The Mini's first shakedown!

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The Mini's first shakedown!

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Күн бұрын

The Brundle Motorsport racing classic Mini built by Swiftune Engineering is finally finished and ready for its first shakedown at Brands Hatch Motor Circuit. Join us as Swiftune and Alex Brundle head to an "open pit lane" evening track day amongst lots of "run what you brung" cars.
See how Alex Brundle and Nick Swift get on in the car for the first time.
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@BrundleBTW Ай бұрын

One of the most fun cars money can buy!! We can't wait to show you how it is going to look. What is your guess?

@britishminiclub Ай бұрын

Fantastic to see the Mini completed. Certainly sounds the part and boy does it look quick

@wilkowilkins363 Ай бұрын

I'm such a fan of the Brundle drivers .. from your Dad in F1 and WEC to you and your adventures now, that seeing THAT helmet being put on and getting into a racing car gives me a thrill every single time. Legendary

@arkhsm Ай бұрын

Thing is, I LOVE how it looks RIGHT NOW !!

@duffield55aj 15 күн бұрын

I’m all but 70 years old and when I was in my teens, I use to build mini’s with my friend. We built quite a few cars and I was studying and training to become an engineer and my friend now brother-in-law was training as a mechanic. We were both mad on cars and every car we have had is usually modified. Anyway, we build these mini’s completely on our own including every nut and bolt of the engine. Yes we modified the engines usually 1275’s bored out to 1310, and as I was an engineer and had full access to all machining facilities. We did a lot of work to these mini engines and mini’s and they were quick for the day, over 100mph in third was something I remember. Lot of work to achieve that though and Oils were not as good in those days. I use to love the sound of the engine brupping on low revs due to the cam a 649 or 731. We got a reputation locally for producing quick mini’s and I remember a guy telling me he had been advised by a policeman to contact us for help in making his mini quicker. They were great days. Love the old mini.

@matthew-jy5jp Ай бұрын

You did a great job Alex. You a class act just like your dad.

@m1northreat Ай бұрын

Amazing video as usual! Awesome to see the lil thing on track as well.

@robevans9300 Ай бұрын

Cracking video Alex, I was laughing out loud watching you throwing angles and embarrassing ostensibly much faster cars. As for the commentary, you're a chip off the old block, so enjoyable listening to you. Looking forward to the new livery! Had a bunch of Minis back in the day, may or may not have finished up in the odd field when the talent ran out, but they are the most brilliant fun.

@jezwix4195 Ай бұрын

Looks and sound awesome Alex! great content as always! Thanks 🙂

@darrenquirk2269 Ай бұрын

It sounds glorious!😀

@michaelgibson4705 Ай бұрын

Alex’s voice is so similar to the old man’s.I saw historic mini’s racing at Brands couple of weeks back beating mustangs and jags great little machines

@seanryan3837 Ай бұрын

The car I learnt to drive in many years ago. Such an amazing car. Well done Alex

@MrAdopado Ай бұрын

I would be very surprised if the car you learned to drive in many years ago was like this ... other than in general appearance!

@danielflack7902 Ай бұрын

A mini is so much fun driving on the pea gravel roads of Western Australia, I miss my mini, and I miss the Dwellingup bush. Beautiful resto.

@phildavenport4150 Ай бұрын

Yeah, Tony Bradford and others, back in the 70s.

@Andrew-vx2ls Ай бұрын

Nice to see the completed project. I like the colour. [By the way, if your can find time to take the car onto the back roads of the Ardèche, the Vercors or the Alpes du Sud in winter...you'll understand why the Mini Cooper S was so outstanding in its day.]

@teffhoward9134 Ай бұрын

Everyone should have a drive of a Mini at least once in their life. The younger generation don't know what they are missing.

@MiniVooDoo Ай бұрын

Congratulations, hope too see you in Australia.

@phildavenport4150 Ай бұрын

Well, Nick will be here in Perth, driving Willow's half brother.

