Nic Mann

chunder · 31 Jul 2007, 19:53 (Ref:1977583)

Sorry to those who know him, I think I maye have splet his name wrong.

Didnt he used to ahve the infamous Morris Minor V8 twin turbo thingy.

Anyway, just saw a clip on Youtube about his amazing car. It looks like some kind of Caterham with wings added front and rear.

And apparently it uses a turbocharged BDA mounted to a 4 wheel drive system. Also apparnely according to the clip, the turbo is likned to a turbine of some kind to keep it spinning at high boost.

The clip I saw was a standing start and jesus the thing nerly left its tyres on the ground, absolutely incredible machine.

If anyone knows how to get hold of him I would love to drop him a line.

rescue dude · 31 Jul 2007, 21:00 (Ref:1977632)

Here is a link to his website;http://www.mannic-racing.co.uk/

brayspeed · 1 Aug 2007, 21:18 (Ref:1978591)

heres another clip from gurston

http://www.brayspeed.co.uk/assets/fi...ick%20mann.wmv

Tony

ben240z · 3 Aug 2007, 15:07 (Ref:1979930)

Or come down to Gurston at the end of august cos he is running the car there

**Woolley** · 3 Aug 2007, 21:33 (Ref:1980152)

That'll be a sight. Something that accelerates like that downhill...

Steve Wilkinson · 6 Aug 2007, 16:52 (Ref:1982638)

Quote:

Originally Posted by chunder

Sorry to those who know him, I think I maye have splet his name wrong.

Didnt he used to ahve the infamous Morris Minor V8 twin turbo thingy.

The Morris Minor was an awesome beastie. Not content with a V8 in the thing Nic put on two turbochargers. The last time I saw it the guy who bought it off Nic brought it to Barbon Manor hillclimb. He was used to drag race it at Santa Pod but found the confines of the Westmorland hill not to his liking; I haven't seen the car since.

DaveK · 7 Aug 2007, 09:24 (Ref:1983220)

Steve

I pretty sure when Nick ran the Minor originally it only had a single turbo, it may have since been converted to twin's, but iirc the single turbo was at the back of the engine virtually in the cockpit behind an alloy bulkhead, it saved having to have a heater in the car

Dave

Steve Wilkinson · 7 Aug 2007, 11:36 (Ref:1983324)

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaveK

Steve

I pretty sure when Nick ran the Minor originally it only had a single turbo, it may have since been converted to twin's, but iirc the single turbo was at the back of the engine virtually in the cockpit behind an alloy bulkhead, it saved having to have a heater in the car

Dave

I thought that when the V8 was fitted "originally" it wasn't turbocharged?

Gungebucket · 17 Mar 2008, 13:20 (Ref:2154670)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve Wilkinson

I thought that when the V8 was fitted "originally" it wasn't turbocharged?

The V-8 in Nic's car was always turbocharged and by only a single Btn turbo. Eventually the turbocharger was converted to a gas turbine so all the boost was available all the time with no engine exhaust back pressure..... hence the phenominal performance. The same technology is used in his current 4Wd single seater.

Steve Wilkinson · 17 Mar 2008, 14:47 (Ref:2154722)

1983 & Nic in the V8 Minor at Harewood

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