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

Drivetrain Christmas comes twice a year.... PARTS HERE!

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Old Oct 1, 2008 | 11:53 AM
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Christmas comes twice a year.... PARTS HERE!

Hi guys,

I would like to thank all the fantastic vendors we have here at NAM. Service has been more than what I could have possibly asked for at every one of them.

Big thanks to RMW (Jan) for his awesome products But seriously, his patience and for answering my gazillion emails and questions - also for the really efficient service. What you say is what happens, no in between the lines non-sense!

Cliff @ Coast To Coast USA for all my other parts and letting change my order twenty times

And all at M7, great company, great people, great products!

Lastly, Graham at GRS Motorsport in the UK, for keeping me in the loop about the progress of manufacture on my intercooler. Also great to deal with.

Again, all above vendors have 0% hassle and are a pleasure to work with, highly recommend them to anybody considering one of their products.

Now for the best bit of the thread, my new parts

Don't know where to start, so overwhelmed!

Jan's stuff:
The magical "Jesus" head


As many have said, this header is artwork, too bad you will never see it :( should have bought a 2nd one to decorate my garage wall






There goes my MPG


Camshaft!


Now for Coasttocoastusa.com
Thanks for the free shirt Cliff Fits perfectly!


The Quaife+bearings, MSD coil+wires, Alta JCW fliter+antenna+17% pulley+intercooler couplers,spark plugs colder range.


M7 OCC, Strutbar, Extreme Scoop




Last but not least, GRS for their beautiful intercooler!


Car is booked to go in Monday to fit everything. I can't wait!

I'm just waiting for my stainless steel brake lines and custom made slotted rotors. TSW springs and control arms are coming next week or two
 
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Old Oct 1, 2008 | 12:45 PM
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I'm so jealous of you, I so wish I would be installing all of that this winter :(
 
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Old Oct 1, 2008 | 01:59 PM
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OH. MY. GOSH.
 
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Old Oct 1, 2008 | 02:55 PM
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Thanks guys, I really can't wait to get all this stuff onto the car!
 
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Old Oct 1, 2008 | 04:05 PM
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What about a flywheel, pressure plate and new disc? How many miles on your rig?

BTW nice looking assembly of parts you got going on there!

Jeremy
 
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Old Oct 1, 2008 | 05:56 PM
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My Christmas comes early this year as well, as I just ordered the RMW cam and street header
 
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Old Oct 1, 2008 | 07:08 PM
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great "presents"!! That's going to be one big upgrade. Any hp estimates yet?
 
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Old Oct 1, 2008 | 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by jhiggs26
What about a flywheel, pressure plate and new disc? How many miles on your rig?

BTW nice looking assembly of parts you got going on there!

Jeremy

Indeed, get a new clutch and flywheel to be able to handle that power. The labor cost to get them installed is pretty much paid for to get the LSD in.

The OEM clutch sucks btw.
 
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Old Oct 1, 2008 | 10:20 PM
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Geez Mike - you really went to town! Would be interesting to see what performance you get out of this lot. We will keep in touch. Enjoy!!
 
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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 12:24 AM
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Originally Posted by jhiggs26
What about a flywheel, pressure plate and new disc? How many miles on your rig?

BTW nice looking assembly of parts you got going on there!

Jeremy
I was thinking about doing doing the clutch+flywheel, but I just (2000 miles ago) had another OEM clutch put in. I will wait until this one wears out and then I will get a whole new system. Car has 37,000 miles on now.
 
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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 12:28 AM
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Originally Posted by brigadoonb
great "presents"!! That's going to be one big upgrade. Any hp estimates yet?
I really have no clue to be honest - but let's wait and see!
 
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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 12:29 AM
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Originally Posted by BlueMax
Geez Mike - you really went to town! Would be interesting to see what performance you get out of this lot. We will keep in touch. Enjoy!!
Hi Blue, yes - it is quite the list haha. Definitely, we must go dyno our cars together once I'm done Now I know what your car looks like next time I drive past you
 
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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 05:08 AM
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I'm jealous too, I hope Jan can do the tuning out-US soon so I can buy RMW products.
 
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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 08:51 AM
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WOW...that looks like several Christmases to me! I thought this was a staged plan for you...well I guess it was. ONE STAGE!!! HAHA

Nice stuff man, let us know the numbers when all is done.
 
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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by //MZero
WOW...that looks like several Christmases to me! I thought this was a staged plan for you...well I guess it was. ONE STAGE!!! HAHA

Nice stuff man, let us know the numbers when all is done.
Thanks //M! What can I say, I'm impatient when I get an idea, I want to get everything done in the shortest time possible.

Will do, watch this space!
 
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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 10:58 AM
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wow.. you and santa claus must be on really good terms! Any chance you could put in a good word for the rest of us?
 
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Old Oct 3, 2008 | 06:33 PM
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You Lucky Stiff.......Great idea having it all done at once, should save on the labor charges. Be sure to get pictures during each mod for the MINI scrap book.......
 
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Old Oct 3, 2008 | 08:53 PM
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I'm jealous too, I hope Jan can do the tuning out-US soon so I can buy RMW products.
With 380's, RMW head, OBX, Milltek and stock tune we pulled 232WHP. I wouldn't let the tune stop you. The tune definitely ties it all together but you don't "have" to get it to make some good power.

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Old Oct 4, 2008 | 12:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Eurothrasher
You Lucky Stiff.......Great idea having it all done at once, should save on the labor charges. Be sure to get pictures during each mod for the MINI scrap book.......
Yes will do, I will start a build thread once the stuff starts going in
 
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Old Oct 4, 2008 | 06:24 AM
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One more reason why we should all start playing the lottery much more religiously, well at me, cuz I couldn't come up with that amount of money any other way!! Mike, nice assortment though seems like a package that will work very well together. Good luck with everything

Steve
 
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