Swaglord Racing

Got around to installing some of my go fast parts that have been sitting on the shelf.
New rear anti roll bar, dampers and LED headlights fitted. These should (hopefully) help the car boogie through the hills a little better now.
Weather conditions didn’t favour semi slick tyres today, so stay tuned for some updates next week where I will be testing these and the range of my fuel tank 🏔️ 🏎️

From a past life:
The year is 1993, circuit racing in England just isn’t cutting it. The only option is to go open road racing across Europe by entering The Italian Job. Exactly as it sounds, leave the UK drive to Italy and back as quick as possible, whilst making sure to fly through the alps.

The black Mini pictured is now mine, shortly after my dad bought it brand new from Capitol Rover in Colindale. During the event, it’s claimed to have reached 135MPH down the Dottinghohe at the Nurburgring. No surprises, a new head was purchased after this.

By all reports, to attempt this now there would be far too many speeding tickets in the mail and too many cameras to get you in trouble.

I need to thank Andy from Play Mini for dusting off these photos and sending them over!

Good to go (Rd 2). More tinkering has been happening in another attempt to get the car legal. One of the complaints from the road worthy was that the car was too loud. This has been rectified by fitting a newer, bigger exhaust system consisting of a Maniflow large bore lcb manifold and 2” race muffler. Now that the air can flow out, I decided to feed more in with a new MED stub stack intake. All of this should help the 1380cc breathe better, which is why the Advan A048 semi slick tyres have been fitted too!
Fingers crossed there is some luck next week 🤞

Success is happening. Most of the unplanned setbacks have been fixed, rebuilt the rear brake system today. New lines, cylinders and shoes are in, at last no more leaks and the pedal is firm! Went and bought the biggest battery I could, and managed to just squeeze it in next to the spare wheel.

RWC is booked for Monday, so everything is coming along quickly! If all goes well, will hopefully be out on the road with a permit tomorrow.

Early post as I’ve conceded defeat for the day. I believe the brake leak is crush washer related, but as the picture shows, it’s rather hard to inspect properly. Will try to source some better quality washers and try again. Good news though is I didn’t lose any coolant overnight, so I’m happy that there are no leaks there.