LEYLAND MINI 1000 1976 R1

R1 Engined Front wheel drive mini

Built from a bare shell between 2009 and 2014.

It really was built with the end in mind which was as light as possible with reliable high power engine but looking as normal as possible to a standard Mini. I have included as much information as possible.

Handling and adjustability on the limit has been a priority on the set up of this car.

Sadly I have to decided to move it on after buying it 5 years ago, I had intended to sprint , hillclimb and track it but my work commitments just doesn’t allow enough use.

Performance:

320bhp per ton

476 kg. Corner weight set up recently completed.

152bhp

0-60 mph 4.7 seconds

¼ mile 12.8 at 107mph

GPS verified - 124mph

Powertrain

Pro-motive R1 conversion kit.

Over 140 kits sold worldwide with full

aftersales support and spares from Darren and Phil.

2003 Yamaha R1 engine 152 crank. 125 wheel horsepower at 10,800rpm

Mapped Power commander V ECU PDQ on 98RON

Engine is on 18,500 miles.

I have the M.O.T, service history and original

clocks from the bike.

Barnett spring clutch kit

6 Speed sequential gearbox

Mechanical reverse gearbox (cable supplied but not connected)

Hydraulic Handbrake

Tran-x 3.47 LSD. Just rebuilt with new input shaft bearings and pinion/ring.

Hardy spicer Cooper S outputs

Aluminum drive flanges

Aluminum sump baffle plate

13 row oil cooler

Twin aluminium coolant radiators (front and side mount). Rock solid temps on hot track days.

Stant high pressure rad cap

Custom superlight stainless exhaust with

aluminium rear silencer 95db at 3/4 revs

Scotoiler top spec E system. This is electric pump driven not vacuum pump so it is reliable and controllable from lcd display on the dash.

Front

Titanium top arms

Bottom race adjustable arms

Tower spacer bump steer kit

Balljoints spacers

Front yellow race cones

Koni one way historic dampers

Hi los

Rear

Force Racing titanium rear beam (2.9kg)

Specialist components billet Aluminum rear

radius arms

KAD rear disc conversion & billet aluminium

hubs

AVO Miglia spec aluminium coilovers

Body

Mk4 1976, tax exempt,

Soda blasted back to bare metal

Rear seat firewall removed

Dry stored since completed in 2014.

Full multi-point triangulated seamless steel roll

cage. Welded to a, b, c pillar, roof gutter, lower

window lines, floor panels, firewall and through

to subframe pick-up points. Painted Glacier

white throughout (shell originally black).

Carbon fibre roof

Carbon fibre front end and bonnet

Carbon fibre boot floor

Carbon fibre boot lid

Carbon fibre doors

Carbon fibre door cards and door release levers

Carbon fibre boot light

Carbon fibre rear valance

Carbon fibre EVO 2 ASAD dashboard

Aluminum door hinges

3D printed boot hinges and door handles supplied. Chrome are fitted.

Plastics 4 performance tinted polycarbonate

windows (slider on driver side)

New windscreen.

Bilge fan wired into switch on dash for ventilation on those hot days.

Wide motorsport rear view mirror

Sparco 330mm wheel and Life-line quick release boss

New fuel tank (20l) and swirl pot with facet lp fuel pump. This eliminates any risk of fuel starvation. Has a visual fuel level indicator.

Aluminum rear aero underfloor tray

Seat rails and eyelets Welded in for 2 bucket

seats.

2 x Tillett B6 Screamer FIA approved seats installed with tillett side runners fitted. These have sabelt harnesses installed.

These are well over £2k worth with the side runners.

Brakes

KAD rear discs and billet caliper

KAD billet 4 pot front brakes

Carbon Metallic race pads

In car adjustable brake bias.

Braided lines throughout

Hydraulic Handbrake fitted with lock off.

Electrical

R1 clocks with all correctly functioning display

(indicator, lights, speedo etc)

All gauges are illuminated

Full functioning lights etc (road legal)

Programmable shift light

Acumen sequential gear indicator

Speedo healer (GPS speed on display)

Custom aerospace grade loom with central

fuse box

Racetech oil pressure gauge

Racetech oil temperature gauge

Racetech coolant temp gauge

Racetech fuel gauge (not connected)

12V cut off switch

Coolant fan switch

USB port

V8 TVR spec High flow fuel pump and hi flow filter. New spares supplied.

Wheels and tyres

MB racing 10×5" 3 piece split rims

Yperion Titanium bespoke wheel nuts. Crazy

light to further reduce unsprung mass (£308)

AVON CR6ZZ 165/70r10 Moulded road legal

slicks (£250plus each). Simply the best non slick tyre you can buy.

Exacton 10x5" alloys x 4

Yokohama A032R 165/70r10 Road legal cut

Slick

Set of correct wheelnuts to suit

I have various sprockets so gearing can be

adjusted from 90mph MAX to theoretical

135mph. I have a gearing calculator which I

will give to the new buyer on a USB stick. The

gearing can be changed in 5 minutes with a

13mm spanner.

I have the build sheet for the car and you could easily work out the cost to replicate and I could split it for parts and comfortably make the list price I am asking, and then some, but I really would rather not do that. I would much rather it stay complete and someone else enjoy it.

Take it to your local track day and get some attention!

Although has lights indicators, wipers, skooshers and horn, so road legal spec, the mini is very stiff, loud and low to the ground running proper camber and caster so I highly recommend taking the car away on a trailer. It’s a handful on the road.

It’s had a couple of different sets of arches on it so some marks around wings but it’s a brilliant looking machine designed around performance rather than posing.

I have hundreds of pics and love this car so can talk all day about it, but please only contact me if you are genuinely interested.

I do have a BJ club twin axle trailer for sale which has had a service and new brake cables and four new wheels and tyres and tows beautifully (first option to mini buyer at £1500)