Say Doug, I too love those lil' mini's! I learned to drive a "4 speed on
the dash" in one wayyyyy way back in I guess 1960 0r so....
I dearly would love to have one of my own.
A couple years ago I watched one tear everyone up at the vintage teabag
races at Lime Rock Conn. The guy kept tradin' the lead with a guy inna
spiffy "race preped to the gills" porch roadster(mebbe was a 356?) until he
spun in "the esses" and onto the grass -he got back with the program, and
after about 6 or 8 more laps had waded thru most of the field of about 30
cars again to finish somewhere in the middle. You shoulda heard the crowd
groan when he spun..... and cheer with a standing ovation when the race was
over. The closest thing I've ever seen to David and Goliath. It really was
"a thing of beauty"
There was another guy there with the dam fastest Morris Minor you ever saw.
This was a "full size" Minor -not a mini. This thing ran like stink as
well. Both cars were British Racin' Green. Bob Swanson prolly know who
those guys are as he's close to Lime Rock and goes alla time.... How 'bout
"the rest of the story" there Bob ?
Has anyone seen the "New" Mini thats coming out next year built under the
auspices of BMW ? I saw it in Automobile magazine a month or so ago.... and
it kinda made me start dreamin about one again. But a guy'd hafta drive one
to see if they were as much fun as the originals -which I seriously doubt
'cuz you know the Germans; they just gotta perfect everythin beyond all
limits of sense. Thusly removin' all the fun and soul of the original -not
tomention those SU carbies huh boys ?
Cheers, "Da Doug down south" -south NuYawk thet is :=0
------------------ an' dat's da' truth ----------------
From: ARDUNDOUG@aol.com
Reply-To: ARDUNDOUG@aol.com
To: land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Armstrong shocks
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 11:54:47 EDT
In a message dated 4/27/2001 8:44:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
paul.blandavon@btinternet.com writes:
Doug, it depends on your definition of "american"threads the Morris
(minor) and Austin(mini) both used imperial threads but for the most part
there's virtually no differance, as you said they both produced pick-ups
both a Minor pick up and a Mini pick up, it's no wonder the british car
industry went down the pan, we got the austin mini pick up and you got all
those great ford,chevy and dodge pick ups. You're also right about the SU
carbs they have three settings, bad, very bad and really very bad!, one of
the first tuning steps on the Rover V8 engine is junk the twin SU's and fit
a Holley, it has to be said though that they were popular carbs in the 70's
for drag racing(until someone imported Holleys) including almost standard
fitment on blown fuel drag bikes!
> regards, Paul.
Paul,
My experiences with the SU's wern't as bad as had been rumored, but
they do take occasional tinkering to keep 2 out of the 3 RPM modes
reasonably happy. It's odd how their adjustment can deteriorate without
anyone touching them.
The Morris and Mini vehicles are great cars and a lot of fun to
drive, much like a Go-Kart with their size and rack & pinion steering. My
Van came from the factory equipped with a 948cc single carb 35hp engine and
4.56 differential gears. By the time I got it someone had installed a 1275cc
60+hp Midget-Sprite powerplant, ribcage tranny, and 4.20 gear in the rear
end. I changed the gear to 3.9, replaced the single 948carb with the correct
2-carb setup, converted the front brakes to disc, and overhauled just
everything in sight, making the little thing as much fun as my street rods
to drive...
..........................Ardun Doug King
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