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Bonneville Speed Record for Mk I Cooper S
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 9:26 pm
by Mini4Ever
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)
Who says that aerodynamics are important?
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
Re: Bonneville Speed Record for Mk I Cooper S
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 11:14 pm
by surfblue63
You might want to take a closer look at the cylinder head
Re: Bonneville Speed Record for Mk I Cooper S
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 11:27 pm
by contour51
Re: Bonneville Speed Record for Mk I Cooper S
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 11:49 pm
by KA2S4
Quote Mini4Ever "This 1964 Cooper S from NZ with 998cc engine"
It was a 970cc
Re: Bonneville Speed Record for Mk I Cooper S
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:44 am
by Austin Costin
A, 970 A+ no less
Re: Bonneville Speed Record for Mk I Cooper S
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:10 pm
by Mini4Ever
As far as I understood they swapped the 970 unit for a 998 unit, but I might be wrong.
Re: Bonneville Speed Record for Mk I Cooper S
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 12:13 am
by mab01uk
Re: Bonneville Speed Record for Mk I Cooper S
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:05 pm
by mk1
This has been well covered in the previous post.
Please see link posted by contour51