anyone had their mini on a weigh brdige etc?
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608kg
thats a early mk1 shell, alloy doors, grp bonnet and boot, small 4.5x10 wheels, alloy tank, diolen seat, minimum s/d cage, alloy radius arms, alloy calipers, perspex and normal front and rear frames.
i could probably get another 5kg off by chopping the rear bins and seat overhang out but doubt its worth spoiling a period looking car.
its good going to get a decent mini into the 550 or less catagory, you would need a flappy front end and some serious metal loss.
thats a early mk1 shell, alloy doors, grp bonnet and boot, small 4.5x10 wheels, alloy tank, diolen seat, minimum s/d cage, alloy radius arms, alloy calipers, perspex and normal front and rear frames.
i could probably get another 5kg off by chopping the rear bins and seat overhang out but doubt its worth spoiling a period looking car.
its good going to get a decent mini into the 550 or less catagory, you would need a flappy front end and some serious metal loss.
1964 Historic rally car, Cooper 'S', full rally spec with cage, two spare wheels, sump guard, lights, instrumentation, perspex windows, etc, weighed in at 718 kg with about 5 gallons of fuel on board.
Two similar cars at the same 'rally car test day' weighed in at 715 and 722 kg respectively. A genuine ex-works car, with no current safety equipment, alloy boot and bonnet and the original small lightweight low-back seats was c.690 kg.
Two similar cars at the same 'rally car test day' weighed in at 715 and 722 kg respectively. A genuine ex-works car, with no current safety equipment, alloy boot and bonnet and the original small lightweight low-back seats was c.690 kg.
630kg but that was with 30kgs of ballast: full tank, a toolbox and a webber carb n the boot. Another 10kgs in the form of a passenger seat. 1990 cooper, roll cage, perspex windows, stripped interior including scraping off 15kgs of sound proofing, standard rear subframe, no servo, grp bonnet.
Mates hillclimber (not road legal) was 560kg with grp flip front, no rear subframe, no alternator, lightweight battery.
Mates hillclimber (not road legal) was 560kg with grp flip front, no rear subframe, no alternator, lightweight battery.
I'm bang on the Mini7 630kgs (Class limit) with me seated - 15kg ballast and 10 litres of fuel left.
Car is all steel (inc flip front), full multipoint weld on cage with conventional subframes (class regs but lightened). Standard radius arms (class regs), 5x10" rims and coopers S calipers (class regs again).
Rear door pockets, seat pan and all extraneous brkts and headliner mounting lip removed. Door inners removed and door cards fitted. Lightweight Varley red top battery, MSA spec 4mm perspex all round and a l/weight glass screen.
This is pretty straightforward easy to achieve. I'm 11 stone which helps...
Lay off those pies...
Car is all steel (inc flip front), full multipoint weld on cage with conventional subframes (class regs but lightened). Standard radius arms (class regs), 5x10" rims and coopers S calipers (class regs again).
Rear door pockets, seat pan and all extraneous brkts and headliner mounting lip removed. Door inners removed and door cards fitted. Lightweight Varley red top battery, MSA spec 4mm perspex all round and a l/weight glass screen.
This is pretty straightforward easy to achieve. I'm 11 stone which helps...
Lay off those pies...
Edited by FWDRacer on Monday 10th March 10:45
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