Bad Obsession Motorsport
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| Known for | Project Binky, BRSCC CityCar Cup series |
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Bad Obsession Motorsport is a Shropshire, England-based race and fabrication workshop run by Nik Blackhurst and Richard Brunning. They are best known for Project Binky, a project to build "the world's fastest Mini" by fitting an original Mini with running gear from an all-wheel-drive turbocharged Toyota Celica GT-Four.[1] Blackhurst and Brunning have filmed the "obsessive" project and released it as a series of videos on YouTube since August 17, 2013.[2] As of July 2024[update], the "six month" project[3] is in its 11th year and still incomplete, though it went in for paint in 2020.
Episode one is titled “A Case Of Tinworm”, a colloquial term for rust, acknowledging that the Mini was badly rotted out. They note that “they say it can’t be done,” but they attempt it anyway. The ethos of the project was to fit the Toyota running gear into the profile of the 1980 Mini 1000, originally fitted with a 60bhp A-series engine, with no externally visible changes beyond normal modifications seen on period cars - the self-imposed rules include no lengthening of the vehicle.[1] The 2.0 litre turbocharged Toyota unit has 200bhp, and is substantially larger ("No, the engine doesn't fit"),[4] especially with accessories including turbocharger, charge cooler, air conditioning, oil cooler, and power steering.
The attention to detail is noted by several sources, though traditional techniques such as cardboard templating (billed "Cardboard Aided Design", or CAD) are used.[3]
Alongside Binky, Bad Obsession Motorsport also raced a Citroën C1 in the BRSCC CityCar Cup series, documented in their Bargain Racement series, in support of Mission Motorsport, a charity supporting disabled veterans through motorsport.[5][6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Hunt, Nikia (15 March 2021). "Check Out Bad Obsession Motorsport's Project Binky". HotCars.
- ^ "10 YouTube Channels to Get Your Project Car Fix". AutoWeek.
- ^ a b "There Has Never Been A Better Time To Start Watching These Mad Geniuses Stuff A Celica GT-Four Under An Old Mini". Jalopnik. 21 May 2020.
- ^ "Project Binky, Putting A Celica In A Mini The Hard Way". Hackaday. 29 December 2014.
- ^ "MISSION Motorsport To Contest Nankang Tyre CityCar Cup Championship In Bad Obsession Motorsport Citroën C1". 30 April 2021.
- ^ Newstead, Kelly (5 May 2021). "Mission Motorsport enters CityCar Cup". Professional Motor Mechanic. Professional Motor Mechanic.
- ^ "Mission Motorsport's Bad Obsession!". MISSION MOTORSPORT. 30 April 2021.