Drivetrain RMW's "Guess what's in the box?"
Turbius Maximus
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From: Infinity and beyond
good stuff guys! This is what fun and competition is all about!
OMG I think hell just froze over. SOMEONE GET'S IT!!!
Maybe the TVS beta kit will be in use by then along with a LSD! 
I will have to undoubtedly purchase because,
I am so addicted to modding my MINI, it will cost me about a weeks worth of my annuity check, and keep me grinning like a b-tard from ear to ear for all the MINI miles in the future
Or maybe; It's just a 1.21 Jiggawat "Flux Capacitor" ??????
Any chance you will be getting to the New England Area for a tune ?
6th Gear
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From: NJerz
Damn
I've been away for a few days and missed all this stuff and even guys talking about my car (thanks mbcoops). So when is the shootout. That would be very cool.
Jan
Get the oil cooler done. Me want one bad.
And yes. I know. Get the damn coilovers in.
mbcoops. get your plan in order- Way's ducts are very nice from the guys I know who have them. Thicker rotors are also the ticket.
I've been away for a few days and missed all this stuff and even guys talking about my car (thanks mbcoops). So when is the shootout. That would be very cool.
Jan
Get the oil cooler done. Me want one bad.
And yes. I know. Get the damn coilovers in.
mbcoops. get your plan in order- Way's ducts are very nice from the guys I know who have them. Thicker rotors are also the ticket.
. An oil cooler would be nice, too, especially since I'm seeing temps upwards of 275 F on track.I have to remind myself to take this stuff slowly and commensurately with my driving ability.
I like what I'm hearing about a track shootout. I'd like it more if it were on a neutral track - one that niether participant knows intimately. I'd like it most if it were an R53 v. R53 ordeal. Nothing against the R56, I'm just not ready to admit it's the better track toy quite yet
.mb
I don't know what more do you want... they had a race car driven by a pro... if he can't beat a guy with 5 track days and air conditioning I'm not sure what a neutral track will bring if I bring a pro driver to combat theirs........
LOL
btw... we have an oil cooler coming soon
LOL
btw... we have an oil cooler coming soon
6th Gear
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From: NJerz
As I was skimming above I thought there was a challenge laid down - I must have read wrong. I don't want anything except entertainment, which I think a track challenge among agreeable Mini tuners would provide.
Here's an epiphany - pick a track, buy my plane tix, give me both (or more) cars, and the best times = the best car. The only bruised ego would be mine because of my mediocre driving skills.
I guess at some point all of this track talk would go the way of the dyno talk: prove it, prove it prove it, then prove it again. Ironic.
mb
Here's an epiphany - pick a track, buy my plane tix, give me both (or more) cars, and the best times = the best car. The only bruised ego would be mine because of my mediocre driving skills
.I guess at some point all of this track talk would go the way of the dyno talk: prove it, prove it prove it, then prove it again. Ironic.
mb
As I was skimming above I thought there was a challenge laid down - I must have read wrong. I don't want anything except entertainment, which I think a track challenge among agreeable Mini tuners would provide.
Here's an epiphany - pick a track, buy my plane tix, give me both (or more) cars, and the best times = the best car. The only bruised ego would be mine because of my mediocre driving skills.
I guess at some point all of this track talk would go the way of the dyno talk: prove it, prove it prove it, then prove it again. Ironic.
mb
Here's an epiphany - pick a track, buy my plane tix, give me both (or more) cars, and the best times = the best car. The only bruised ego would be mine because of my mediocre driving skills
.I guess at some point all of this track talk would go the way of the dyno talk: prove it, prove it prove it, then prove it again. Ironic.
mb
So do I get to bring the race car or the street car to the event?
6th Gear
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From: NJerz
. The sarcasm there wasn't supposed to hide the more valid suggestion of perhaps the same pro driver (on nobody's payroll) to drive the cars. You know, sort of like The Stig.I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that no event will happen, but maybe I'm just a cynic. So which car you'd bring doesn't really matter. It's fun to think about, though. The gentleman from Mini Madness brings up a valid point - it's high time RMW get invited to a tuner shootout of sorts.
mb
Shocker. The sarcasm there wasn't supposed to hide the more valid suggestion of perhaps the same pro driver (on nobody's payroll) to drive the cars. You know, sort of like The Stig.
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that no event will happen, but maybe I'm just a cynic. So which car you'd bring doesn't really matter. It's fun to think about, though. The gentleman from Mini Madness brings up a valid point - it's high time RMW get invited to a tuner shootout of sorts.
mb
. The sarcasm there wasn't supposed to hide the more valid suggestion of perhaps the same pro driver (on nobody's payroll) to drive the cars. You know, sort of like The Stig.I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that no event will happen, but maybe I'm just a cynic. So which car you'd bring doesn't really matter. It's fun to think about, though. The gentleman from Mini Madness brings up a valid point - it's high time RMW get invited to a tuner shootout of sorts.
mb
call your buddies at the magazines and let's get it on....
like I said before ......... you want us to show with a race car or a street car
pick your poison
what will the race car run?
build cost is easy for me
1 RMW stroker engine with exhaust
1 set coilovers
TVS 1320 Supercharger for Jan's stroker engine... interesting pics and discussion start around post #196.