Greatest racing Minis | Swiftune

Greatest racing Minis | Swiftune | Goodwood Masters

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@Braveheart7914-idfl 6 ай бұрын

That was thoroughly entertaining by a genuine guy who knows his stuff ! 🇬🇧👍🏻😉

@ronaldslow4764 10 ай бұрын

number one engine builder. Your dad built a970s for my autocross mini in the 70s.and I have a1293 from you still going strong some 27 years later .

@talon1706 10 ай бұрын

I loved watching these cars racing at Mosport back in the 60's.

@Nick-Emery 10 ай бұрын

My favourite thing about Goodwood is Nick Swift and the Minis’ Wilo3 and the Patrick Motorsport mini are my dream cars 😊

@Miwna 10 ай бұрын

The Minis versus the American barges at Goodwood is probably the best spectacle in motorsport.

@davidleleux4948 10 ай бұрын

Wonderfull mini company and familly. I had the luck to sleep in their campsite in last september and Nick offer me a full of passion magic 2 hours factory tour. Thanks a lot one more time Nick and Ali ! David from Belgium.

@vintagevinylvets1187 10 ай бұрын

Great segment gentlemen, thoroughly enjoyed listening to this story.

@celestialgutter 10 ай бұрын

11:03 A joyous noise. Enjoyed this, especially the insight into engine development. So cool!

@vintagevinylvets1187 10 ай бұрын

I agree, it was GRAND!🙏🏻🎧🏁

@tonycamplin8607 10 ай бұрын

It was great to hear the story of Swiftune, a modern mini tuning firm. Back in my mini racing days such firms didn't exist, it was all DIY. I stopped racing in 1963/4 after the introduction of Broadspeed's S's. There was no way that we could complete with them and their (relatively) vast resources. By the way I was a member of TEAC when they invented rallycross and involved in its promotion.

@roywinchel3620 10 ай бұрын

Yeah Nick Swift is an integral part of Goodwood! He's awesome 👨Roy

@mk1leg 10 ай бұрын

fantastic watch loved this informitive Swiftune storey many thanks Nick Swift

@robbjones6012 10 ай бұрын

Absolutely brilliant,had to watch it twice,same sense of humor,cool chap,'mizog', haven't heard that in years.Great vid. entertaining,informative doing what he loves with his family.

@PhilRounds 4 ай бұрын

Awesome! One of my favourite parts of Goodwood is when Nick comes out in his Mini and embarrasses the larger cars. I have a "new" Mini Cooper so when there's a Mini in the race, that's who i'm cheering for. :)

@steven1000000000 7 ай бұрын

One of my favorite guys to watch racing against Alfas, Cortinas American V8's etc. Magical. Also got a SW5 cam in my car. May you continue long into the future.

@markcreighton3733 3 ай бұрын

Great Story.............I still recall my first car was a Cooper S I purchased around 1978 in Sydney, Australia.

@minicooper1964 10 ай бұрын

Hello Nick ,just wanted to say that was a really interesting programme. I’m sorry the blocks you sent Capricorn did not work out for you , I had one as well. When if we chat ill update you . Best regards Bruce Penrose

@paulboyle6857 9 ай бұрын

I used to do a lot of business with the late Keith Ripp back in the day & I remember your father. I hillclimbed & raced a Cooper S in the late 60,s,early 70,s.Special saloons then Miglia in 1974.We used to do a whole season on about a grand!!;would.nt pay for the sandwiches now!!

@MadeInGreatBritain 10 ай бұрын

What a fantastic video and a lovely story from Nick! Such a charming man!

@okgo8315 10 ай бұрын

Great video and story. I especially loved the engine development, specs, head castings etc. My pal since we were kids Graham Davies (rip) worked for Downton engineering and on their famous A40. A genius mechanic since he was 18 got me totally interested and involved in his racing world, so i thoroughly enjoyed this video, thanks.👍✌️🇬🇧

@gseric4721 10 ай бұрын

I see Mini's, I *_HAVE_* to drop a like.

@gothicpagan.666 7 ай бұрын

Nick Swift summed up; Been there, got the T shirt, made the T shirt fashionable again. Genuinely nice chap.

@kramnam4716 10 ай бұрын

😂bit of a ‘dangerous dad’ nice one

@terryjacob8169 10 ай бұрын

Swiftune probably have more experience of extracting maximum power from A-Series engines than anyone. Their crankshafts with two dummy main journals and extra counterweights are brilliant.

@davidleleux4948 10 ай бұрын

I agree, I saw it, very impressive !

@friktionrc 5 ай бұрын

Hahaha I remember rallycross from back in the day …as a kid I didn’t realise there were different racing series but loved BTCC because my father’s car was on track …and then rallycross had cars racing on a dirt…so just like me racing my toy cars in the back garden 😂😂😂 Ps Nick looks way younger than I imagined lol….I swear watching the in car footage of him racing at Goodwood ALWAYS puts a smile on my face! Would love to be a passenger with him in one of the Minis tearing around Goodwood 😈😈😈

@ralfhenke677 8 ай бұрын

Great guy, company and cars! 💯🖖

@alanwayte432 7 ай бұрын

My late Father use to race and build Mini engines 100mph was a big deal ❤

@jeremylockey3220 10 ай бұрын

What a legend!

@keithoftheshire2805 10 ай бұрын

Excellent.........thanks 👍

@spookydog6959 10 ай бұрын

we need to build cars like this again

@rolandalfonso6954 10 ай бұрын

This was just wonderful!; start to finish and word for word! Pleeze no hate, but now i am so gonna watch the original "Italian Job.".

@MENQN 10 ай бұрын

I bet anyone that one day Lewis Hamilton will 100% drive a Mini like Nick at a Goodwood race.

@ianvincent4013 10 ай бұрын

Hi Nick Out of interest, what camshafts do you use? or do you manufacture your own? In the days when I had a 1275 I put , I think it was BL 88g229, with more valve open times than a 1/2 race cam, made it quite a lumpy engine but boy, did it go!.

@TP-3000 10 ай бұрын

Just picked up my car from him :)

@bobstuart2638 10 ай бұрын

Issigonis tried to replace the "A" engine with a flat four in both the Morris Minor and then the Mini, but here we are with that obsolete long-stroke engine designed to beat the English tax systems still being refined.