Greatest racing Minis | Swiftune | Goodwood Masters

[@ronaldslow4764]

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 .

[@Braveheart7914-idfl]

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

[@Nick-Emery]

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

[@Miwna]

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

[@vintagevinylvets1187]

Great segment gentlemen, thoroughly enjoyed listening to this story.

[@celestialgutter]

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

[@vintagevinylvets1187]

I agree, it was GRAND!🙏🏻🎧🏁

[@davidleleux4948]

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.

[@tonycamplin8607]

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.

[@talon1706]

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

[@mk1leg]

fantastic watch loved this informitive Swiftune storey many thanks Nick Swift

[@roywinchel3620]

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

[@markcreighton3733]

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

[@robbjones6012]

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.

[@MadeInGreatBritain]

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

[@paulboyle6857]

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!!

[@steven1000000000]

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.

[@PhilRounds]

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. :)

[@okgo8315]

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.👍✌️🇬🇧

[@minicooper1964]

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

[@ralfhenke677]

Great guy, company and cars! 💯🖖

[@kramnam4716]

😂bit of a ‘dangerous dad’ nice one

[@gseric4721]

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

[@gothicpagan.666]

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

[@jeremylockey3220]

What a legend!

[@gomerdubs]

An absolute legend 👏 superb vid 👍

[@rolandalfonso6954]

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.".

[@friktionrc]

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 😈😈😈

[@terryjacob8169]

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]

I agree, I saw it, very impressive !

[@keithoftheshire2805]

Excellent.........thanks 👍

[@alanwayte432]

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

[@spookydog6959]

we need to build cars like this again

[@ianvincent4013]

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!.

[@MENQN]

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

[@TP-3000]

Just picked up my car from him :)

[@bergolli1]

Sehr geil from Germany

[@bobstuart2638]

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.

[@vintagevinylvets1187]

Seems there’s a market to make a NEW Mini engine for purchase.

[@TheLRider]

Has anyone built a replica of the Richard Longman Paper Chase MKII Copper S. Two tone green. My favourite Mini of all times.

[@jonathanvince8173]

Why did they not use the K 1400cc engine in the last original Mini?

[@jenandsteve1999]

It was a bit to tall, think I’am right in saying there’s one at gaydon with a K series in and the gearbox is 2 inches above the deck!!!

[@adamhewie1962]

Why is the Neanderthal using a hammer on the milling machine bed.

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

Maybe because he couldn’t get the valve seats in place by saying “please”?

[@jeancharlesrabaux5658]

Enfin rover avec nous a dakart dakart les rover Peugeot ne pouvait que être une obligation merci les cousins 🙏😑🤲🇫🇷👉😇

[@colincrowley1280]

I had a 61 austin 7 I paid £25 out of the guys garden put about 10 hours in it and was offered £500 wish iI had kept it

[@KarramarroMacarra]

The car is too low.