Meet Hunter!
This 1979 Mini 1275 GT has been fully rebuilt . Fast, clean, retro and a little obnoxious!
This mini was tuned on a rolling road recently and produced 100 bhp and 90 ibs/ft with plenty left in it, with both seats fitted and fuel in the tank it weighs 544 kg, the cross corner weights are within 0.25%!
I won the car in a raffle , I bought two tickets for about £20 in total .
Since having the car I've stripped out the seats and replaced them with new ones for FIA and size reasons . I’ve also toed the wheels in slightly, to allow for a more friendly road use.
I'm slowly adding more and more to the car, I’ve colour matched all the engine bay from red hoses fitted, a oil catch can, changed the rocker cover for a high lift red one to match, fitted rally lights and wired them in, put aluminium plating in the arches to stop stones in the the engine bay, put rally platting in the passenger seat footwell and been tinkering to be honest .
The car when I received it was in a full nut and bolt restoration condition so I haven't thankfully had much to do.
First time I ever entered a car competition and won with two tickets, I was stunned!
It now lives in my summer house which is a nightmare to get in and out , but I put the heating on for it and have a fan constantly blowing over it ( the electric bill is not good! ) but it's worth it .
I plan to take it out as much as I can and show it as well as taking it on track now and again but use it and get enjoyment from it.
I’ve owned it since Feb this year , so plenty more to do engine wise, and ideas, meets and shows
Specification
Engine:
Benross performance engineering built 1275cc +40 (1310cc), ported head, 35.7mm inlet and 29.5mm exhaust valves, 1.5 alloy roller rockers, alloy rocker cover, AE pistons, peened and balanced rods, ARP rod, main and head fixings, lightened knife edged and back drilled crankshaft, lightened billet flywheel, orange clutch cover, straight cut drops, straight cut close ratio gearset, semi-straight cut crownwheel and pinion, 4.1 ratio, plate LSD, long alloy inlet manifold, Weber DCOE 40, Mangoletsi twin cable DCOE linkage, K&N deep filter, Filter king filter and regulator with glycerine filled fuel pressure gauge ceramic coated manifold LCB manifold, silicone coated centre pipe, silicone coated repackable silencer, polybushed alloy RH top engine steady, custom alloy LH top engine steady, LH & RH gearbox steadies, braided oil filter return, front mounted full width radiator, 10" electric radiator fan, alloy swirl tank, silicone hose kit, Nodiz ignition ECU, Ford coil pack, 8.5mm silicone HT leads, NGK plugs, MED crank sensor kit, MED lightweight crank damper kit and trigger wheel, high-torque starter motor and Denso alternator
Mechanical:
Alloy front brake callipers and 7.5" discs, alloy finned rear drums, titanium handbrake levers, adjustable front tie rods, adjustable bottom arms, polybushes, red dot cones (front), Hi-Lo adjustable trumpets (front), Spax gas dampers (front), custom rear beam, custom radius arms (CDS) with rose joint adjustment, Avo coilovers (rear), reinforced front subframe, solid subframe mounts, alloy fuel tank with baffled trapdoor pickup and VDO sender, Facet fuel pump, 10" Exacton alloys in black wrapped in Yoko A032r tyr
