22 replies to this topic

[alsy]

Any ideas how quick a standard mini can get to 60 mph? I think the time will be amusing

[mini danny]

Any ideas how quick a standard mini can get to 60 mph? I think the time will be amusing

i think stnadard 998 was something like 17 sec haha lol

[Burnard]

Any ideas how quick a standard mini can get to 60 mph? I think the time will be amusing

i think stnadard 998 was something like 17 sec haha lol

If you carry all the tools you need to get you there, more like 20

[richardsoniscool]

Not that bad from a car and engine designed in te 50's....

check out old beetle its like 43secs or something

[.998TANGO.]

mine used to be in mid 14's but now is in the high 16's .needs a good tune up. has a stage 1 kit though.

[xBR4DLEY]

Its rather amazing how the 850 was around 30 seconds to 60 and then by boring it out such a little bit , pretty much halved the 0-60

[Racer_Pete]

My 998 is just under 10secs and thats with a fat passenger!

[richardsoniscool]

Its rather amazing how the 850 was around 30 seconds to 60 and then by boring it out such a little bit , pretty much halved the 0-60

22 sec actually

850's are better than 998's its a fact

[Cooperman]

The 34 bhp Mini 850 was 25 - 27 secs
A race-tuned and race-winning 850 from 1962 was tested at 16 secs (John Aley's car)
The original Cooper 998 with 55 bhp and a 3.76 final drive was 15.5 to 16 secs
The Mk 1 and Mk 2 Cooper 'S' 1275 was 10.5 - 11 secs with 3.44 final drive
The standard 998 Mini with 38 bhp was 19 - 20 secs
The Alpine rally-winning Cooper 'S' from 1967 was road-tested at 9 secs. That had c.105 bhp and a 4.1 final drive.

[richardsoniscool]

ahh yes i remember now 22 secs is a bit quick, i do intend to make an 850ish with about 85-90hp this year (forced induction)

[Joshmini]

my 0-60


never..........

[Cooperman]

ahh yes i remember now 22 secs is a bit quick, i do intend to make an 850ish with about 85-90hp this year (forced induction)

You'll be hard pressed to get 85 - 90 bhp from any 850. Even a supercharged one is unlikely to get to more than about 65-ish and that is at a high boost pressure.
One of the problems with an 850 is the lack of a suitable crank as the competition ones are NLA and very hard to find. I guess pistons could be an issue too. The 998 is a much stronger engine to work with and can be bored out to around 1061 cc without any problems and good pistons are available too.

[captainjack15]

What's it's terminal velocity

[The Reverand]

My old Fiesta used to do 0-60 in 3 weeks hehe

Thank god I got shot of it.

Edited by The Reverand, 14 March 2010 - 06:55 PM.

[alicetheauto]

My old 998 auto had a book 0-60 of n/a. I managed to get it to 65 once, downhill with a tailwind!