Welcome to my Vauxhall 2.0 16V Twin Engine Mini Site. This site is to document the progress of a Mini Clubman Estate from a simple 1100cc A Series to a 400bhp+ monster with 4wd and NOS. This Mini's main purpose will be drag racing but will still be useable on the street. I felt that the Mini had reached really what it could in it's current form using the manual F20 gearboxes as the shift times were just too slow and inconsistent for a really quick time on the 1/4 mile. In order to get around this problem there were 2 options really with the 1st being fully sequential manual boxes but this would have been at such a high cost (£10k+) it wasn't viable and the 2nd option to switch from manual to automatic boxes. The automatic boxes were a large undertaking in work since they are very large compared to the F20 manuals and even the F20's are quite a tight fit but the costs were much lower and the gains in consistency\performance on the 1/4 mile are well worth the work. The Build History section of the site has been renamed to Phase 1 Build and that section will no longer receive any updates and relates primarily to the manual F20 installations..
The new Phase 2 Build section will contain future upgrades to the Mini including the process of installing the 4T40e automatic transmissions.
My final goal performance figures are to better the following (hopefully a lot better): Test Goal Actual Best (Manual Gearbox) Actual Best (Automatic Transmission) 0-60mph sub 4 seconds 3.704 seconds 3.278 seconds 0-100mph sub 8 seconds 9.428 seconds 7.895 seconds 1/4 Mile sub 12 seconds 12.489 seconds @ 118.73mph (Gtech meter) 11.66 seconds @ 116.07mph (Santa Pod) Top Speed 130+ mph 124mph 135mph Power 200bhp+ per engine 170bhp (Front) 220bhp inc 50hp NOS (Rear) 170bhp (Front) 170bhp + 60hp NOS (Rear) Last Updated : 27/07/2010 You Are Visitor |
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