Drivetrain
Apr 7, 2008 | 08:58 AM
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From: Under your car
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my car looks stock. I'm not a baller
Incorrect. Your car doesn't look stock, and you are a baller.
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Originally Posted by
RussellCory
Thank god someone finally brought the awesome Disco Potato to the MINI world. Nissan guys have been using these to make 350 HP SR20 motors for years.
We've been using the potato since 2004 in our TurboKompressor kit, just not quite as well as this. I'm happy to be on the join 'em side of the beat 'em/join 'em continuum.
Apr 7, 2008 | 08:59 AM
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From: Who knows?
its a pretty STIFF pedal and i actually liked it full engagement was 2-3 inches in on the pedal.
Apr 7, 2008 | 09:02 AM
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From: DC Metro
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Originally Posted by
Helix13mini
Incorrect. Your car doesn't look stock, and you are a baller.
under the hood I mean...apparently, I can't afford proper mods and only have some red paint there according to that link I posted
Apr 7, 2008 | 09:06 AM
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From: Ohio
They say Red Paint on parts makes you go faster ya know.
Apr 7, 2008 | 09:11 AM
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From: Infinity and beyond
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Originally Posted by
gnatster
They say Red Paint on parts makes you go faster ya know.
that explains why my car goes so fast, my coil pack and wires are red... must be all the spark the red parts are generating!
Apr 7, 2008 | 09:21 AM
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or the MINI may have the same psychological reference of get out fast for the color red
Apr 7, 2008 | 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by
Tüls
that explains why my car goes so fast, my coil pack and wires are red... must be all the spark the red parts are generating!
PPPLEEASSSEE!!! U KNOW ITS THE GERBIL AND FOUR HAMSTERS
THAT WE INSTALLED WAAAYY BACK............
Apr 7, 2008 | 09:28 AM
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ooooooook now thats how UKSUV only has 115whp he only has one hamster and no gerbil
Apr 7, 2008 | 09:57 AM
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From: Infinity and beyond
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Originally Posted by
MEGAmini
PPPLEEASSSEE!!! U KNOW ITS THE GERBIL AND FOUR HAMSTERS
THAT WE INSTALLED WAAAYY BACK............
ha ha true true, I wasnt sure if I could talk about that yet...
Apr 7, 2008 | 10:24 AM
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From: Infinity and beyond
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Originally Posted by
checkmate2006
ooooooook now thats how USUKUV only has 115whp he only has one hamster and no gerbil
Apr 7, 2008 | 10:27 AM
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From: SoCaL (Agoura Hills)
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you mean like a DFIC then?
Apr 7, 2008 | 10:29 AM
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I prefer the wombat:
Apr 7, 2008 | 10:32 AM
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Dat dare is a TURBO seee big Turrrrbo
Apr 7, 2008 | 10:44 AM
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Helix13mini
I prefer the wombat:
ain't nothing on what I have sitting in my garage. look at the size of this charge piping:
Apr 7, 2008 | 10:55 AM
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From: Defiance, Ohio
^That space shuttle stuff is ridiculous
Apr 7, 2008 | 03:07 PM
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From: SoCaL (Agoura Hills)
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Originally Posted by
Helix13mini
I prefer the wombat:
It doesn't count if you need a jet turbine engine running at 75% of N1 to spool it up
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Apr 7, 2008 | 03:39 PM
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From: Woodside, CA
Apr 7, 2008 | 03:39 PM
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From: Utah
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Dr Obnxs
Meat grinder?
Apr 7, 2008 | 03:45 PM
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From: Ellicott City, MD
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Originally Posted by
Helix13mini
I prefer the wombat:
Any turbo lag?
Apr 7, 2008 | 03:56 PM
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From: DC Metro
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Dr Obnxs
can I add a BOV?
Apr 7, 2008 | 04:03 PM
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From: Woodside, CA
And it's a twin set up...
there's another one in the background....
Apr 7, 2008 | 04:03 PM
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From: SoCaL (Agoura Hills)
Yea, I wouldn't run a hood though, it'd probably blow off when you shifted
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I wonder what kinda boost one of those would put out? I can see it now... 119 PSI of boost...
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Apr 7, 2008 | 04:23 PM
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From: Woodside, CA
Turns out ABB makes some of the largest turbos in the world....
Apr 7, 2008 | 05:43 PM
Coordinator :: Low Country MINIs
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From: charleston, SC
Back on topic... Turbo kits for mini only
Jack
Apr 7, 2008 | 05:49 PM
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From: Orange County NY
Starting to make sense.
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Originally Posted by
Tüls
ha ha true true, I wasnt sure if I could talk about that yet...
THAT WE INSTALLED WAAAYY BACK............
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