Beschreibung
1962 Mk1 Austin Mini 1293 Turbo
For sale is my Cooper S replica, 1293 turbo powered mini. The necessity to buy a house is forcing me to sell.
It is very beige, with a black roof. The shell is solid with no rot, and is equally as beige underneath as it is on top. It has a 2 piece fibreglass front. The interior is very spartan, with a welded in 6 point cage and 2 fibreglass bucket seats with harnesses, no heater or stereo, you wouldn't hear it anyway. Please note, it is not a show car and has been used, and has built up a patina. It has also been reshelled at some point before my ownership.
It is a very quick car, has been built for 200ish bhp and it will bite you if your not careful. Full spec is as follows
1275 A+ block, acid dipped
Overbored +20 thou to give 1293cc
Centre main strap
Omega 18cc forged pistons with floating pins
Maxpeeding H Beam steel rods
Arp rod bolts
Arp Head studs
Avonbar Racing phase 2 billet cross drilled cam
12g817 tuftrided crank
Dowel adjustable belt drive
Dry decked head
Metro Turbo oil pump
The cylinder head is from a Mpi, has been ported and has 36. 5mm inlet valves and 30mm exhaust valves with bronze guides, and 1. 5:1 roller tipped rockers
The gearbox is standard ratio with a straight cut gearset and drop gears, Quaife ATB lsd, 3. 1 final drive and has a central oil pickup. Drop gears are 1:1 with roller bearing idler.
Ultralite steel flywheel
Ap racing clutch with double 'grey' diaphragm
Hybrid Gt2056 turbo, forge actuator and forge diaphragm valve
Big front mount intercooler
Custom stainless exhaust with outward rolled tip
Megajolt mappable ignition
Metro Turbo carb with float chamber extention
6 point weld in cage
2 fibreglass bucket seats with 4 point cobra harnesses
Moto lita leather wheel
Mk3 steering column
Hi-lo dry suspension
Spax adjustable shocks
Mondosport anti bumpsteer kit
Bottom ball joint extenders
Specialist components d4's in 6x10
Yokohama A032r semi slicks
KAD 7. 9" solid discs and 4 pots (nearly new) with mintex m1144 pads
Minifin drums
KAD short throw shifter with black ball.
In my time owning this thing, I have fitted the brakes, wheels, shifter, had wiring sorted, had the geometry and corner weighting done as it was too low and the exhaust was catching a bit, and the power delivery was extremely violent with the setup it had. It is now sitting slightly higher, and has been set up so the torque steer isn't as bad. I have boxes of parts and spares that have either been replaced or havent been fitted yet.
I have used timken wheel bearings, ran it on valvoline VR1 20w50 and used 99 octane fuel. It has done about 400 miles since last being serviced when it got the brakes, front bearings and new ball joints fitted along with new driveshaft boots.
To summarise, it is loud and fast, and turns heads old and young, you can cruise about in it happily or surprise newer cars at the lights. I have loads of reciepts for parts I have bought for it, and the certificate for the diff. It is also MOT and tax exempt.
£11500 ono
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