Mini V8 roadster at knebworth.mov
Vložit
- čas přidán 8. 07. 2010
- NOW FOR SALE.
My car is a 1975 Austin Mini. This car has been completely restored and is now powered by a 4Lt rover v8 engine and 5 speed transmission. The carburettor is a four barrel Edelbrock 500 as is the inlet manifold. Crower 232 cam and stage 2 cylinder heads. Ignition is provided by Mallory. The cassis is made from 38mm CDS tubing. Fibre glass boot lid and bonnet. The car has a steel flip front to allow easy access to the engine. The differential is a Ford Sierra Cosworth LSD. The suspension is coil over shocks all round. Seats are black glass fibre buckets with 4 point harnesses. The car now has disk brakes all round with 4 pot callipers on the front and Ford Sierra callipers on the back. Due to the engine layout the radiator is in the rear of the vehicle. The wiring loom and all electrics are new. Wheels are alloy and are 15X8 all round. Weight is approximately 600Kg's.
This gives me 500BHP per tonne.
If you look on Ken Voss's website he has an applet to calculate quarter mile times. Mine comes out at 9.46 @ 144MPH which is a shame cos my tyres are rated at 130 MPH Ha Ha Ha. - Auta a dopravní prostředky
that is the coolest mini conversion i have seen!!
Knebworth is always a great show, see you next year.
I like the carry-handle.
This is a true Shelby Cobra wanna be! Very cool! Brilliant sound...
Many thanks. I love the way it makes people smile and wave when out drining.
That's the thing most other countries don't understand. Our cars are typically much larger and heavier, and need larger engines. The truth is that American built cars are the most reliable in the world. People see them broken down on the interstates here and call them junk, but what they fail to realize is that car likely has 350,000 miles on it and its original engine. We drive them until they won't drive anymore, then get another one.
I like only this old-brit paint job.
all bar that roll bar setup that looks pretty smick!....nice job.
Saw this in the latest mini mag =] such a nice car...
WOW, lots of power from the rover v8 ;)
dude thats really cool!I want it a lot
Saw this at knebworth tis awesome!
Shelby gt500 sound!!!
To me, it's kinda got an AC Cobra, sorta vibe to it.
steve mills yup
That's pretty epic....
jajaja ke bonito, leda un aire al shelby cobra!! muy buen trabajo saludos desde valencia
Many thanks Johnanm1984
Its great fun! Everybody looks and some even wave!!!
I know it's a late response to your comment but I would say Rover did sort out the motor, it was always reliable (the police used Rover SD1 V8s and it was used in Range Rovers and TVR sportscars for many years too). Way too small for big american cars though so it was probably overstressed and underdeveloped. If I'd grown up around Ford or Chevy small/big blocks I wouldn't like the Buick lump either but it actually weighed less than iron block 2L (120cu/in) 4cyls of the era like the Ford Pinto.
@CADpencil many thanks I have to be patient and run the engine in properly.
nice
@mxmender its more engine than car, the rollbars will save his life one of these days :)
hmm. i will not even try to explain how sick this car is
It looks excellent, I just can't stand the Buick 215 engine. It was a disaster in the larger cars over here in the states. The aluminum would rot, the heads leaked like crazy and it didn't make much power, far too little for our cars. GM had essentially trashed the thing until they sold it to Rover. I'd love to see a Jag 3.9 or an Olds L47 in a Mini.
its like a cobra! :p good video 5/5
The former owner had cut her up into small pieces.
Nice ride, looks like it could use a wire tuck.. Im sure it already has it by now though..
ah yea fair play mate!
I LIKE IT
Isn't the engine bay of a classic mini big enough to accommodate the Rover 3.0 litre V8, in its normal transverse layout without a lot of fabrication?
Pukka lil motor - even if there is still something in me that cringes at a mini being cut up like that lol
looks like a ac cobra
so they put cars on engines now?
I like it, except for the engine and that giant tube blocking a critical viewing area....
LOLL you turn left too hard and you knock yourself out hahaha...
I adored it until I saw the roll cage. Sorry, but it just spoils everything for me.
Z przodu wygląda jak syrena 105l
Can the hood close completely?? lol
@waz5550 Hi, car has taken 2.75 years to get to this stage
Regards,
como el cobra
Haha I see what you did there.
Shape and size: WIN.
Rollbar: FAIL.
ping pong poo this ones blue magon magong tang!!!!!
Sounds good? It's got a horrible exhaust leak. Sounds terrible.
the air filter and the rollbar are just too ugly
im sorry but that roll bar is ugly. the rest of the car is good looking though.
What a horrible waste of a mini chassis
thats mad aprt from the stupid rool cage.....looks ugly n takes away from the great car
Yuck its carbed...
wtf is that