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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) :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 ;)

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
Mini4Ever wrote: And without any BMW help - well, they don't know anything about Mini's anyway ;)
16 valve BMW K1100 head :lol:

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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