Bonneville Speed Record for Mk I Cooper S

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Bonneville Speed Record for Mk I Cooper S

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Seen on another forum and certainly worthwhile mentioning here. This 1964 Cooper S from NZ with 998cc engine (twin overhead cam and turbo charged) broke the speed record for vehicles up to 1000cc at Bonnevillewith an average speed of 251kph (156mph) :shock: Who says that aerodynamics are important? :lol:

http://www.motoringfile.com/2012/08/17/ ... onneville/

https://www.facebook.com/ProjectSixtyFour

And without any BMW help - well, they don't know anything about Mini's anyway ;)
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You might want to take a closer look at the cylinder head ;)
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Quote Mini4Ever "This 1964 Cooper S from NZ with 998cc engine"

It was a 970cc ;)
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A, 970 A+ no less :?
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As far as I understood they swapped the 970 unit for a 998 unit, but I might be wrong.
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Mini4Ever wrote: And without any BMW help - well, they don't know anything about Mini's anyway ;)
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Re: Bonneville Speed Record for Mk I Cooper S

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This has been well covered in the previous post.

Please see link posted by contour51
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