Drivetrain best hp/mod available
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2nd Gear
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From: tallahassee florida
made a thread on this a while back but appears to have been deleted by the down time....
anyways, some of you may have noticed my recent obsession with modding my cooper, and most of you just didnt care, at any rate I decided to throw the whole Idea out.
I am now giving my cooper to my fiance and purchasing a new cooper S (red/black as it would be silly to own two blue/white ones). I'm very excited and will still be ordering a sway bar for it soon to be installed as soon as I recieve my new sweetheart (eta 2 months).
anyways, some of you may have noticed my recent obsession with modding my cooper, and most of you just didnt care, at any rate I decided to throw the whole Idea out.
I am now giving my cooper to my fiance and purchasing a new cooper S (red/black as it would be silly to own two blue/white ones). I'm very excited and will still be ordering a sway bar for it soon to be installed as soon as I recieve my new sweetheart (eta 2 months).
OVERDRIVE - Racing Champion
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 15,262
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From: Mililani, Hawaii
>>made a thread on this a while back but appears to have been deleted by the down time....
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>>anyways, some of you may have noticed my recent obsession with modding my cooper, and most of you just didnt care, at any rate I decided to throw the whole Idea out.
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>>I am now giving my cooper to my fiance and purchasing a new cooper S (red/black as it would be silly to own two blue/white ones). I'm very excited and will still be ordering a sway bar for it soon to be installed as soon as I recieve my new sweetheart (eta 2 months).
Just PM me with your questions and I will point you in the right direction for either MC or MCS. Both are good and have potential.
Go read the thread about the $10K club to see what MINI owners have done- both MC and MCS upgrades are there.
You don't have to be that extreme but you will notice some patterns that work for others.
Most are daily drivers and some autocross and do some driving school.
Let me know how we can help.
Cheers
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>>anyways, some of you may have noticed my recent obsession with modding my cooper, and most of you just didnt care, at any rate I decided to throw the whole Idea out.
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>>I am now giving my cooper to my fiance and purchasing a new cooper S (red/black as it would be silly to own two blue/white ones). I'm very excited and will still be ordering a sway bar for it soon to be installed as soon as I recieve my new sweetheart (eta 2 months).
Just PM me with your questions and I will point you in the right direction for either MC or MCS. Both are good and have potential.
Go read the thread about the $10K club to see what MINI owners have done- both MC and MCS upgrades are there.
You don't have to be that extreme but you will notice some patterns that work for others.
Most are daily drivers and some autocross and do some driving school.
Let me know how we can help.
Cheers
OVERDRIVE - Racing Champion
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 15,262
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From: Mililani, Hawaii
So a MC for her and an MCS for you.
Here is some info I just put on another thread with the same concern as you have for mods with HP.
In general mods for power in the MC are not going to be much. Mods for power in the MCS are better- if that is what you are after then try looking into the 15% reduction pulley/ Powerchip ECU upgrade, cold air intake, Exhaust header, Cat-back exhaust.
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Aloha and welcome to MCO.
Your question is asked every few days it seems. Search or look in past MC mod threads over the last two months.
First tell us what you are ordering- MC with what options.
Then ask yourself what are you trying to do with mods?
How much of a boost will it give you? Generally the MC is not really about boost. If you want a lot more power then the MCS is a better choice. 115 HP vs 163 HP in stock form. But greater weight and $3000 more. Although you can add performance power mods like intake, upgraded ECU, Exhaust Header, cat back exhaust, ignition system upgrade,etc- there are limited gains up to the 135 to 145 HP range. Results vary. Cost of all these run over $2000.
Performance can be enhanced by doing suspension mods. Upgrading Springs, shocks, beefing up swaybars front and rear, adding control arms (some are adjustable to add or decrease negative rear wheel camber), adding swaybar links, and finally a front tower strut brace (some people think the MINI is already stiff and doesn't need this brace).
Along with a stiffer suspension comes a rougher jarring ride, not as smooth and sometimes bouncy if you overdo it.
Wheels can be upgraded to larger rims (also usually stiffer ride) and tires can be changed from runflats that are noisy, harsh riding and expensive to replace- to non runflats that are softer riding and sometimes good handling and less costly. Lighter wheels are a definite plus-16" seems to be a happy medium, not too expensive for rims or tires, good enough handling, good enough appearance. Works well with lowering the car or leaving it stock.
Finally and this is the biggest for mods for the MC. You can do appearance mods to make it fit you better- seats, storage, audio/video upgrades, sound deadening upgrade materials, pure appearance mods, etc.
Try finding the $10K club thread and read through to see what others have done.
I think that it is good not to jump into doing too much without getting a feel for your MINI as is- bone stock.
I have a modded MCS and drove a stock MC with CVT and no options and it was fine. But in a different way. Not too powerful but pretty good and very fun-mostly because of the lower weight/ lighter stock wheels (15" 7 hole) and CVT.
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For short trips around town and daily driving the MC is great. For power up hills and hard cornering way past the speed limit then the MCS is good but costs more. MC has better economy.
Here is some info I just put on another thread with the same concern as you have for mods with HP.
In general mods for power in the MC are not going to be much. Mods for power in the MCS are better- if that is what you are after then try looking into the 15% reduction pulley/ Powerchip ECU upgrade, cold air intake, Exhaust header, Cat-back exhaust.
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Aloha and welcome to MCO.
Your question is asked every few days it seems. Search or look in past MC mod threads over the last two months.
First tell us what you are ordering- MC with what options.
Then ask yourself what are you trying to do with mods?
How much of a boost will it give you? Generally the MC is not really about boost. If you want a lot more power then the MCS is a better choice. 115 HP vs 163 HP in stock form. But greater weight and $3000 more. Although you can add performance power mods like intake, upgraded ECU, Exhaust Header, cat back exhaust, ignition system upgrade,etc- there are limited gains up to the 135 to 145 HP range. Results vary. Cost of all these run over $2000.
Performance can be enhanced by doing suspension mods. Upgrading Springs, shocks, beefing up swaybars front and rear, adding control arms (some are adjustable to add or decrease negative rear wheel camber), adding swaybar links, and finally a front tower strut brace (some people think the MINI is already stiff and doesn't need this brace).
Along with a stiffer suspension comes a rougher jarring ride, not as smooth and sometimes bouncy if you overdo it.
Wheels can be upgraded to larger rims (also usually stiffer ride) and tires can be changed from runflats that are noisy, harsh riding and expensive to replace- to non runflats that are softer riding and sometimes good handling and less costly. Lighter wheels are a definite plus-16" seems to be a happy medium, not too expensive for rims or tires, good enough handling, good enough appearance. Works well with lowering the car or leaving it stock.
Finally and this is the biggest for mods for the MC. You can do appearance mods to make it fit you better- seats, storage, audio/video upgrades, sound deadening upgrade materials, pure appearance mods, etc.
Try finding the $10K club thread and read through to see what others have done.
I think that it is good not to jump into doing too much without getting a feel for your MINI as is- bone stock.
I have a modded MCS and drove a stock MC with CVT and no options and it was fine. But in a different way. Not too powerful but pretty good and very fun-mostly because of the lower weight/ lighter stock wheels (15" 7 hole) and CVT.
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For short trips around town and daily driving the MC is great. For power up hills and hard cornering way past the speed limit then the MCS is good but costs more. MC has better economy.