Morris Minor Owners Club

has anyone taken a bog standard Moggie around a race track ? if so what was it like and how fast did you go ?

I'd love to take mine round the nurburgring.. just for laughs (maybe for charity or something where people have to guess the time taken (including breakdowns) )

I think all the people who race them upgrade them a little bit

lambrettalad wrote:has anyone taken a bog standard Moggie around a race track ? if so what was it like and how fast did you go ?

mine wasnt bog standard but did have an a series under the bonnet though and at 100mph the steering felt very light due to the lack of aerodynamics and at just over that felt positively dangerous.

my last standard one used to see 85 on the speedo with accompanying big end complaints, but god it was funny doing it occasionally.

ttfn

hi I can see why your called supercharged!!!!!! ,I'm too worried to go over 65 for any distance,(70 tops so far ) and I usually back down to cruise at 55

What engine did you have for your 100 plus?

lambrettalad wrote:hi I can see why your called supercharged!!!!!! ,I'm too worried to go over 65 for any distance,(70 tops so far ) and I usually back down to cruise at 55

What engine did you have for your 100 plus?

supercharged 1293 with all the right bits in it. Its still on here but not in my hands any more.

and those speeds in the charged moggy were satnav not make believe speedo as well.

I've taken a 948 engined 4 door Minor round Le-Mans..

..well ok, only part of the track (the public road section)

does that count?

Me too!
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I thought someone said that they wanted to see the back of him. Here it is!

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By comparison, a standard(-ish) car does seem to suffer a bit more in the corners.

When I used to do hillclimbs and sprints, my Minor was rock steady at 135mph (although still accelerating quite hard at this speed ) but could become unstable during extremely hard braking at these speeds due to the short wheelbase and the weight moving forward under braking. It used to corner better than it accelerated or braked going by the data logger (the max gs I found were 1.6 to 1.7 cornering, 1.1g accelerating (2nd gear) and 0.95g braking).

It isn't really the aero that makes it a bit iffy at high speed rather than the springing and dampers being inadequate. Above 140 or so then aero is definately an issue! Mind you, at 140 or so in mine I couldn't hear the engine for the wind noise and that was with a crash helmet on.