My Mini MIglia Race Car

[evotell]

My Mini Miglia Race Car.

Built in 1992 from new shell by world renowned Mini guru Pete Vickers and raced by Championship winner Bill Sollis in the Mini Miglia Series during the 90's. In 2000 the car was imported into Canada through the Mini Seven Club. Upon arrival into Canada it was developed for GT4/5 racing. The car was gone over front to back, top to bottom in 2006 and fitted with a fresh 1380cc engine full race motor.

This is a very serious car and blistering quick Mini that in the right hands is a giant beater. Car has done well in Canada and the U.S. Winning the Canadian GT4 Championship and Ultimate Mini Challenge in 2004 at Blackhawk.

Competition History
• Mini Miglia Championship Winning Car
• Western Canadian GT4 Championship 2004
• Ultimate Mini Challenge Winner 2004
• Under 2.0 liter Lap record holder at Stratotech Park

Performance Data
• Class: GT4/GTL
• Weight: 1325 lbs
• 0-60 4.1 seconds

Engine
• Austin 1380cc A+ block (Refreshed in 2011)
• 145 BHP @ 8000 RPM
• Slark Engineering race head
• All steel main caps
• MED Metro turbo crankshaft
• Arrow connecting rods
• Omega pistons
• Russell Engineering camshaft
• SRE valves
• Billet roller rockers & push rods
• Electromotive crankfire ignition
• KAD belt driven camshaft (New 2011)
• High torque starter

Transmission
• Jack Knight dog box
• KAD pinion bearing support housing (New 2011)
• Salisbury LSD
• 4.1 Mini Spares semi helical CWP (New 2011)
• One-to-one straight cut idler gears
• AP Paddle clutch with Arrow pressure plate
• Swiftune Ultralite flywheel
• Hardy Spicer axles
• Inside mounted short shifter
• Machined & lightened clutch casing

Body
• Built by Mini guru Peter Vickers
• Fully seem welded, lightened & strengthen shell
• Full welded In race spec roll cage
• Carbon fiber front end & trunk lid
• Lexan side & rear windows

Fuel System & Exhaust
• ATL 10 gallon alloy fuel Cell (2005)
• Facett red top fuel pump
• Maniflow 2.5 Inch exhaust with O2 sensor
• 45 DCOE Weber on Maniflow custom Inlet manifold
• Maniflow ceramic coated exhaust manifold

Interior
• Fully plumbed In fire system
• Blue Cobra Imola race seat
• 5 Point harness (New 2005)
• Elliot Tach & shift light
• Quick release Monty steering wheel
• On-floor switch gear & master switch
• Wiring socket for remote or slave starter

Oil/Water System
• Front mounted K. Series Rover radiator (New 2011)
• 13 Row competition oil cooler with aircraft spec hoses
• Belt driven water pump

Suspension/Brakes
• Fully on-car adjustable rose jointed suspension
• Fully adjustable front & rear sway bars
• Adjustable camber plates
• Spax Double adjustable front & single rear dampers (Factory Rebuild 2006)
• KAD 4 Pot alloy calipers with vented discs
• Rear Cooper S brakes with Mini Fins
• Lightened and strengthened front & rear sub-frames
• Adjustable brake bias

Wheels & Tires
• 10 Spectrum racing rims with slicks - wets

[FWDRacer]

Was this the car featured in the Bill Sollis "Building, Preparing and Racing Your Mini"?

[rww]

FWDRacer said:

Was this the car featured in the Bill Sollis "Building, Preparing and Racing Your Mini"?

Well it certainly look's like the car in the book BUT there are quite a few differences too - roll cage bars and bracings for instance.Perhaps in it's life in Canada changes have had to be made to meet national regs. Just to show that they all begin to look the same after a while I show a pic. of our 1380 on the rollers at Peter Baldwins.

http://thumbsnap.com/TokmWFEl

A couple of points I would make. A 4.1 Diff ratio appears a bit low for all but the most slow and twisty of circuits but possible the car has been used for sprints and hill climbs.
The rad looks very much like ours which is 1980's Metro. If the K series rad is the same and fits as well then can somebody let me know.
And finally I have plumbed the cylinder head heater outlet to the rad top hose but see that the Canadian car has it plumbed into the bottom hose. Any opinions on which way is correct as it has made me think that the latter is correct and I need to change it.

Best of luck Terry (Evotell) with the Min.

Edited by rww on Thursday 11th October 17:36

[FWDRacer]

Why would you plumb the head heater "hot" out into cooler rad feed? Top hose is the hottest part of any cooling system, you are effectively short cutting any opportunity for heat to be given off as coolant flows through the rest of the coolant system (swirl pot/hoses etc).

[DanGT]

Think about the flow!

[FWDRacer]

Hot water rises through the block and upwards through the head. No.4 cylinder will always run hottest due to being furthest from the pump. So unless you dry deck and force the water back across the head to a single top hose outlet, any plumbing of a heater end hot outlet into the bottom hose makes no sense, when the alternative is to plumb it to ensure you've got maximum potential to radiate heat through the swirl pot/hoses. Unless I am really missing something ?

[rww]

DanGT said:

Think about the flow!

The trouble is Dan you do not have to think about the flow unless you make major alterations to the cooling system, like fitting an electric water pump. I thought about it then, then forgot about it!

Anyway, I have downloaded Davies,Craig's installation instructions and all became clear(again). The EWP pumps water out of the bottom of the rad. into the block(where the original pump was). Water then flows through the block and head, exits the engine at the thermostat housing hose and flows into the top of the rad. where it is cooled.My cylinder head heater outlet hose feeds hot head water into the top hose to flow into the rad. and be cooled which I think(hope) Gareth is agreeing with.

As a complete aside I managed to damage the seals of my Craig,Davis EWP with petrol a couple of years ago. Not wishing to fork out on a new pump I rang them (Melbourne, Australia) to see if they could supply spares. Put through to Mr Davis who promised to put them in the post the same day, no charge.As good as his word, two sets arrived within the week and the pump worked perfectly.I was mighty impressed.

[kenny.R400]

Love it Tell, very much, and read the article in LF

We must have very similar tastes in cars, as languishing in my garage is.................





And




Although I cheated a bit with the Mini



Great minds.....although I think your Mini is a bit more historically important

[camelotr]

Respect.

Very good cars.