[geeks] PC Hardware (Power Supplies)

[Sandwich Maker]

" From: Mike Meredith <very at zonky.org>
" 
" On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 08:50:57 -0500 (EST), Sandwich Maker wrote:
" > hey - the mini is another long runner, ~'60 - ~'92 or so, and it took
" > bmc almost that long to make it pay.  some of the last ones had efi
" > and turbos and something like 125hp.  woohoo!
" 
" My mum was an original mini-fan. She drove an early one in the 1960s
" and then again for 10 years from the mid-70s onwards. Even the
" lower-powered ones had more oomph than you would expect! 

they were pretty light, iirc on the lower side of the 1000-1500lb
range, so it wouldn't take a whole lot of power to make them fly.
those 125hp models would have a power-to-weight in the same range as
many american musclecars of the mid/late '60s.
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