Avon 08 rules - here goes nothing
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Actuall that's another thing (touched on by John earlier), GRP shelld cars are not actually minis so should not be elligable.

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph

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yeah blody right alex , i always drive mine ...and was i think the only tm at coombe driven there !!!lol

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

i always drive to Avon and have done for the last 10 years (and suprisingly always driven home)

but if i had a tow car and a trailer would i tow it? Probably!

i also drove the mini to LeMans to watch the 24hr race, i think that makes mine a proper road car.

All good points and for sure a gentle amble out on Sat night would be fun!

personally I live too far from Avon to make it viable to drive the car there with the family - hence trialered, now when I lived in Wiltshire I did drive it there and there was only MrsK and me and a tent to worry about - circumstances change.

If Carling made Mini engines
it would probably be like this one!

I may have a biased opinion when it comes to 16V heads but as far as im concerned it is still an A series and as of yet has proven no more of an advantage over the 5 port with regards to 1/4 times as Nic has shown.

If the "rules" state steel shell then nearly everyone on here would be ruled out of class D because 50% of the car is either fibreglass or carbon!

My point is that im running a completely steel shell with a 16V A series, have I got any advantage over someone with a mini that is half carbon with a 5 port head?

IMO everyone has taken their own route to get where they are whether it be reducing weight by replacing bodywork with lighter copies or fiiting "aftermarket" head.

One thing for sure is I know if I was next to Nics car on the 1/4 mile I would be embarised at the end!

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1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

Sorry nic - couldnt remember who's trailer it was

I'm not a front-runner, and never will be, so I can't say i'm too bothered about who is in class D.

What annoys me more is when the idiot dragsters and motorbikes get let through the huge avon queue and hold the minis up.

good point AlexB, why can't the wild bunch que like everyone else? they take loads of time to set up and take there run, and for what they are, and what they run, i think there a waste of time.

i think is good to have V8's and hot hatch's there to compare your times against, but they should all que!

has anyone asked the management at avon why this grossly unfair travesty of a queing system happens ?

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

I was told that the wild bunch supply the marshals, enabling the event to take place.

But thinking about it, are they there at every RWYB?

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the wild bunch and the owners/management at Avon are all linked together, i think you'll find there all one big happy family and we are the outsiders

As a spectator, I enjoy the break from the monotony of minis when the Wild Bunch have a go.

But as a regular Pod goer in the 70s, my roots are more V8 than mini.

Edited by Paul S on 7th Feb, 2008.

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Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

i wonder if it would be cheaper to rent upper heyford and some timing equipment for the same cost as we all pay for avon ?

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

my car has had MOT in the past, so will easily pass again. I always have valid insurance, and hopefully I'll buy tax next year.

Please can you advice where I can hide my Nos bottle??

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1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

Jim

old trick, seam weld the cage and fit a valve to it, then fill cage with NOS

A Smokey Yunick special!

Does it have to be NOS, or will any brand of nitrous oxide work?

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

Well all being well, I'll be driving there, racing and then driving back, just like at Mini's VS Beetles and MITP. I refuse to turn my Mini into a trailer queen even though its my weekend toy. I just enjoy driving the thing too much.

What spec I'll be running still remains to be seen!

Theres no one there, but it is sunny

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Edited by Sprocket on 7th Feb, 2008.

it drive there every year, don't know what all the fuss is about,

i,m hardly going to walk now am i,

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I drove to the first ever Mini event at Santa Pod in 94....

How the hell I suffered that car for about 12-1300 miles in that 3-4 days I was away, I have no idea !!!!!!
Just as well it didnt break !!!! I dot think that notion even came into my head back then.

I love driving to and from events, but TBH, I dont think I could ever do it again in a Mini ! ( Basic trip straight there and back is about 750miles )

9.85 @ 145mph
202mph standing mile
speed didn't kill me, but taxation probably will