Frankly who cares, be happy with what you have, HP=money, money=HP, who has money these days?

Doogie

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I won Hay once, here's the pic to prove it..


Hay, it's not about the car, it's not about the venue, it's about the people that come here. Peter Dwyer, Mayor of Hay NSW.

well,, the real answer is obviously a Big Bore Stroker Twin Cam Turbo Injected,,, but then i might just be a little biased

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Vote 1 for Toyota Starlet Turbo

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K

Sorry, they just don't make an A series Starlet...

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

well out of our 9, strangley enough our stocky 850 is the fastest. It takes the longest to get to top speed, but being the lightest and in best shape has an overall top speed higher than the rest. Doesn't really make much differnce to us as they all do the 110km highest speed limit. But hey, each to their own. As long as your happy driving your mini, all the more horsepower to ya!

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88 Rover 1.3i "Reggie"
99 Rover 1.3i “Grover”
12 Mini Cooper S "The shitter"
17 Mini Clubman JCW “Noddy”

we can test this get one of each, put them at the top of a hill and hold the clutch in and see which one rolls the fastest

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1962 850,Frog

Oops didn't read the title Voted big bore turbo anyway although I know of quicker solutions...

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K

The fastest A-series I had was in the boot of an XF Falcon. It went 185kph.

lol

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Was it EFI?
The commodores and falcons used to have an overspeed setting at 187km/h.
A friend used to go around disabling it on the ECU for the series production racers of the day. That might have been later than the XF's though?
KB

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It was a carby XF. I did get it up to 195kph but it didn't have an A-series in the boot at the time.

When I was driving FIVs at Bathurst the Auto EL XR6 had a speed limiter at about 185kph and the Manual AU XR6 didn't have a limiter (well I never found it!) The Auto was a bugger, as you were just turning into the Caltex Chase with the foot flat the limiter would cut in! It would get a bit hairy.
The Manual AU was much quicker overall and it would turn into the chase at about 220kph and ride very nicely doing it.

I was just thinking, were the military Mokes ever transported by plane?

Chucking a Moke in the back or a Caribou would surely be faster than just about every road Mini/Moke out there.

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1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T

A moke would be faster when it was not an a Caribou. I have seen a Caribou flying backwards in a headwind.

Alright then, Hercules? But seriously, the question still stands because the answer may once and for all put an end to the seemingly enternal question of what is the fastest A-series.

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1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T

It could be a turbo injected twinky stroker with a shot of NOS .....in a sort of a straight line...
Who knows really

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