Ngemuva kwendaba yendoda eyazakhela eyakhe i-Lamborghini, sethula enye imoto eyazalelwa egalaji elithulile laseMelika, kodwa edabuka ezweni Lobukhosi Bakhe: i-Austin Mini yango-1970 enenjini yesithuthuthu esikhulu!
Ikhophi esethula kuwe namuhla yayiwumphumela wephupho elihle noma iphupho elibi elibi - kuncike embonweni wakho. Kubavikeli bezimilo nokuziphatha kahle bekuyiphupho elibi. Kodwa kithina bathandi bayo yonke into eshisa uphethiloli, bekuyiphupho impela!
Iphupho elisesimweni se-Austin Mini yango-1970 enikwa amandla yinjini engu-170hp esuka ku-Yamaha R1. Kulabo abangazi ukuthi iyini i-Yamaha R1, i-Yamaha R1 - ngixolele ukuchithwa - ingelinye lamabhayisikili anamandla kakhulu emakethe.
Umphumela ungaba kuphela… ibhomu! Phela sibhekene nenjini enamandla angu-1 litre kuphela kodwa ekwazi ukukhuphuka ifike ku-11,500rpm kalula nje ngendlela engihlala ngayo ngase-pool, endaweni yobumnandi e-Canary.
Noma ubani owake washayela ibhayisikili elikhulu ngemodi "yommese-kuya-amazinyo" - noma ubani onayo, beka umunwe wakho emoyeni… - uyazi ukuthi uma ufuna ukuqhubekela phambili ngesinqumo, i-tachymeter ayikwazi ukwehla isuka ku-7000rpm. Ngaphansi kuka-7000rpm sishayela injini “evamile” kodwa uma nje sidlula kulowo mbuso… I-Our Lady of Cambotas and Pistons ikufanele! Umhlaba uthatha imibala emisha futhi iyunithi yokulinganisa yemigqa eqondile iyashintsha ukusuka kumakhilomitha ukuya kumamitha.
Ukushintsha amasondo angu-2 amasondo angu-4, isipiliyoni kufanele sifane. Ku-chassis ye-claustrophobic ye-'70s Mini izinto kufanele ziqine ngokulinganayo.
Isisindo sesethi ngeke sibe esingavamile kulokhu. Kunama-170hp ngesisindo esingafinyeleli ku-600kg. Ukwenza izinto zihehe kakhudlwana, kuhle ukukhumbula ukuthi izinguquko kule moto, njengezithuthuthu, zingasebenza ngaphandle kokusebenzisa i-clutch - uma singafuni ukuhawukela noma ukuhawukela omakhenikha.
Ngiyavuma ukuthi nginokungabaza okukhulu ukuthi kukhona yini emhlabeni, enamasondo amane nendawo yesine, engenza umgwaqo osezintabeni usheshe njengaloshevu omncane. Kwakunjalo ngeminyaka yama-60s, lapho uMini ewina i-Monte Carlo Rally izikhathi ezi-3 zilandelana ngokumelene nomncintiswano onamandla kakhulu. Futhi ngokusobala kusenjalo...
Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi lo mthombo wobuhlanya utholakala cishe kuwo wonke umuntu, ngendlela elula kakhulu. Futhi akudingeki ukuthi bathengise indlu! Okufanele ukwenze nje ukuba ne-chassis ye-Mini «eseduze ukuze uhlwanyele» futhi uthenge ikhithi eyakhiwe yi-British promo-motive (isixhumanisi lapha).
Banikeza incwadi yeziqondiso nazo zonke izingxenye - injini ifakiwe. Yebo, lokhu akukukhululi kwezinye izikhathi zakusihlwa ezinhle ezivaliwe egaraji lendlu yakho, ezigcotshwe ngamafutha emazinyweni. Lokho noma imidlalo ye-TVI…