@christopherhann6725 Ай бұрын

Awesome little car so love the colour it looks fantastic all the best to you going forward

@charlespaynter8987 Ай бұрын

Excellent! I ended up prepping my sons Vauxhall Nova 1.4 SR for track days and I totally get the excitement of the 1st time out after major mods and finding that it’s as fast as you hoped👍 We first used drive it to track days and then after an engine failure it got a bit silly and ended up with massive brakes, 200hp 1.6 on TB’s and slicks😂. Nice to be chasing down Porsches on circuit and leaving braking as late as the Caterhams🤭

@stevecarter5084 Ай бұрын

Sounds great,nice checkpoint in your project,looking forward to next steps 👍

@rallycrosscraig Ай бұрын

Great build on this mini hope it races well. Enjoy all your videos not so keen on the rock music on this one just detracts from a great little film . Can you get MB out in a mini for this years Goodwood revival would be great to see you both racing it in the 2 driver race.

@JURacing Ай бұрын

Great great great. Followed the whole building process so far and I can't wait to see the livery and seeing you race with it. As I am an avid sim-racer and love to race the classic mini in the sim, I would love to recreate your livery for the virtual version too. (If that's fine for you)

@adematthewsracing Ай бұрын

Loving this series. Always wanted an original mini for racing and this isn't doing anything for the future of my bank balance. 😆

@mikgough5203 Ай бұрын

Looked like a ton of fun

@markdraper7 Ай бұрын

Looks great! Can't wait to see the livery. They build such fantastic cars and engines. Might you be tempted to own one of their Madgwick's?

@markgadsby5568 Ай бұрын

For some reason at the supermarket I always gravitate to my chips being ‘straight cut’…

@Radfordperson Ай бұрын

Cooked in 20/50!

@michaelgibson4705 Ай бұрын

Duckham’s of course 😂

@Radfordperson Ай бұрын

@@michaelgibson4705 I have a gallon can of that, must have had it over 40 years. May use it when I reinstate my 1962 Mini (with 1275 engine) that has not been used for over 30 years.

@richardsmith7425 Ай бұрын

That is the coolest car ever! Have you ever thought of doing impressions of the F1 grid walk guy off the tele? You sound just like him!

@klesmer Ай бұрын

Flying Shoebox, Tiny Terror.

@patrickpalmer1617 Ай бұрын

How about red on right / white in middle / blue on left Italian job trio and matching Junior and Senior's helmet colours ?

@BrundleBTW Ай бұрын

It’s an option

@davidbaxter600 Ай бұрын

Just found you channel -great content Alex. On the Mini I couldnt see much sign of torque steer, does it have an LSD. I assume in modern machinery you left foot brake, is it hard to go old school?

@BrundleBTW Ай бұрын

@@davidbaxter600 they don’t have the grunt to torque steer! But they do if you boot them off the mark! Setup with massive toe out to make her turn!

@terrystevens5261 Ай бұрын

@@BrundleBTW Does massive toe out affect straight line speed much ?

@samrodian919 23 күн бұрын

Noticed that the Speedo doesn't work lol but I suppose that was deliberate.

@BrundleBTW 23 күн бұрын

@@samrodian919 you lose horsepower!!

@brucewaterworth3873 Ай бұрын

A back to the 60’s ,flower power,psychedelic colour scheme.

@phildavenport4150 Ай бұрын

Doesn't like second through Graham Hill for some reason- third is too high and bogs down. And LH rear tail/brake light not working. Otherwise, looks and goes great.

@adrianpierce3047 Ай бұрын

cable speedo disconnected, for extra 1/2 mph gaine on the straight

@rikkiseddo Ай бұрын

What’s it putting out on the dyno? 🤔

@MrAdopado Ай бұрын

Mk1 minis frequently had badly fitting doors ... just like this one!

@barryphillips7098 Ай бұрын

A PROPER Mini Cooper S, ( Not a horrible insult to the classic Mini, I HATE LOATHE DESPISE all new Minis to call them a Cooper is INSULT to John Cooper!!!!! ) in their day a Cooper S was a Quick car they won many many rallies. Unsure IF this is an original engine/gearbox did not quite sound right. I was taken for a in a made up Cooper, 1100 motor, cam, weber carb etc, trust me it was QUICK!!