turbo mini top speed
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what would a standard mini turbo do top end?? and 0-60??

depends on a lot of things

a worn out 20 odd year old engine

wont be too fast if it holds togeather

a fully tuned well set up engine with the right gearing will take you to a shade over 140 MPH

0 TO 60 in under 3.5 seconds

bit of an open ended question.. depends on many factors, e.g wheel size, weight of car, fuel etc etc.

Edited by MarkGTT on 7th Nov, 2006.

And the amount of money you are prepared to spend!

Allow at least £3,000 to get started with something half decent.

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Assuming a std metro engine spec (in good condition!!! and well setup!!!) and 13" wheels, the performance figures for the ERA turbo should be pretty close.

according to this link 0-60 7.8sec, top speed 115mph,

http://www.miniresource.com/performance.php

Edited by Joe C on 7th Nov, 2006.

ive had 119 out of mine, it may of done a bit more, but i got scared

is yours standard?? its a good engine and ill be running 12" wheels

oh no, far from it

its running a 3.2 fd and 10"ers

i think you'll find most people gear their cars for about 120 just because this gives the best all round performance, with a 2.7 diff and 13" wheels and 200 bhp you could get silly speeds.

I personally think about the 120mph is the top speed achieveable in a mini, purely for aerodynamic reasons.

This has been covered before a bit. I did some rough calc on this last time check out this thread

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=6647

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interesting calcs there Ben!

the way the power needed ramps quickly seems to fit with the speeds i've heard of. i think 120 is a little consevative but 130 is about as much as it's likeley to see and Bens figure seem to support this.

9.85 @ 145mph
202mph standing mile
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120 mph you must be talking about the 1/4 mile
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with 163bhp my car will lose the battle with the air at 132mph- according to very accurate prediction software - what miniwilliams or jimsters would do on "long" gearing is more than your underpants could stand in a Mini!

If Carling made Mini engines
it would probably be like this one!

am i right in thinking 0-60 times are limited to grip? especialy with smaller wheels?

My build thread..

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=542985

I took the KAD demo car round Combe on a mini day many years past , it was easily the quickest car there , that read 125 on speedo in 4th but wouldn't pull that in 5th [ dont know what diff they were running , or if the speedo was anywhere accurate ] but that gives good indication of brick like airo. !!

i'm sure jf mentioned 130mph+ in his mini :)

Im not sure what mine does in MPH but i know it can wind out to 200km/h maxed out and running 12psi on 13" wheels with 2.9 diff. It very scarey car tho when i get over 160 ! (which i think about 100mph?)
I remember it doing 140km/h in third when i watched it on dyno.

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