That dosnt count mike and stop trying to hijack the thread. Have you got a 1/4 mile time for that baby yet? Ant i would so love to see a youtube video.

Wenrt you going to toy with a twin trbo version. And you do know the new Skyline GTR has a simmilar variant of that engine, it was out of a 300zx no?

 

People are like slinkeys; they dont really serve a purpose but you cant help laughing when one falls down the stairs.

Here's some Mini muscle with functionality, great sound, some vision, and yes a little rice drivetrain...

 

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Prez, Mini Owners of America, Los Angeles

When I was young, there was a newspaper in town called the Sentinal. It was delivered to your home in a plastic box beneath your mailbox. A kid in an old Honda Civic bolted the plastic box to his hood. Now THAT made a statement.

Mark Looman, Ada Michigan 1967 Austin Cooper S

I think it would look great. But it will look even better with a huge exhaust pipe (not the whole thing, just the last 6") and one of those spoilers mounted on the back that goes WAYYYY up in the air.

The girls will swoon.

Norm "sarcasm" Kerr

Actually, honestly, when I was in college I really wanted to mount one of those shaker hood scoops on my Opal Manta's carburetor. Wisely, I never did it, but still I thought it seemed like a pretty cool idea. If you mount this to your mini's engine, I would suggest to attach it right to the top of the rocker cover so it sticks up in the middle of the bonnet, and hook up a little cable to the real throttle so that the butterflies open when you blip the throttle. I wouldn't bother trying to hook it up to the actual carb intake (no point really).

Have fun, and post a picture if you ever do it.

I say keepm it classic, go ralley car look. big flares,spots, mini lights and a big white circle on the door. classic and cool. timeless.

how many project cars is enough?

I'm all for the muscular look, but you gotta have the power to back it up. don't let your alligator mouth get your canary butt in trouble!

Mark Looman, Ada Michigan 1967 Austin Cooper S

So you are just thinking about the bug catcher sticking out not the v8?

People are like slinkeys; they dont really serve a purpose but you cant help laughing when one falls down the stairs.

to'shay good sir..  I see where you are coming from.

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To most of us the chrome "S" on the bonnet above the Austin or Morris Cooper badge says it all, just like Shelby or Saleen on a Mustang.  You could probably get the same response from most of us by hanging fuzzy dice from the rear view mirror as to the "scoop".  It would probably give you the same hp increase and be cheaper and easier to remove.

I don't think you know what rice is.  Rice is sound and vision over functionality.

What would you use to cover the weber? An air cleaner.

The pic is an air cleaner, it is called a hypercharger.  It has vacuum activated inlets that tunnel more air over the filter at speed. Those big Weber's need to breath.

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A downdraft Weber sticking out of the bonnet is about as close as you will sensibly get without looking like a riceboy wannabe.

Metric is for people who can't do fractions.

I am lookning for some new ways to bring a little Muscle into the look of my mini. 

I was kinking of geting some thing like this and poking it out of the hood.

This goes an a Harly, it goes right over the Carb,

I would mount this to the carb on my mini and in the end it would look some thing like this just smaller.

What do you think?

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