Drivetrain (Cooper S) MINI Cooper S (R53) intakes, exhausts, pulleys, headers, throttle bodies, and any other modifications to the Cooper S drivetrain.

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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 03:39 PM
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just wondering what spark plugs you've been using? have you stuck with the stock ones or gone a little colder like a BKR7ES-11
 
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 03:56 PM
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Old Oct 1, 2005 | 08:17 AM
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I use the bkr7 being they have 4 electrodes compared to denso's single tip.....You would think you'd have a better chance of not blowin the plug out having 4 tips to the denos's 1. My .02
 
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Old Oct 1, 2005 | 12:02 PM
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I am running IK24. This is not for the nitrous but more so for my pulley setup. There is not really a big need to go colder on the plugs because the nitrous cools the intake charge.
 
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Old Oct 1, 2005 | 12:22 PM
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Wheres my SAFC biotch.
 
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Old Dec 5, 2006 | 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by 1FSTMINI
I use the bkr7 being they have 4 electrodes compared to denso's single tip.....You would think you'd have a better chance of not blowin the plug out having 4 tips to the denos's 1. My .02
Any new ideas on this topic?
 
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Old Dec 6, 2006 | 04:14 AM
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IK24s should work fine. You could go to NGK for a little more electrode heft & less $$. I'm thinking, for my car, going colder yet. 18f this morning, IK24s , no problems. I won't change out plugs till spring but I realy think for my car they can be IK30s. For nitrous 30s would be my choice.
 
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Old Dec 6, 2006 | 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by spillman
I am running IK24. This is not for the nitrous but more so for my pulley setup. There is not really a big need to go colder on the plugs because the nitrous cools the intake charge.
He's running injection not cooling.
 
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Old Dec 7, 2006 | 10:47 AM
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He's running injection not cooling.
That is how it was explained to me by one of the guys at detroit tuned. I was running 19%+4% with 75 shot nitrous. The guy said not to go colder than 24.
 
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Old Dec 7, 2006 | 11:24 AM
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My $2 NGK work good enough for me
 
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Old Dec 7, 2006 | 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by spillman
That is how it was explained to me by one of the guys at detroit tuned. I was running 19%+4% with 75 shot nitrous. The guy said not to go colder than 24.
If the 24s arn't burning up that's good. Running NOS makes a ton of combustion heat. I've seen more melted ring lands running nitrous, not to mention big time blows. You can't afford to have a misfire either, trust me on this I've had a NOS car since 85 ( still using a button, owned this car since 69 ). At 1 time I ran N2Gs = very cold for regular street driving.
The coldest plug your driving & ignition can stand is best.
 
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Old Dec 7, 2006 | 02:43 PM
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NX recomends a colder iridium plug with a single electrode.
 
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