Super Jamie Posted June 27, 2004 Report Posted June 27, 2004 i got to drive my mate nick's little racecar yesterday, it's a 1962 mini with no interior, a race seat and steering wheel, stiff stiff suspension and a worked 1100cc engine (cam, compression, oversize pistons, cooper s brakes, straight exhaust, twin SUs, etc) all i can say is WOW where to start! so much different to any car i've driven before. the steering wheel is fairly flat, it feels like a bus! the pedals are so close together, it took some getting used to so i didnt hit the accelorator when braking. the seat is really far back, so you feel like the nose is heaps far in front of you (like an rx7) but the car is so small its just like turning in the ke25, tight. and it's so small it makes my corolla feel like a spacious family car! driving it was heaps of fun. it's not road registered so we were limited to an industrial estate street, just driving up and down doing 180 degree handbrakies with smoke pouring from the back tyres :) it's got some balls too, it chirps second even with good rubber on it (yoko a539), but doesn't have the same top end that my motor has. the cam is a cooper s grind, which i think is a 51-21 10-50 from what i can find. i might get one ground like that for matt's ke70 we've been talking about getting into the grafton hillclimbs again later in the year, me in my corolla and him in the mini. he's getting me my cams license for my birthday. if i wasn't excited about it before, i sure am now WHEEE ;) Quote
Nitephyre Posted June 28, 2004 Report Posted June 28, 2004 it's not road registered so we were limited to an industrial estate street o.O sounds fun though :) Quote
demuire Posted June 28, 2004 Report Posted June 28, 2004 Race cars are good fun aren't they? :) Quote
Super Jamie Posted June 28, 2004 Author Report Posted June 28, 2004 yes! ;) whee hillclimbs i can't stop thinking about it now, i'm so excited! i want like a number on my rear passenger window :) Quote
demuire Posted June 28, 2004 Report Posted June 28, 2004 My rear passenger window on Hal has number 12 on it at the moment :) *edit* And there was Jamie "oooh the only kind of racing I like is drag, everything else is boring" ;) Glad someone managed to knock some sense into you :) You really have to come out to a khanacross sometime, it is amazingly fun!!! Quote
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