I've been pondering again..

would a panel that joins the floor and the bottom of the rear of the beaver panel have any decent aero effect...

it looks like most of the mini floor is flat-ish.. and the opens up in the rear and ends with a parachute like scoop at the beav....

it seems to me that this would perhaps fix this...

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I know, some race-minis have their "parachute-panel" removed, due to better aerodynamics.

Guess it would have an noticeable effekt.
But: What do you do with the exhaust..?
Switch to side-pipes? Otherways I could imagine some heat-problems...

Regards,
Jan

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No speakers, no bodykits, no six-inch spacers, no spak filler, no bullshit

Would somthing like that just be another place to trap moisture and eat out the boot and battery box faster ? Don't know if you'd gain much , maybe get a hole saw and cut some large speed holes in the rear valance like the racers used to do .

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in the new issue of mini world some bloke cut out sections and filled them in with some mesh and sprayed over them, i had to look twice because you almost couldnt tell he'd done it.

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real men race downhill - keiichi tsuchiya

I don't reckon it's worth anything, not hard to do sure, but I still don't reckon it's worth it.


Might be worth something down the 7-11 on a saturday evening, but only if the boys don't mind getting their trackies dirty having a look...

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

In one of Vizards books he talks about modifications for rally use and suggests to put some alloy plating to protect the battery box and also the opposite side - didn't say anything about aerodynamics though..

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I'd reckon that you'd need to be doing a fair rate of knots for it to have much of an effect... More than you could do with an 850! Although everything helps when you're starting with 30bhp.

Why not drill some speed holes in the beaver panel?

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But he's thriving and striving and hugging the turns.

Zoomies like the top fuel dragsters, they go really fast and if people see your mini with those they'll know that your mini goes really fast too.

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"In two years time your car will be like a lady's clothes, out of date, my car will still be in fashion when I am dead" - Sir Alec speaking to Pininfarina

Do this for Astro

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A blue 8 port clubby, in Miniworld a coupl eof years ago had a huge rectangle section of the beaver cut out (letter a letter box hole) and rice mesh inserted. Looked fancy but I doubt it did much.

I'd look into getting more hp from your engine before this crazy stuff but hey Cushspeed all the way!

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1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T

mmmmmmmmmm 1450ish cc's 8 port arden, med prepared 156bhp....mmmmmmmmm that was a nice car.....owner listed his fav drink as milk tho!

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speed costs....how fast do you want to go...

i remember that one. got pages of the mag somewhere in my room. anyone find those mags fall apart really easily?

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Sunday Morning Mini Sprint http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtGuzqBQ32Q my "rendezvous"

Under my desk they are everywhere, they die at a rate of one page (frontmost page) per chuck under the desk.

Even when treated with respected they fall apart like no other magazine I've ever bought.

That was an awesome machine that Clubby. Stroker, big bore, weber injection. And it was going to be for sale!?!?!?!?!? So the article said anyways....

Put all that effort in and sell it off?!?!?! Why? Oh well lucky new owner I'd say.

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1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T

I think thats the one from December 2002 which was a poster also owned by John Colley. It had a letter box on each side.
It up on my Garage wall and everyone comments on it.

Sorry i don't have any pic's one the Computer thou

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Stop Licking the Dog...I Don't Care Who Started It