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[RacingGreen]

sorry, a bit off the current topic of the minus, but i just wondered how much insurance on a bike engined mini is different to the insurance of a mini (A series engine)?

Thanks

[Ade]

wow .. not read that before ... goood info that
and bike sounding real sweet... real quick respone to ya throttle it sounds !!
the acceloration is gonna be unbeliveable !

anyhows i will have to get the tape mesure out .. that will be the defo way to get the figure..
i was under the impression that it was only 3" from the body section ... that has been shortened, of course .. with its styling u can have the body lower anyhows.. so thus will be overall shorter ...

i will have to get it side by side with my real mini to get a comparison picture .. but belive me it aint 6" !! ... it is a MARKED dif thou
one way u can instantly see is were the fuel filer neck is .. which is ABOVE the normal line around the car .. were its normally below it ..

i gonna set up some kinda Minus info site 'soon' !
with all the 'kown' minus's that are known of ..
we are at about 14 unique minus's so far .. wich aint alot
look back about 5 pages u can see the thread that was started to track um down ... there were 250 to 500 made, but no real figure to be sure of...

Mick ...

The impression I got was if you were to sit both bodyshells on the floor the Minus would be 6" lower but hey I can only go by what I read. It's the only bit of black and white info I've ever seen about them! :grin:

And the insurance quote for mine is £335!! Fully comp 5000miles ltd mileage. So not too bad! (basically insured as a kit car but they know what it is!)

[RacingGreen]

thanks for that ade, i just wondered because i was thinking about saving my pennies for a Z-Cars kit, but as im only 18 i wanted to know if it would be worthwhile with the price that i would have to pay for the insurance.

[Ade]

I gotta say I wouldn't like to imagine how much they'd charge you for the same thing!!! I'm a young 29....... :tongue:

[RacingGreen]

yeah, thats exactly what i thought, may have to give it a miss for a couple of years and just put a bigger engine in the one i've got.

Thanks for the info anyway :grin:

[mini_sam]

i just realised it...i bet you all didnt realise where Ade got the idea for the colour from!!

well, i will tell you something about this colour, i is based on the interior of a Mint Aero! :tongue:

and he has cadbury purple on his cage........there seems to becoming quite a link here dont you all think? :grin:

[Bungle]

and thats why he got so big eating all that chocolate

[mini_sam]

well you have to sacrifice certain things to get the look you are after! :grin:

[Ade]

Strangley I don't actually eat much chocolate at all! Makes me feel a bit ill. Much prefer a big chunk of fillet steak!!!

[The Matt]

Good lad! I am more of a rump person meself! :erm:

[markrally]

and thats why he got so big eating all that chocolate

Oh well good job the minus is made of fibreglass
There will be a battle of the Bike engined minis soon should be fun???
In fact we could start up a club/ section just for bike powered minis??

Mark :wales:

[Ade]

I'm not sure there's quite enough of us yet for that..... but we're getting there :grin:

I gotta say I can't wait for it to be finished so I can start finding out things like what it weighs how it handles etc etc :fear:

Plus the old arguement about how it'll compare to Pete's pickup..... :nugget:

Weight - We both think mine will be lighter but will be intrigued by how much..... Although mine is fibreglass and small his doesn't have all the roof and stuff of a normal mini.....

Straight line speed - again I think this'll come down to weight...... will have to get someone else driving mine..... :nugget:

Handling - This is very subjective.... his has a longer wheelbase so should be a bit more stable through the faster corners but then mine should have a lower centre of gravity and be a bit lighter?!? So it's anyones guess really!! :grin:

Anyhoo neither of us are that bothered as they'll be a whole bunch of fun anyway! :cool:

[Bungle]

Straight line speed - again I think this'll come down to weight...... will have to get someone else driving mine..... :nugget:

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[Bungle]

Straight line speed - again I think this'll come down to weight...... will have to get someone else driving mine..... :nugget:

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[Jammy]

Can you think of anyone lighter to drive your minus than me?!