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MrBlah 02-28-2017 12:50 PM


Originally Posted by Alan (Post 4283712)
Rear Aero Mod

build log? I'm interested in what you end up with for suspension geometry

Bnourai 03-01-2017 11:24 AM


Originally Posted by Alan (Post 4283712)
Rear Aero Mod


https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.nor...81b3e1b4c6.jpg

Rear Aero Mod

The battery box has been removed since this shot.

Diffuser next...

Wow is not the word I was at texas track works today getting work done on my 991and went thru your mini it is a double WOW that engine is In credible it definitely is a track car,loved the time I spent checking your car out,mine is going in next week to get some work done, nothing and absolutely nothing close to yours. Gee.
Ben:eek2:

gumbedamit 03-01-2017 11:25 AM

Now, that's a MEAN Mutha!!!!!

Alan 03-02-2017 10:50 AM


Originally Posted by mega72 (Post 4283737)
build log? I'm interested in what you end up with for suspension geometry

You mean setup?

Front:
800 lb/in; Cooper Swaybar; -2.8; 0.0 toe; 36 psi hot

Rear:
550 lb/in; Hotchkis 25.5 Hollow full stiff; -2.5; 0.0 toe; 33 psi hot

MrBlah 03-02-2017 11:57 AM

thanks, I thought I was crazy going 500 front 450 rear

any issues with sound/db with that long tube header?

MrBlah 03-02-2017 11:59 AM

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.nor...0b8deac269.jpg

Alan 03-03-2017 11:19 AM


Originally Posted by mega72 (Post 4284317)
thanks, I thought I was crazy going 500 front 450 rear

any issues with sound/db with that long tube header?

No, I have ear plugs. :lol:

Bnourai 03-03-2017 01:39 PM

:lol:lmao

miles_miles7 03-04-2017 10:33 AM

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Does anybody knows the wheel/tire combo specs on this UK mini. I find it very nice.

RB-MINI 03-04-2017 06:03 PM

Even though they look like Enkei RPF1's, they are supposedly Konig Wideopen wheels, 15x8 et25 with 205/50/15 tires. I would ask member martijngizmo over at Minitorque for the details since it's his car.

http://www.minitorque.com/forum/f273...-cooper-23854/

CooperSAZ 03-04-2017 07:47 PM


Originally Posted by RB-MINI (Post 4284907)
Even though they look like Enkei RPF1's, they are supposedly Konig Wideopen wheels, 15x8 et25 with 205/50/15 tires. I would ask member martijngizmo over at Minitorque for the details since it's his car.

http://www.minitorque.com/forum/f273...-cooper-23854/

Oh wow, interesting... I immediately went with the Enkei RPF1s myself. Guess I was wrong.

Wheel weights on the Enkeis are ideal... 15s weight around 9.5-11lbs each... 16s are 13-14lbs... 17s are 15-16 is memory serves.

RB-MINI 03-05-2017 11:08 AM

I said supposedly since I don't think he ever confirms what brand the wheels are in the thread. Some people call them Enkei's when they say they like his new wheels, but one poster says they're Konig wideopens when someone asks what wheels they are.

Maybe the owner will give the details if messaged directly.

BruceJ 03-05-2017 01:44 PM

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.nor...b1b86e3363.jpg
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.nor...cfd2445331.jpg
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.nor...b3a1c760f1.jpg

My sensibly modded R53

Bnourai 03-05-2017 05:49 PM


Originally Posted by RB-MINI (Post 4284907)
Even though they look like Enkei RPF1's, they are supposedly Konig Wideopen wheels, 15x8 et25 with 205/50/15 tires. I would ask member martijngizmo over at Minitorque for the details since it's his car.

http://www.minitorque.com/forum/f273...-cooper-23854/

Wow I ended up reading thrue the 76 pages of his post and every mod he did, what a great journal and documenting every thing he did by dates, maybe I am a sick person as today was crummy day in texas rainy and I did not want to do enything so I red . I was going to do a rear wiper delete on my car but the weather got me lazy.:popcorn:

Stripeknight 03-06-2017 06:08 AM


Originally Posted by CooperSAZ (Post 4224269)
That is a cool color!

Where and how do you get that front aero dam, and what are the specs on those wheels???

slo_crx1 03-07-2017 10:31 AM

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.nor...f28263189e.jpg

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.nor...9f05ab38cd.jpg

Work in progress and still dialing in the stand alone, still have a bit of work I'd like to do though.

ECSTuning 03-08-2017 02:26 PM


Originally Posted by Alan (Post 4283712)
Rear Aero Mod


https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.nor...81b3e1b4c6.jpg

Rear Aero Mod

The battery box has been removed since this shot.

Diffuser next...


Thats pretty aggressive, seen a couple Gen1 MINI similar to that. You have some supper wide sticky tires :nod:

Bnourai 03-09-2017 08:05 AM

With a lucky dust..lol

miles_miles7 03-09-2017 09:54 AM


Originally Posted by miles_miles7 (Post 4284807)

Does anybody knows the wheel/tire combo specs on this UK mini. I find it very nice.[/QUOTE]

By looking at several pictures of RPF1, Konig wheels and this car, i think they are Konig. The stance of this car looks like it has a lot of negative camber to bring in the tires closer to the fender edge.

Alan 03-09-2017 10:24 AM


Originally Posted by ECSTuning (Post 4285961)
Thats pretty aggressive, seen a couple Gen1 MINI similar to that. You have some supper wide sticky tires :nod:

225/45/15 R7s on 15x9 wheels

I tried using SM7s on 15x7 wheels, but that left the car under tired. Competition is ~3000 lb 3-series on ~245 width tires. At 2550 lbs 225s on 9" wide wheels works out nicely.

trouble1943 03-09-2017 11:06 AM

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" Carson " is a 2016 Cooper S in Moonwalk Grey Metallic with black mirrors, roof,wheels and spoiler. 6.5" Visual Boost. Enhanced BT and USB. JCW Interior Package. JCW Exterior Package. Dynamic Damper Control. Sport Automatic Transmission with paddle shifters. Keyless Entry. Heated front seats. Rear view camera and Park Distance Control. HK audio. JCW tuner exhaust with Blue Tooth remote and ECU remapping (additional 30 hp....10 from open baffle, 20 from ecu tune).

MiniTigger 03-09-2017 07:13 PM


Originally Posted by slo_crx1 (Post 4285609)
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.nor...f28263189e.jpg

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.nor...9f05ab38cd.jpg

Work in progress and still dialing in the stand alone, still have a bit of work I'd like to do though.

Wow! List of mods?

Drumsound 03-11-2017 10:18 PM


Originally Posted by Bnourai (Post 4274389)
why the 2009+ back end seats so much higher?
there is mine not so mean yet..and my newly added black mini porsche...lol

Looks like a MINI cop car! :thumbsup:

-=gRaY rAvEn=- 04-20-2017 07:25 AM


Originally Posted by sevin (Post 4258827)
Are those wheels from the R56? They look great on the R53. :thumbsup:

Yes! 17in Crown Spokes. Purchased off a fellow MINI employee who had them on his Clubman....Since they're black, and no lugs showing they look like 18 in wheels without the raised stance, thinner side walls...Probably my favorite wheel so far. :thumbsup:

Bnourai 04-20-2017 07:47 AM


Originally Posted by MiniTigger (Post 4286345)
Wow! List of mods?

Is that a cooper motor? It sure don't look like it
..????:eek2:


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