thats what i like about street drags, you can pull stuff like that.
I got the holeshot on all of those cars.. you have to in a mini to have a chance in a drag race! then after you beat them you back off and let them do the loser flyby.

what i didnt mention was the cars i didnt beat like a bini cooper s
in controlled conditions like a dragstrip a mini isnt going to beat anything outright, so what's the point.

I figure that a minis strengths were never really in a straight line...
If you want to show what a mini can really do you need to find some corners

To me anything with a big enough engine can go fast in a straight line but not so many cars (that I've driven anyway) will beat a mini round a corner.

that's my 2 cents anyway. This doesn't mean I have given up trying to get more out of my A series it's just I don't see the engine as the minis best strength (performance wise)

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A Deluxe(CG13DE), 2 Clubbies(998 and 1275) and 2 Morris 1100Ss

Spaceboy I am afraid I am going to have to agree with Aaron, especially on the Muira. 4 ltr V12 with 400bhp top speed 275Kmh and 0-100 in 4.7, and standing kilometre in 24 secs, and often quoted as the first supercar!

Cheers

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225hp atw on 14psi. 1/4 Mile no idea. Take one 1971 Mini Clubman, one Starlet GT Halfcut, Simmer over a warm MIG Welder, and Voila Minstar! www.mpdesign.id.au

shh dont tell anyone but i've always secretly hated the A-series.

it's funny you guys telling me what i did or didnt do lol.
i passed the miura through my favourite hilly roads, he obviously didnt want to wrap his priceless piece of exotic sportscar history around a tree trying to keep up with me heh.
Beautiful car, and what a treat to have driven a hot roundnose mini past one.. I was just in awe of the sound and the look of the thing.

I would do the exhaust suggestions, maybe think about a larger carb. Then I'd think about lowering the car and puitting in better suspension for those corners that everyone talks about. Straight line can be good on a mini for relatively little money but you need serious cash for a fast straight line mini. However when it comes to a roundabout... cya later commodore!

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K

I didnt want to be so explicit but yea not a Muira. Probably not the first supercar as Ferrari have been making supercars for a decade previously and even the top SV "only" had 380hp and took something closer to 6 seconds to get to 60 mph but a mini was never even in the same league (nor was it ever meant to be).

Though a Muira with a single passennger and its tanks empty starts to lift off at the nose at 70mph so it would have been hard to drag.

Im in the same situation as you. Just brought my first Mini Clubman 74. I't a great car, perfect interior, new paint job. The guy i brought it off of said the previous owner must have spent ages restoring it but seemed to forget about the engine. The gearbox was just about gone and the oil was darker than black. It was in really bad condition. so Im slowly doing it up, Extractors, thinking on twin SU's or weber. I was told by someone not to get a 2" straight through exhaust sys though cos it creates tuning problems, was wonderin if this was true. but I suggest you go for a K&N high flow air filter, will cost you around $130 but it increases your power a bit and keeps your engine healthier.
Sorry bout the life story.

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Mini Clubman, 1.3i, air con, 12" mags, pioneer sound system.

I'd just go 1 3/4 inch LCD with a RC40 on the end. The webber is worth it in the long run, but it's noisier and drinks more but "easier" to tune and loads more power.

Stage 2 tuning is where the serious power comes from, head work, cam, porting etc but the cheapest bang for buck is with stage 1.

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K

LOL - now you're just ripping off Initial D

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?

hehe i was waiting to see who would notice that, but close enough lol.

i'd say avoid twin su's because they're trouble to keep tuned properly (one's bad enough hehe) , and a weber is overkill on anything but a hot 1275.. go with a single 1 1/2 inch SU or a 1 3/4 inch SU

People shouldn't be so scared of twins, there not that difficult to setup and if you do general maintenece on the they are great. If there crap to begin with there never going to work well, thats the problem, not the Carbs.

Cheers

Aaron

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I agree with Aaron, twins are great. I only got the Dellorto because it was so damn cheap!

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K

twin 1 1/2"s are worth the effort, but not 1 1/4"s - a big single is better than 2 little ones - read vizard

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?