how fast should it be??
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hi

im just wondering what sort of modern things should a turbo mini with around 150bhp be up against?
the mini in question would be a bit lighter than standerd.

i just want to get an idear of how fast they are in my head

thoughts/experiance please people


cheers
josh

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could be skyline beating fast if its stripped out and actualy has 150bananas

realy!
is that a rear wheel drive type or the proper 4wd?? in standerd form i take it!

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oops!!

Edited by JT on 3rd Jan, 2007.

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Well my standard elise went down the 1/4 mile in 14.4 seconds. I think if you look at some of the 150bhp turbo minis from last years show down they were similar times IIRC. So similar to an Elise.

In my old standard 200sx I could not get it faster than 16secs. So a 150bhp mini will be a good match for most hot hatches I reckon.

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There will always be someone out there faster. I had a run in with an ignorant so-and-so in a Xantia Executive and I was in the RS Clio. He was tailgating me so I put the foot down (I'm not a street racer but I hate pushy people!) and he held on rightly. Turned out he has a sneaky twin turbo setup under the bonnet!

Not so long ago I pushed a TVR chimera up to about 80, and had a humourous inccident with a bi-turbo 3.5 v8 maserati .... which was nice

that maserati was the nicest sounding car i've ever heard! almost had a semi in the passenger seat, lol.

beat...........................

mg zr180, scoobi spanked wrx and ALL the chav cars ..... LOL

going to pot mine an my friends evo7 in a few weeks

iam confident as i have drove it and its all wind and Pi**s.....

so they are seriosly fast then, well for a mini lol

my mate reckons hes going to get a saxo vts and 'bitch my mini' (when its done)

another mate is buying a 1.9 205 with suposidly 130bhp, dont know whats been done to it but its been thrashed by the bloke who currently owns it!

should be interesting at the local chav meet then lol

ithought evos were very quick, benros get a vid if possible! should be interesting!

cheers
josh

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isnt the 1.9 gti 130 ish BHP anyway or shall i just go hide in the corner now and bow my head in shame

it could be 130 standerd minimad, but he says its stupidly quick etc.

any other people with stories of unexpected chavs?

Edited by JT on 4th Jan, 2007.

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My son has a 1.9 gti he kept boasting how he was going to thrash the old man in the mini

WELL..... after several months of taunting i threw down the gauntlet! so we lined up on a private!! Bypass of course

about 3/4 of a mile long up a slight incline

he got about two car lengths in front till........ the blower and cam came in,

i destroyed him beyond belief by ......... wait for it OVER….. “half the Private bypass”

he was totally gutted

i stated that he may has well been in a milk float, the gap was so wide!

all i remembered was a pair of headlights getting rapidly smaller in my rear view mirror

i told him i would have been quicker if i could have got it in top gear!....lol

He never bothered again and that was only a 1275cc engine with some! bits attached then

was his 205 standerd?
what power are/was you running by the way?

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I remember the first time i ever sat in the passangers seat of "giallofly" mini many moons ago. Didnt race anything but didnt have to to know it would beat most things on the road

well that the thing the fastest mini iv been in propoly was a swiftune 1380 with big valve head, port polished, 286 cam etc.
i thought that was very fast.
iv been in a turbo (bananaman from here) but it was wet and just spun the wheels etc
i would wnt to be a passenger in someones turbo mini but evey1 seems to live miles away!

cheers
josh

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Wasted an old 911 on the St Ives/Sennen road in Kernow with my old 64 he was catching me on the straights but I lost him into the corners and around them, having said, I did know that car exactly and probably drove it like it had 30hp more than it had....... that was a waste of tyres but satisfying in an ego way.

I'd say depends how you drive it, where your powerband and gears are, what FD and allsorts.

Bugger off, I'm getting there.

my sons motor had an over bore not sure what size ?

he claimed over the standard bhp

Yea!!
the difference was massive!!!

my spec at the time moded head race valves standard bore and pistons done 64k

crap intercooler phase 2 cam standard T3 smoking seals gone and minspares clubman gear set 2.95 FD on 13s

all the rest was standard

boost 14 psi

Undoubtedly gialloflys mini is the fastest
and his metro takes all the chequerd flags

think gailloflys close by, maybe i should ask him nicely for a demo one weekend
lol

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