New guy lookin for sum help off the masters!!
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Hey guys i'm currently drivin a almera sri cus it was comfortable and had a nice interior and all that bull, but i came 2 my senses a few weeks ago and realised it was time to stop be sensible and to start destroyin the roads in sumthing very fast and amazingly cool, the answer A MINI. The only prob now is i'm not sure wot type, mini cooper, 1275 gt, supercharged or my fav a turbo. The main thing is i dont wanna spend time on the mechanics and runnin, i havent got a clue about that stuff so i need to buy a whole car that runs and mainly is fast, fast enough mainly to beat my friends boy racer saxo and proof the mini is the daddy!!!

Please guys i need your help

To be honest mate, if you are looking for something both fast and reliable, a Mini is not your best option I am afraid to say.
I love them as much as anyone else, but a Mini is either fast and fragile, or slow and reliable, it is very difficult to achieve fast AND reliable with something that was designed in the 1950's!
If you want something to beat Saxo's with character, my idea would be go and buy yourself an old school hot hatch...........

Probably not what you want to hear, but it is my honest opinion.

There's a couple on the first page of the classifieds on this site:

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=4882

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=4882

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=4837
(which didn't go here)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...item=4553229655

Hi & Welcome

reliabilty isn't really that much of an issue, but i get wot ur sayin. Its just i'v loved mini's since i was 10 years old and now iv got the cash to get a semi-decent 1 i wudnt mind tryin 1 out even if its just 4 6 monthes or so!!

My first car was a mk2 golf 1.6 16v gti, it was shit of a shovel and owned the road but it still hasnt got the whole thing of sittin at sum traffic lights and a ponce in a beemer rolls up 2 a mini and gives it the revs, only to get shat on by the mini. Its that feelin i want

got it off a guy i worked, golf nut. Borught it off him for a 1,500 and he brought it back off me 5 monthes later for the same price. He put in a mk3 v6 engine, that was fast but i dont think the insurance companys wud be very nice 2 me with sumthing like that so i thought the mini may be a betta choice! But if u guys honestly dont think its really the rite car for wot im afta i'll take ur word for it, just av to wait until i can afford a v-tec i spose?

Cheers for the help guys very much appreciated

You could not have had a MK2 1.6 valver. Full stop.

i'm pretty sure that it was 16v, unless it was a conversion or summat i dont no, i'll send him an email and find out. cud jus be me bein stupid i dunno but im pretty shaw it was a 16v

Well, going off topic here. But it could've been a 1.8 16v, but that's unlikely as the insurance would've killed you on that too. Also, they can be pretty quick, so I doubt you'd have any problems with saxo's. Basically, you'd know about it.

hey just foned him and is was me bein a complete spanner it seems, dont no how my brain did that one, spose id betta stop drinkin this kentucky bourbon, i think i may hav lost a few 2 many brain cells!!

so wots the rough speck on a low end mini turbo, ie 0-60 and so forth

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=4394

In fact http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=search
and use 0-60 as your search term, theres half dozen or so.

Edited by Nicky on 27th Jun, 2005.

"But you say above that you don't know anything about the mechanics side of it. So you would be forking out money left right and centre to pay someone else to fix it for you when it broke. And believe me, it WOULD break."

I can do the basic mechanics on a car and general tunin i mean i would not feel confident doin a conversion or takin an engine apart. Also the fact i dont have the tools. I think my best option is as u say, wait till i have the money and time to be able to seriously look afta a turbo, i mite just get a standard mini cooper cab or summat to tie me ova till i can afford it.

thanks for you help, i think u hav saved me alotta money guys

When I say break I mean BIG BREAK e.g. gearbox or diff broken requiring re-build, or engine needing new bearings etc.

thank god i spoke 2 u guys, i definatly think a mini turbo is not rite for me a the moment, i just aint got the time or patience 2 learn all that kinda stuff. Thanks agen