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A PETROLHEAD has tinkered with this modest Mini to turn it into the world’s fastest car.

This Mini cooper is faster than a Bugatti Veyron Super Sport over a quarter of a mile[LEFT - CATERS & RIGHT - GETTY]

The modified run-around is now quicker than the £2million Bugatti Veyron over 400metres.

Tom Barnes, 31, has spent the past decade pimping the red Mini which does a quarter of a mile in 10.2 seconds compared to the Bugati's 10.4 seconds

The drag-racing champion's car is now beating super cars like the Ford Mustang on the race track despite still having all its original windows and doors.

The modified run-around is now quicker than the £2million Bugatti Veyron over 400metres [CATERS]

It's really been a labour of love

Drag-racing champion Tom Barnes

Mr Barnes, from Cambridge, said: "I would hate to think how many hours I've out into it.

"Just the most recent upgrade was probably 150 man hours between the three-man team of me, my brother Scott and my friend Jack.

"We pledged to stay at the garage every Thursday night, sometimes until two in the morning.

"It's really been a labour of love.

"It's such a good feeling knowing that we've done it in a Mini, that looks like a mini, it is a mini.

"We even think it can go a lot faster with a bit more work."

Drag-racer Tom Barnes's car is now beating super cars like the Ford Mustang on the race track [CATERS]

The modified Mini has a top speed of 142mph - which is almost 20mph faster than the original factory built car.

However, despite being quicker over a quarter of a mile it pales in comparison to the Bugatti's top speed of 267.856 mph.

The 2002 registration Mini came to mechanic Mr Barnes and his team ten years ago as a fire damaged wreckage.

But instead of putting it on the scrap head they turned it into a test car for their specialist mini garage in Cambridge.

The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport is the fastest production car in the world [GETTY]

It wasn't long after that Mr Barnes and garage owner Paul Webster decided they could increase the Mini's power by turbocharging the engine.

The car has meant the petrolhead has spent hours away from wife Tabby and their three-month-old son Grayson.

Mr Barnes said: “My son Grayson is only small but I hope there'll be room for him to come up and follow his old dad in his footsteps."

The original Bugatti Veyron set the record for the fastest street-legal production car in the world in 2005 with a top speed of 253.81 mph.

That was then eclipsed in 2010 when the Super Sport version of the Veyron set a world record top speed of 267.856 mph.