If I deseam my car, I'm going to blame this book when people hate on me for doing so.

  Thank you for the great info you all have posted. 

I built my first mini a Morris 850 with a copy of Trickey's book to go by. Everything else was a result of reading Vizard's books. My copy is signed and lives in a 1 gallon zip loc  bag. I have several copies some also signed. There has been a ton of books written at one time I was trying to buy them all. That guy in England wrote a book about Mini racing in the UK. After reading it a couple of times I felt it was like pics of something you want to buy. They took pictures of everything but showed nothing. 

If it wasn't for a couple of attention grabbing jerks on this board you could get a books worth of info right here. Steve (CTR)

This year after three crapcan races (two lemons and one lucky dog) (40 race hrs) with no mechanical issues. I have come to the conclusion that the best engine mod done to a mini is a twin cam conversion. Race engine power and reliable cause it never goes past 6500. Fuel injection on the track got us 20 mpg in full race mode. The pull out of a corner is astounding and the aluminum head runs a lot cooler. Weighs the same and does not change the handling of a mini. Aaron

...aaand just wait for it  to stall in the middle of a busy intersection on a monday rush hour.

maintenance is the key!!

If it ain't broke don't fix it...

I'll go with brakes but how about carburation and exhust.

The first 3 departments that a mini owner Should upgrade or modify is the brakes, suspension and ignition to make their mini experience more enjoyable.

... And like what kermit said,,  this is my opinion, there is no right or wrong in an opinion.  It only becomes wrong when people interpret it incorrectly. And insist that his opinion is always the better one. 

You bring up an interesting question and from my perspective not much has changed over the last 40 or 50 years.  If you discount the half dozen or so really crazy fast cars in vintage racing in North America not much has really changed.  And for the most part jumping into that league will require a couple decades of experience both on the track and in the garage not to mention a pile of broken parts building a learning curve.  With few exceptions you can still build a car that finishes right behind these hot rods by building to one of the old school books.  A caveat might be a dog box for reliability and ratio selection but I can't think of many others.
Oh sure you can read on this board and others about new magic bullets and engineering theory up the wing wang but in reality most of it is BS.  Case in point: roller rockers, total waste of money.  

And, hey, this are my opinions and am probably to old to be convinced otherwise.  

Kermit

They are the best there are in working with an antique tractor engine and now a fifty five year old chassis design. You might want to buy Tarzwell online book. The mini's hey day was when it first came out of the box, surpassing cars that were modern. The mini stayed the same for forty one years, while the car industry changed.

I have the books by  David Vizard, and by Clive Trickey. Both books were published 40 plus years ago. Just wondering, if any one has published books, with any different ideas, (new technology), about classic mini tuning? I am referring to the chassis and also the engines.
 Thanks in advance