In the last issue we reported on New Zealand land speed record Mini team, Project '64's incredible success during Bonneville Speed Week in August and how they achieved two new records and a new record top speed for their 1964 Mini Cooper S. The 970cc A-series powered reached a staggering 166mph into a 9mph headwind on track conditions that were universally agreed to be less than ideal. Many 400mph-plus capable cars at the same meet were only managing speeds in the three hundreds. The team was happy with the Mini's results after a difficult week tuning the Cooper to run well on the supplied race fuels at the event and for the altitude. "We arrived knowing the Mini was capable of 175mph but part of this sort of racing is the other factors you need to overcome," said crew chief Garry Orton. The Mini was producing around 370hp on methanol on it's final runs.
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机译：在上一期杂志中，我们报道了新西兰陆地速度记录迷你车队，Project '64在八月的邦纳维尔速度周期间取得的令人难以置信的成功以及他们如何为1964年的Mini Cooper S创造了两项新纪录和最高纪录的最高速度。970cc A-赛道动力在赛道条件下达到了惊人的166英里/小时，达到9英里/小时的逆风，这被普遍认为不理想。在同一次会议上，许多能力超过400mph的汽车仅管理了三百辆中的速度。在艰难的一周内，库珀调整了Cooper使其在赛事和海拔范围内使用所提供的比赛燃料良好运转之后，车队对Mini的成绩感到满意。车队负责人加里·奥顿（Garry Orton）说：“我们知道Mini的时速为175英里，但是这种赛车的一部分是您需要克服的其他因素。 Mini在最后运行时可产生约370hp的甲醇。
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