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1978 Leyland mini FIA Sprint & Hill Climb Car

                           modified class C1

A Leyland Mini first registered in April 1978, it started life as a Mini automatic but the shell was used to build a Road going Hill climb car for the 1992 season, the car was converted to Modified class in 2006, each year the engine has been stripped and rebuilt with attention to any issues found along the way. It benefits from a removable fibreglass front which provides excellent access to the engine bay and components whenever work is undertaken. Both doors are fibreglass as well as the boot lid and wheel arches.

1380cc Engine originally built by John Read of Carburation and injection services of Plymouth, since then I have looked after the engine with help from Slark Race engineering for the cylinder head and Janspeed rolling road tuning of Salisbury for achieving the 107bhp at 7000rpm.

Engine runs a Swiftune SW23-07 cam, 73.5mm Omega forged pistons, Cooper S rods, Cooper S EN40B crank, Swiftune featherlight flywheel and starter motor, 45 DCOE Webber with Maniflow inlet manifold and Maniflow exhaust manifold with Miglia spec reverse megaphone exhaust. Aldon race distributor with Luminition electronic ignition, Denso alternator, Davies Craig electric water pump, alloy radiator with expansion vessel, oil cooler.

Jack knight Involute dog gearbox drives a Tranex LSD transmitting power to the wheels via jack knight drive shafts. Straight cut drop gears and semi helical Crownwheel and pinion. Internal gear level raised to the optimum position with the help of the Force racing internal gear linkage and tower. An Omex shift light can be set up to provide ultra bright LED indication of rpm.

RRS suede steering wheel. Full roll cage and door bar on the drivers side to comply with FIA regs for Sprint and Hill Climbing modified class, complete with RAC Log book.

Strengthened front subframe has been modified to allow a lower ride height whilst maintaining all the original suspension mounts and geometry. Bump steer bushes added to reduce bump steer.

Force Engineering Titanium bottom arms, rose jointed coupled with rose jointed front steel tie rods allow the suspension to be fully adjustable. Spax Krypton adjustable front shock absorbers, Gaz adjustable rear shock absorbers, rear suspension taken care of by a fabricated beam axle fitted with disc brakes purely to save weight and remove the radius arms (these are available  if required by the buyer). All 4 wheels have braking available to comply with the regulations for this class but an isolation valve next to the driver seat isolates the brake line from the rear brakes so they don’t operate whilst the car is being driven, all braking is done by the front 8.4” discs with 4 pot callipers, rear suspension all rose jointed allowing camber and tracking adjustments to be made as required.

Goodridge braided brake hoses throughout.

Two sets of 13 inch wheels, Revolution copies by MWS Racing shod with Yokohama A048 175/50R12 soft compound tyres just scrubber in, I use these in wet conditions. Force Engineering SLR5 modular alloy wheels shod with Avon slicks, 7.0 20 13 front, 7.2 20 13 rear, these compounds provide the perfect balance of grip.

Alloy 1 gallon fuel tank with 574A electronic Facet fuel pump and filter king filter/pressure regulator.

All surplus wiring has been removed together with carpets and head lining, all glass now polycarbonate sheet except the laminated front windscreen, remote emergency pull  handle, mounted in front of the windscreen operates the master isolator switch removing power to the whole car from the Varley Red Top 20. The Kevlar Corbeau Sprint seat is equipped with TRS harness and I will include a HANS support of you don’t have one.

Achieved 3rd place in ASWMC Sprint Championship 2012, DEWS Championship Class award 2015, numerous class awards in the ASWMC Hill Climb and Sprint events. Power increased since then together with addition of Jack Knight Dog gearbox.

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