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The whole point of a hot Mini is the surefooted handling. I hillclimbed a Mini Marcos for a couple of seasons : the car was so short that one could xompletely ignore what the back end was doing around tight corners and concentrate on preserving enough speed in the corner and flooring it exactly on the apex so that exit speed was maximised with just the 100 flywheel bhp in a 1300 pound car that I had at my disposal: ie aim the front end in the right direction. Loads of UK kit cars have 4 bhp per pound weight but most of them have about 88-90 inch wheelbases, road legal ones used for competition often weigh about 800-850 pounds
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1986 924S bought new. Now used for AutoX and street.
Chipped, throttle cam, highflow filter in original airbox/snorkel, 14mm rear sway
Hyundai Ioniq hybrid daily driver
Vindicator Vulcan V8 spyder, street legal sports racing car
(300hp,1400 lbs kerb weight) used for sprints on circuits, and hillclimbs
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