RE: Swiftune: PH Meets
Discussion
TVR Sagaris said:
Great article. That sort of power out of an A-series is phenomenal. A few years ago my understanding was that 100bhp was about the best you'd get.
Particularly liked this line: 'We're approaching that corner at about 110-112mph. Just take a lift to get the nose tucked in, still in top gear, and then floor it. You need that lift to transfer the weight.' - passion!
Fantastic cars to blat about in.
Nice article Particularly liked this line: 'We're approaching that corner at about 110-112mph. Just take a lift to get the nose tucked in, still in top gear, and then floor it. You need that lift to transfer the weight.' - passion!
Fantastic cars to blat about in.
As others have said, I am also quite surprised by the prices of Minis these days. I had a Mini as my first car back in 1998. Back then MED were building 1380s with about 110bhp for road use and the Migilias were pumping out 130-140bhp in race trim. I imagine they still are.
I know that Swiftune are saying more is being squeezed out of them, but I don't really believe that. I read the Wizard tuning book from the 1980s and they had engines in there that were in the 130bhp range.
If I were to build a Mini now, I would go down the supercharged or turbo route.
bakerstreet said:
If I were to build a Mini now, I would go down the supercharged or turbo route.
Fair enough, but I think the point of the article was to draw attention to the skill involved in extracting ~130BHP from a NA, venerable lump never designed to get anywhere near that.You could, of course, shoehorn an enormous V8 in the back but there comes a point when, well, it wouldn't really be a Mini, would it?
Turbobanana said:
Fair enough, but I think the point of the article was to draw attention to the skill involved in extracting ~130BHP from a NA, venerable lump never designed to get anywhere near that.
You could, of course, shoehorn an enormous V8 in the back but there comes a point when, well, it wouldn't really be a Mini, would it?
Agree, especially as they doing it on Twin SUs. The Migilias Run Twin choke 50mm webbers and straight cut boxes if memory serves. You could, of course, shoehorn an enormous V8 in the back but there comes a point when, well, it wouldn't really be a Mini, would it?
...no, to get the correct proportions the car is sectioned both in the midriff and also the upper part! Just think about that and look at the interior shot.
That's two horizontal slices through the entire car!
The work involved is simply mind boggling but Pete is a genius with a welder and a perfectionist to boot. The Trickett version also removes the seams but he wanted to be 'different'
That's two horizontal slices through the entire car!
The work involved is simply mind boggling but Pete is a genius with a welder and a perfectionist to boot. The Trickett version also removes the seams but he wanted to be 'different'
There is actually a cheaper way to get a Swiftune Mini....
https://www.scalextric.com/uk-en/shop/themes/mini/...
Amazing workshop this and can only echo the other comments about Nick, top bloke!
https://www.scalextric.com/uk-en/shop/themes/mini/...
Amazing workshop this and can only echo the other comments about Nick, top bloke!
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