The Mini's first shakedown!
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- The Brundle Motorsport racing classic Mini built by Swiftune Engineering is finally finished and ready for its first shakedown at Brands Hatch Motor Circuit. Join us as Swiftune and Alex Brundle head to an "open pit lane" evening track day amongst lots of "run what you brung" cars.
See how Alex Brundle and Nick Swift get on in the car for the first time.
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One of the most fun cars money can buy!! We can't wait to show you how it is going to look. What is your guess?
Fantastic to see the Mini completed. Certainly sounds the part and boy does it look quick
I'm such a fan of the Brundle drivers .. from your Dad in F1 and WEC to you and your adventures now, that seeing THAT helmet being put on and getting into a racing car gives me a thrill every single time. Legendary
Thing is, I LOVE how it looks RIGHT NOW !!
I’m all but 70 years old and when I was in my teens, I use to build mini’s with my friend. We built quite a few cars and I was studying and training to become an engineer and my friend now brother-in-law was training as a mechanic. We were both mad on cars and every car we have had is usually modified. Anyway, we build these mini’s completely on our own including every nut and bolt of the engine. Yes we modified the engines usually 1275’s bored out to 1310, and as I was an engineer and had full access to all machining facilities. We did a lot of work to these mini engines and mini’s and they were quick for the day, over 100mph in third was something I remember. Lot of work to achieve that though and Oils were not as good in those days. I use to love the sound of the engine brupping on low revs due to the cam a 649 or 731. We got a reputation locally for producing quick mini’s and I remember a guy telling me he had been advised by a policeman to contact us for help in making his mini quicker. They were great days. Love the old mini.
You did a great job Alex. You a class act just like your dad.
Amazing video as usual! Awesome to see the lil thing on track as well.
Cracking video Alex, I was laughing out loud watching you throwing angles and embarrassing ostensibly much faster cars. As for the commentary, you're a chip off the old block, so enjoyable listening to you.
Looking forward to the new livery! Had a bunch of Minis back in the day, may or may not have finished up in the odd field when the talent ran out, but they are the most brilliant fun.
Looks and sound awesome Alex! great content as always! Thanks 🙂
It sounds glorious!😀
Alex’s voice is so similar to the old man’s.I saw historic mini’s racing at Brands couple of weeks back beating mustangs and jags great little machines
The car I learnt to drive in many years ago. Such an amazing car. Well done Alex
I would be very surprised if the car you learned to drive in many years ago was like this ... other than in general appearance!
A mini is so much fun driving on the pea gravel roads of Western Australia, I miss my mini, and I miss the Dwellingup bush. Beautiful resto.
Yeah, Tony Bradford and others, back in the 70s.
Nice to see the completed project. I like the colour.
[By the way, if your can find time to take the car onto the back roads of the Ardèche, the Vercors or the Alpes du Sud in winter...you'll understand why the Mini Cooper S was so outstanding in its day.]
Everyone should have a drive of a Mini at least once in their life. The younger generation don't know what they are missing.
Congratulations, hope too see you in Australia.
Well, Nick will be here in Perth, driving Willow's half brother.
Awesome little car so love the colour it looks fantastic all the best to you going forward
Excellent! I ended up prepping my sons Vauxhall Nova 1.4 SR for track days and I totally get the excitement of the 1st time out after major mods and finding that it’s as fast as you hoped👍
We first used drive it to track days and then after an engine failure it got a bit silly and ended up with massive brakes, 200hp 1.6 on TB’s and slicks😂. Nice to be chasing down Porsches on circuit and leaving braking as late as the Caterhams🤭
Sounds great,nice checkpoint in your project,looking forward to next steps 👍
Great build on this mini hope it races well.
Enjoy all your videos not so keen on the rock music on this one just detracts from a great little film .
Can you get MB out in a mini for this years Goodwood revival would be great to see you both racing it in the 2 driver race.
Great great great. Followed the whole building process so far and I can't wait to see the livery and seeing you race with it.
As I am an avid sim-racer and love to race the classic mini in the sim, I would love to recreate your livery for the virtual version too. (If that's fine for you)
Loving this series. Always wanted an original mini for racing and this isn't doing anything for the future of my bank balance. 😆
Looked like a ton of fun
Looks great! Can't wait to see the livery. They build such fantastic cars and engines. Might you be tempted to own one of their Madgwick's?
For some reason at the supermarket I always gravitate to my chips being ‘straight cut’…
Cooked in 20/50!
Duckham’s of course 😂
@@michaelgibson4705 I have a gallon can of that, must have had it over 40 years. May use it when I reinstate my 1962 Mini (with 1275 engine) that has not been used for over 30 years.
That is the coolest car ever! Have you ever thought of doing impressions of the F1 grid walk guy off the tele? You sound just like him!
Flying Shoebox, Tiny Terror.
How about red on right / white in middle / blue on left Italian job trio and matching Junior and Senior's helmet colours ?
It’s an option
Just found you channel -great content Alex. On the Mini I couldnt see much sign of torque steer, does it have an LSD. I assume in modern machinery you left foot brake, is it hard to go old school?
@@davidbaxter600 they don’t have the grunt to torque steer! But they do if you boot them off the mark!
Setup with massive toe out to make her turn!
@@BrundleBTW Does massive toe out affect straight line speed much ?
Noticed that the Speedo doesn't work lol but I suppose that was deliberate.
@@samrodian919 you lose horsepower!!
A back to the 60’s ,flower power,psychedelic colour scheme.
Doesn't like second through Graham Hill for some reason- third is too high and bogs down. And LH rear tail/brake light not working. Otherwise, looks and goes great.
cable speedo disconnected, for extra 1/2 mph gaine on the straight
What’s it putting out on the dyno? 🤔
Mk1 minis frequently had badly fitting doors ... just like this one!
A PROPER Mini Cooper S, ( Not a horrible insult to the classic Mini, I HATE LOATHE DESPISE all new Minis to call them a Cooper is INSULT to John Cooper!!!!! ) in their day a Cooper S was a Quick car they won many many rallies. Unsure IF this is an original engine/gearbox did not quite sound right. I was taken for a in a made up Cooper, 1100 motor, cam, weber carb etc, trust me it was QUICK!!
Nick doing his due diligence. Well there are worse jobs🙂
Not fitted with twin fuel tanks? My ‘67 Austin Cooper S was! Lol
You will probably find a race tank in the boot.
@@gavinivers8941 I would certainly hope so! My comment was somewhat tongue in cheek. 😁
@@gavinivers8941correct!
😂
WICKED
I pitty the fools who never drove a proper setup Mini. One of the most affordable fun cars.
Driver's door doesn't fit properly.
That’s how you know it’s real
Excellent! I ended up prepping my sons Vauxhall Nova 1.4 SR for track days and I totally get the excitement of the 1st time out after major mods and finding that it’s as fast as you hoped👍
We first used drive it to track days and then after an engine failure it got a bit silly and ended up with massive brakes, 200hp 1.6 on TB’s and slicks😂. Nice to be chasing down Porsches on circuit and leaving braking as late as the Caterhams🤭