The mini is english. built by kieth banyard, had is own engine made, called it a cyclone v8, its 2 motorbike engines grafted together, sposed to rev like hell. This is the french version of off road racing. The french authorities are more motorsport friendly, not like over here, britain is very much against it on the whole.

I seen a small pic of it in a mini mag and wondered where it was from Thanks for that

Its suprising what we can all get to learn and find out if we all talked to each other. there is a lot going on in the motorsport world.

Thanks sparkplug, I didnt realise that they had so much travel. thats 9 1/2" rear and 8 3/4" front in english (i still cant work in metric). Presumably it must be mainly droop travel on tarmac and more bump travel for forest/gravel spec ? Thanks again, anything else you can think of that would help point me in the right direction would be appreciated. I run 12 deg castor on the front, 1.5 deg neg camber and .5 deg toe in. On the rear 1.8 deg neg camber, 1 deg toe in. phil..

Hi, From first glance it may appear that the high speed fishtailing could be due to an imbalance of castor settings. Too much castor on the front and not enough at the rear. An increase in castor provides high speed stability. Hope this helps Cheers Ian

Thanks Ian, I run zero castor at the rear, i wasnt aware that its needed, but i will see what i can do. Also, have you ever heard of problems running an LSD front and rear, in all my previous cars i have ran a free diff up front (4 pin) and a welded diff in the back (our version of what i think you lads call a spool diff) locked solid. but that was always on axle cars. With that set up they are realy good, very stable and plenty of predictable traction. But for some reason i had decided that an independant wouldnt like a welded diff, i dont know why i thought that, just my logic. thanks again.. phil..

HI Phil, I too am not a big fan of welded diffs. We use plate type LSD's front and rear with good handling. However, the LSD at the Front is weaker than the rear. Cheers Ian

Hi ian. My diffs are BMW, 25% lock up on standard ramp angles. I had thought of shimming the rear one up to be virtualy locked and backing the front one off. I had wondered if the front diff tends to pull the car, but i am fairly convinced that the problem lies in the short wheel base and must be cureable with geometry settings, i hope. phil..

Hi Phil, All sounds sensible to me. I think the castor on the rear is the cure. Let me know how you get on. Cheers Ian

Well ive checked into it, and as far as i can find out you do not run or need castor on the rear as it doesnt do anything (except alter bumpsteer) and i have zero bump steer front and rear. When i first built it i went to great trouble to eliminate bumpsteer, i struggled at the time but managed it in the end. Ackerman angle is good too. So back to square one ?

Obviously you know cleverer people than me so hopefully they can sort you out ! Good Luck.....

I didnt say that ian, i said as far "as i can find out", If you know something about it then please tell me, i am always open to learn something.

I get confused easy these days, its an age thing, You may or may not understand that nick, but i would think you do. (my navigator is called nick, but i call him "shrek") Getting side tracked is another thing that happens as well. Where was i ? Oh yes. Castor !. thats all i know about it, so come on ian, enlighten me please, pm me if its not very widley known and you dont want it broadcast. Mums the word, honest.