Drivetrain Is it possible to make 400+whp on a Supercharger?
I'm working on something to get Jan up here to Seattle area this summer. Fingers crossed. Let me know if you are interested in a tune from Jan.
Here are some pictures I got of the car below.
More/all pictures in full resolution are here:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?&w=461...%20Race%20MINI
Kurt
Here are some pictures I got of the car below.
More/all pictures in full resolution are here:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?&w=461...%20Race%20MINI
Kurt
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What a wallflower. The red Porsches and Ferraris must be happy to see you on the road, you're much more distracting than those pedestrian rides. 
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Thanks for the ride in the yellow Mini Jan. All I remember is: tires spinning with a helping of more tire spinning, then being pinned into the seat when the tires finally grabbed traction. It was a well needed rush after driving 7 hours, in rain, snow, slush, and ice to bring the Mini to you.
I bet your cars a blast being a hundred horse power up from the yellow Mini.
Can't wait to see how much better old blackie pulls when we pick her up.
Shanne
I bet your cars a blast being a hundred horse power up from the yellow Mini.
Can't wait to see how much better old blackie pulls when we pick her up.
Shanne
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Yeah you're the only one that can't wait to see her face. Its going to be awesome. She might be getting her new car sooner then we thought 
. After riding in the yellow Mini, I'm on a mission for a track car, and I know who will be setting it up.
. After riding in the yellow Mini, I'm on a mission for a track car, and I know who will be setting it up.
can't wait to see what the rotrex does around Buttonwillow this Sunday
Let me know when you head down again, a ride is in order
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Yeah wish I was back home, I would love to watch that thing go around my home track.
RMW will be offering a brake cooling option. We are working on it after watching Ian melt brakes. We have used other kits in the past but this will be a properly designed unit for the serious track rat. Our fabricator we are using has worked on IMSA , ALMS, Grand Am cars and is really talented. We are proud to have him working on the car. We will be bringing some really cool parts to the community. More info on them later as we have to test it first. If it doesn't work we won't sell it.
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RMW will be offering a brake cooling option. We are working on it after watching Ian melt brakes. We have used other kits in the past but this will be a properly designed unit for the serious track rat. Our fabricator we are using has worked on IMSA , ALMS, Grand Am cars and is really talented. We are proud to have him working on the car. We will be bringing some really cool parts to the community. More info on them later as we have to test it first. If it doesn't work we won't sell it.
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RMW will be offering a brake cooling option. We are working on it after watching Ian melt brakes. We have used other kits in the past but this will be a properly designed unit for the serious track rat. Our fabricator we are using has worked on IMSA , ALMS, Grand Am cars and is really talented. We are proud to have him working on the car. We will be bringing some really cool parts to the community. More info on them later as we have to test it first. If it doesn't work we won't sell it.
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RMW will be offering a brake cooling option. We are working on it after watching Ian melt brakes. We have used other kits in the past but this will be a properly designed unit for the serious track rat. Our fabricator we are using has worked on IMSA , ALMS, Grand Am cars and is really talented. We are proud to have him working on the car. We will be bringing some really cool parts to the community. More info on them later as we have to test it first. If it doesn't work we won't sell it.
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Ian pulled up at Thunder Hill as I was waiting for a car to pit. They were smoking like a Weber BBQ loaded with ribs with the vents wide open. What I
remember most vividly was the blast of heat I felt pouring off the front rotors. I flashed back to laps with Phil Wicks in his race car. Guys who are fast do not brake often but when they do use them just punish them. Can you say stand on them. My thoughts were that it smelt like burning steel which I remember from a plant tour as a kid. I guessed right. It was melting steel.
Jan. Love the Tune. I am in for a dyno and a update if you get to the PNW
this summer. I ran harder on the way home for 650 miles and picked up
2 MPG. See a tune is actually green. I did it to save the plant.
remember most vividly was the blast of heat I felt pouring off the front rotors. I flashed back to laps with Phil Wicks in his race car. Guys who are fast do not brake often but when they do use them just punish them. Can you say stand on them. My thoughts were that it smelt like burning steel which I remember from a plant tour as a kid. I guessed right. It was melting steel.
Jan. Love the Tune. I am in for a dyno and a update if you get to the PNW
this summer. I ran harder on the way home for 650 miles and picked up
2 MPG. See a tune is actually green. I did it to save the plant.
we are working on it.....Hope Brian get's it done
I'll have to take a picture of the center caps on the 949 wheels........
THEY MELTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WTF?????????
Ian pulled up at Thunder Hill as I was waiting for a car to pit. They were smoking like a Weber BBQ loaded with ribs with the vents wide open. What I
remember most vividly was the blast of heat I felt pouring off the front rotors. I flashed back to laps with Phil Wicks in his race car. Guys who are fast do not brake often but when they do use them just punish them. Can you say stand on them. My thoughts were that it smelt like burning steel which I remember from a plant tour as a kid. I guessed right. It was melting steel.
Jan. Love the Tune. I am in for a dyno and a update if you get to the PNW
this summer. I ran harder on the way home for 650 miles and picked up
2 MPG. See a tune is actually green. I did it to save the plant.
remember most vividly was the blast of heat I felt pouring off the front rotors. I flashed back to laps with Phil Wicks in his race car. Guys who are fast do not brake often but when they do use them just punish them. Can you say stand on them. My thoughts were that it smelt like burning steel which I remember from a plant tour as a kid. I guessed right. It was melting steel.
Jan. Love the Tune. I am in for a dyno and a update if you get to the PNW
this summer. I ran harder on the way home for 650 miles and picked up
2 MPG. See a tune is actually green. I did it to save the plant.
THEY MELTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WTF?????????
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E-gas 85 proof + 110 octaine? Two simple words come to mind when I see an I/C that freekin huge on a supercharged engine, PRESSURE DROP. How much air is this new toy capable of moving and how tightly crammed is it going to be in the combustion chambers? With an I/C of that magnitude I would say TURBO, but no you say S/C, It would need to be one heck of a centrifigul charger spining at verry high RPM IMO. As for fueling this beast, I think 91oct crap-gas isnt going to be enough (400hp on a 1.6 or 1.8 things get a little crazy) E85 is my bet, as long as you have reworked the fuel system. All in all it's another good teaser to get the site worked up again (been kinda boring around here lately anyhow) Keep up the thinking Jan, there arent many companys making NEW parts for our R53's anymore.
Two simple words come to mind when I see an I/C that freekin huge on a supercharged engine, PRESSURE DROP. How much air is this new toy capable of moving and how tightly crammed is it going to be in the combustion chambers? With an I/C of that magnitude I would say TURBO, but no you say S/C, It would need to be one heck of a centrifigul charger spining at verry high RPM IMO. As for fueling this beast, I think 91oct crap-gas isnt going to be enough (400hp on a 1.6 or 1.8 things get a little crazy) E85 is my bet, as long as you have reworked the fuel system. All in all it's another good teaser to get the site worked up again (been kinda boring around here lately anyhow) Keep up the thinking Jan, there arent many companys making NEW parts for our R53's anymore.