Drive just like me.

 

While I just got my mini, I do intend to take care of it. I feel that under revving cokes the engine, yet over revving wears the engine. Excessive anything is probably bad for the parts being stressed. I am hoping to prove worng all the harbringiners of doom about minis being unreliable.

I would even go so far as to think the 15% pully is a bad idea.....sure the JCW uses one...but they use it on a different SC. I would love to hear from a 150k mile mini owner who ran the 15% from early on.

 

Doesn't the 05-06 mcs use the john cooper works supercharger?

 

I would think not....but if someone more knowledgable could let us know it would be great. I'm getting my info from the Bentley manual and it shows the components of the JCW kit, one of which is the SC which apparently is engineered to handle higher speeds with more efficiency. To quote 010-16 in the 6/2006 edition of the Mini Cooper Service Manual.

"An Enhanced Eaton Supercharger with specially-coated vanes that generate increased flow pressure. The supercharger was fitted with a smaller pully, allowing the unit to spin at a higher RPM."

 

- "The biggest changes to the MCS were found under the bonnet. A revised supercharger (the same found in the JCW kit)"

http://www.motoringfile.com/mini-r50r53-buyers-guide/

 

I drive my mini the way john cooper would have intended it. I have have more RMW parts then you can shake a stick at... I do not however drive it harder than my s2000.

Although my r53 does rev to 8k.

10k miles thus far at 258whp. Comp ratio across cylinders is still great and cylinder 1 is still fine. If you want to drive your car hard you gotta get the parts that work well and have proven reliability. A tune is probably one of the most important things for reliabilty as well.

Things you do not want to do is to slap a bunch of parts on your car and go have a blast. Get with a mini tuner, plan your upgrades, attain a goal and donit right.

It will cost less if done correctly the first time.

 

Would be nice if it were true, until I can get some confirmation I'm not using the 15% pulley. Motoringfile is good, but Bentley is the gold standard on mechanics. Think I will start another thread.

 

Same...both coated on all jcw and 2005+ sc...
A couple threads on identifying a pulley...basicly factory is hot pressed steel, aftermarket is CNC cut with bolts....

 

Mine saw redline or near redline almost every day of it's life, even when it was set @ 7500, even now @ 212k if I were to repair just the head it would still drive & run normally for the amount of just basic wear that it has.

 

I drive the living hell out of mine. I definitely never do harsh driving when cold and wait until it warms up, I replace the oil every 5k, and care about it by washing it, making sure everything is lubricated, etc. But when it comes to driving, this car gets beat at HARD! I went through a set of pads and tires in the first 9k miles.

Those cars are meant to be driven and can take the beating well.

 

I think it's cool to drive the car hard.. but just because you leased a vehicle doesn't mean you should beat the living snot out of it... especially during a cold start up.. that's just morally wrong to me.

I drive my JCW hard every so often, some days I won't hit mid to max boost at all. Then sometimes I hit boost all the time.

 

I'm guilty if doing that to my last MINI. But it was a lease that's why. My MCS gets a nice treatment from me:-).

 

I drove my two leased vehicles as if I owned them. Driven moderately, not a scratch anywhere, and all maintenance schedules followed religiously. I'm incapable of damaging or ruining property. It's just the way I am.

 

I'm the same way, I know a guy who beats the hell out of rentals. I just can't do it, I cringe every time top gear doors another car because I can't help but think someone would love to have that car.

 

I get the impression that those that are hard on the cars do not expect to own them beyond 100k?

 

I'm the guy that parks in the end spots towards the rear of the parking lot. Or bordered by the pillar in the Metro parking garage. Or situated in the deepest part of the parallel parking spot at the very end of the row. You've seen "me" before.

 

My friends 04 mcs has 177k on it and he beats the living snot out of it, that's why I bought one.

 

Hard enough that if I were married to it I would routinely go to a jail for domestic abuse.

 

Redline everyday. Currently getting 24.7 mpg