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

Drivetrain I wanna do a 19%, Do I really need all this other crap

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Old Mar 1, 2006 | 12:01 PM
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I am going to be making a trip down there the weekend after this one... Happy Birthday to all the people sharing mine! I will definitely be getting a new belt and soon after, maybe june/july, upgrade the ecu, add injectors, throw some new wheels and tires on there, and tint the windows... project performance will be complete.:grin :

I need more $.....(sigh).....
 
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Old Mar 1, 2006 | 12:26 PM
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I have had a 19% since September of '04. Replaced the belt 2x, but it has never broken and I have not done the injectors or ECU yet, which proves it isn't necessary. I drive it up to 6500 or so every day with no issues
 
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Old Mar 1, 2006 | 03:51 PM
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Old maxim in the study of formal logic: an example is proof of nothing.
 
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Old Mar 1, 2006 | 04:02 PM
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My sis puts it another way...

Originally Posted by OldRick
Old maxim in the study of formal logic: an example is proof of nothing.
The plural of anecdotes is not data!

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Old Mar 1, 2006 | 06:56 PM
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I have a 19% with factory plugs/injectors/ECU, rarely go over 5500 rpm & my car runs great. I'd like to flash the ECU someday, but for my car it's not a necessity. I've had the pulley on for about 13k & can't imagine going back to stock.
 
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Old Mar 1, 2006 | 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Dr Obnxs
The plural of anecdotes is not data!

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Old Mar 1, 2006 | 07:07 PM
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Actually it is something...

Originally Posted by OldRick
Old maxim in the study of formal logic: an example is proof of nothing.
It's an "exisitance proof", an excellent tool when someone postulates "this could never happen".

Just added for completeness....

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Old Mar 2, 2006 | 03:03 PM
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i have went a different route, 15%pulley, cai, exhaust, mth. ran this for about 20000 miles. i just added a ported head, stock header mod, 4% crank pulley. the reason i did the crank pulley to get 19%, is less stress on the belt.

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