That car we could have got in heaps of trouble in lol. It had the 30/70 Watson cam
Remember the Falcon incident or the spinout at Largs

Mini beat fully restored GTHO at Newcastle off traffic lights Cant say any more hey mate

Remember that to well and the datto 1600 one too lol

Ian,

What on earth had you done to that Mini to keep up with/ beat a GTHO?!

Reminds me of a story about the rally Mini I had in NZ. A mate had just bought a new tricked up EFI Falcon. He convinced me into a drag competition. Beat him by 3 or so car lengths. We had to repeat the exercise about 6 times until he was convinced, same result every time. He got out of the car whinging his $38,000 (cars were crazy prices in NZ in those days) Ford piece of @#%^ can't even beat a bloody Mini! Then he bet me the Mini couldn't do 100 mph (I had no idea if it could or not) so off to the motorway we went. He with another mate in the front, me following behind. Half way over the Auckland Harbour bridge his mate gave me the thumbs up out his window to tell me we were doing a 100! (It was 1 am on a weekday, no one else on the road so completely safe if not slightly illegal!). Chalk up another win for the Mini over his pride and joy @#$% of #@$% $38,000 car as he put it! I have no idea what the final drive ratio on that Mini was but it had a straight cut close ratio gear box and would pull 7500 rpm seemingly effortlessly.... (probably because the gbox was so noisy you couldn't hear the poor engine screaming it's guts out!)
Not so long after, he sold the Ford and bought a used V6 Alfa, now that thing could go!
Note: The other friend in the Ford had at the time a Fiat 125T, a model designed purely for racing. Think they only made them in NZ. That car went like the clappers, sadly it was pinched never to be seen again... They were bright yellow and had twin Dellorto's, think 200 were made? Would be worth a fortune now....

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67 Deluxe
Dry suspension
1293cc, 11:1 comp, RE 282 camshaft, 45 Weber, extractors etc
4 synchro close ratio gbox
Cooper S brakes, no booster
Stealth box, as Doc says "goes harder and idles!"
RH tank cos I needed it crossing the Nullarbor etc..

Oh! The stories we could tell. This thread could go on for a long time. I know I am enjoying it.

I still want to know all about Ian's GTHO beating Mini!!
Winabbey, I hope you're not appalled, this all happened many years ago when we were young and silly!? (Early '80's in my case)...

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67 Deluxe
Dry suspension
1293cc, 11:1 comp, RE 282 camshaft, 45 Weber, extractors etc
4 synchro close ratio gbox
Cooper S brakes, no booster
Stealth box, as Doc says "goes harder and idles!"
RH tank cos I needed it crossing the Nullarbor etc..

All I can say is the road was wet and something happened I said Rob keep driving Guy damaged his brand new restored falcon and lost it.
Was good days and we are lucky to be here.

Most of my silliness involved slow speed negotiating walking paths where cars were not meant to be. The pathway connecting the halls of residences to the Uni being one. Once some of my "friends" lifted the car and left it sideways sandwiched between cars in the Uni car park..!
Alcohol was never involved of course! (no breathalyzers in those days)...

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67 Deluxe
Dry suspension
1293cc, 11:1 comp, RE 282 camshaft, 45 Weber, extractors etc
4 synchro close ratio gbox
Cooper S brakes, no booster
Stealth box, as Doc says "goes harder and idles!"
RH tank cos I needed it crossing the Nullarbor etc..

And the night we raced a sporty bubbleback ford laser 100mph in the rain wipers flat out poor headlights

It was my mini actually the car was a xy style but in the fairlane shape with 4 headlights the car was immaculate and my girlfriend at the time and her brother was in the car behind me I copped a mouthful that night

Mum had hers taken apart and rebuilt on the second floor of her highschool hahaha

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If I'm carrying on like a pork-chop, I'm having a great time.

If I go very quiet there's a very good chance I broke something.

If we stopped we could have had trouble but in theory we done no wrong He spun out and lost it and I said Rob drive on.True Story guys .It was fully restoed guy would have been heartbroken

When I look back I should be dead how different times are I would never do it these days

I got wrapped around a tree in a mate's 850 in 1965, I spent 5 months with a leg in traction and 10 off work. We were run off the road by a git in a Porsche...

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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.