adverts, probably in Car, Performance Car or Fast Lane. Can't remember seeing an article about it but will be having a determined root around in the mag library tonight.

If you look at this link it will show you the issues it featured in

http://www.fordpower.org.uk/nik/ref.html

Also this link shows some excerpts

http://www.fordpower.org.uk/nik/mink.html

Noel Edmonds drove a K1 on the BBC Motor Show special program.

Edited by s m on Monday 13th May 12:10

[Beefmeister]

'Where I'ves been'

Er, pardon? Are we in Norfolk all of a sudden

[NISaxoVTR]

Engine shot would have been nice as that is the key attraction after all. Interesting car even if I don't buy the 4.5 to 60. Maybe once, one time for a magazine, but that was probably a long, long time ago.

[thiscocks]

GranCab said:

MINGER would have been a better name for it ...

Thats what I thought it said when I first read it. Looking clooser at the pictures it would indeed be a better name!

RS200 style rear wing is the best bit