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[AndrewK]

Hi, today I was driving home from Minifest at Brandshatch, once I had gotten onto the motorway I got up to speed at about 3000 RPM, around 65 mph, and yet other classic minis were just flying past me, I was just wondering what everybody else does in the motorway in classic minis.

 

My mini has a 998cc engine.

Edited by AndrewK, 17 July 2016 - 08:14 PM.

[scrumpix]

70mph

[mini_man_dan]

Have you checked your speedometer against a what speed a satnav says, could be that it is out and you may be doing 55-60 instead of 65?

Each person and their car is different, I do 60mph when with slower minis and 70 when I'm by myself, but I have 1380cc so doesn't quite compare. I sit at 4k revs for hours on motorways and have had no problem.

[Fast Ivan]

70 ish
Your speedo may well be inaccurate

[AndrewK]

Have you checked your speedometer against a what speed a satnav says, could be that it is out and you may be doing 55-60 instead of 65?

Each person and their car is different, I do 60mph when with slower minis and 70 when I'm by myself, but I have 1380cc so doesn't quite compare. I sit at 4k revs for hours on motorways and have had no problem.

 

I will check my speedo next time I travel, but is sitting at 4k ok in a 998cc engine? And isn't it really noisy?

[Dusky]

a 100 all day long! ( km/h he he he) 

[Stevie W]

I find 60-65mph is enough for long periods on a motorway....any faster and my ears bleed!!!!

[Mito]

Only 4000rpm at 70? Mines more like 4500/5000 at 70 and is a 998.

Usually keep to around 60 as it just seems happier!

[Fast Ivan]

Fit a longer final drive

[mab01uk]

 

Have you checked your speedometer against a what speed a satnav says, could be that it is out and you may be doing 55-60 instead of 65?

Each person and their car is different, I do 60mph when with slower minis and 70 when I'm by myself, but I have 1380cc so doesn't quite compare. I sit at 4k revs for hours on motorways and have had no problem.

 

I will check my speedo next time I travel, but is sitting at 4k ok in a 998cc engine? And isn't it really noisy?

 

 

You have to remember the original Mini was designed in the late 1950's when drivers were more tolerant of noise and high revs when cruising at higher speeds and motorways were few and far between.

If you have been brought up in the era of modern cars with 5 or 6 gears and low revs and noise levels when cruising on motorways then driving classic Mini's can come as a bit of a shock......

Edited by mab01uk, 17 July 2016 - 11:02 PM.

[Spider]

 

I will check my speedo next time I travel, but is sitting at 4k ok in a 998cc engine? And isn't it really noisy?

 

 

When we go away, we all sit (when on the blacktop) on 100 to 110 kph (60 - 70 mph). With the Final Drives we have, the engines are doing around 4000 rpm. Our trips aren't short, typically 5000 to 10000 km (3500 to 7000 miles). They really are happy doing these sorts of revs.

 

In regards to the noise, while I can hear the engine, it's more road and wind noise I hear.

 

Oh and AC / DC cranked up

[Gerbil367]

70 on the M5 yesterday - apart from when encountering all the morons sitting in the middle lane doing 65 in their modern cars, then I had to up the speed up with favourable winds and down hill slope to pass easily (haha kidding) from inside lane to middle to outer and then back again, just why????  Where is the middle lane hog fines when you need them?

[JBW]

70 on the M5 yesterday - apart from when encountering all the morons sitting in the middle lane doing 65 in their modern cars, then I had to up the speed up with favourable winds and down hill slope to pass easily (haha kidding) from inside lane to middle to outer and then back again, just why????  Where is the middle lane hog fines when you need them?

 

Middle lane hogger's really annoy me as well on motorways, we also suffer round here with people who sit in the outside lane on dual carriageways doing 50 MPH, ready to turn right at the next roundabout in a mile or two, with no other traffic around. I used to sit waiting for them to pull over, these days I just undertake, which I know is illegal, but they never pull over

 

They make all these new laws, but police numbers are falling & the population increasing

[twobone]

With a 95' injected 1.3 what are the rpm at 70mph?

[konrod]

My son and I took our Mini 35 to Le Mans Classic this year with an eclectic bunch of cars, and whilst it didn't keep up with the V8s, it was in the mix with everyone else.  On the motorway it was happy doing an indicated 75 at 3500 rpm - fairly sure the speedo is close judging by the comparative speed to the rest of the traffic, and the other cars we were with .  It's a 998 with stage 1 and ported. Only problem is using oil at the rate of half a litre per 250 miles, no leaks so assume it's rings or valves.