My first car was a mini cooper, It had a 1380 big valve motor in it geared up, 14-1 pistons, a radical race cam and a webber off a BMW the car was fast as hell used to kill 5.0 mustangs ect. too bad it was a 1000 mile motor, the thing just didn't last so i had to sell it and get a real car. Frank
> Mini Coopers are awesome - turbo or not. The hot set-up for a Mini > is with the Cooper S head and the "big" motor - 1275cc. Set up > correctly, the cars will smoke the front tires whilst shifiting > gears. Too bad that they rust on a humid day (just like every other > British car). > > --- Jason Neuman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Theres an Austin mini cooper around town here in Portland thats' > > fast as > > hell. I belive it had a turbo and a NOS kit, one night during some > > street > > drags a bunch of cars all went out to the industrial area and the > > Austin > > mini went up against a mid 80's vette. The Austin pretty much hung > > with the > > Vette down the whole strip. > > > > ===== > Matthew Yip > [email protected] > http://www.geocities.com/mgyip/ > > '87 GTi 16v - x2 > '88 M5 > '99 F350 > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with > 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ Too many Sprites (again) There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
