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[Syed Malaysia]

Hi

Just a quickie...

How fast is your mini's max speed? I did 100mph indicated recently and the rpm was smack at 5200rpm. I know the rpm is far more accurate than the minis' speedo...

Using guesswork's little program, with all the parameters entered i.e. 165/60/12 tyres and 3.105 final drive, I get 96mph at 5000rpm and 104mph at 5500rpm. So i guess mine is pretty much a genuine 100mph mini

Cheers

Syed

Edited by Syed Malaysia, 19 January 2008 - 03:14 AM.

[Pie]

70mph like the law states, unless your on private land. i did get 106 out of my lil 998 on 12's when it was running, and that was on the autobahn, which was then unrestricted, parts of it are not anymore, and by 2010 it will all be restricted.

[mighty_mini]

120-odd when it was A-series in germini... and with the k... mmm... not tellin'

[mini_turbo_pete]

on a private test track 130mph (i bottled out taking it any further) and on the rolling road over 140mph it's running a 2.7 final drive which gives 22mph per 1000 RPM

[minili]

Is this up hill or down hill?

[RetroRacer21]

get 90mph now my mini is running better.

running on 12inch 165's, 998cc

dunno what it would be on my split rims, dam I miss them. have to get my arches cut

[Ouster]

Quoted as 85 in the sale literature.
Gone a tick over the max reading (90) the other day on a nice stretch of long, empty road (don't get that much!).

Edited by Ouster, 19 January 2008 - 10:03 AM.

[TJenkos]

Seen 95 clockspeed ages ago when it was running OK, now it does about 74

Once I get my motorbike though, bring on 165 !

Edited by TJenkos, 19 January 2008 - 10:09 AM.

[t@z]

did i hear yesterday the police were taking actions and prosecuting people who admitted speeding on forums?

[RetroRacer21]

did i hear yesterday the police were taking actions and prosecuting people who admitted speeding on forums?

good one
but yea... I can see that working well, oh wait... I did 180mph aswell in the mini

[t@z]

did i hear yesterday the police were taking actions and prosecuting people who admitted speeding on forums?

good one
but yea... I can see that working well, oh wait... I did 180mph aswell in the mini

some guy on a lotus forum (i think) has already been booked ages ago for boasting about how fast his car went and well why i'm not sure if it only relates to images i'm just throwing it in the air as something to consider before you post thats all.

t

Edited by t@z, 19 January 2008 - 10:31 AM.

[The Matt]

did i hear yesterday the police were taking actions and prosecuting people who admitted speeding on forums?

good one
but yea... I can see that working well, oh wait... I did 180mph aswell in the mini

some guy on a lotus forum (i think) has already been booked ages ago for boasting about how fast his car went and well why i'm not sure if it only relates to images i'm just throwing it in the air as something to consider before you post thats all.

t

Yup, you're right. They tracked him through a forum, but it was after he'd posted a video of himself driving his Exige at 150mph or something stupid.

As for tracking people down etc. yup, that's possible too. The site software keeps track of IP addresses and it's possible (I think) to track down the person through their IP address. Then again, it'd be even easier on this site as most people (myself included) post up piccies of their cars with number plates showing. Some minis are also that unique that they'd be impossible NOT to track down!

Anyway, in my old 998 cabby, indicated 105, roof flapping about, scarey as hell!

There are loads of posts about this on here, there is a search function that you could use to find a similar topic and have a look at what other people have posted.

[Bevan]

I done 105mph before my mini was screaming at me, and on the rolling road its done 115mph (aparently)

[Bean]

Do they measure top speed on a power-run on a rolling road?

If so, I'll tell you next week!

[Bevan]

The rolling road I went to had 2 big clocks on the wall, one measuring BHP and torque, and the other one doing mph and km/h