R50/R53 :: Hatch Talk (2002-2006) Cooper (R50) and Cooper S (R53) hatchback discussion.

R50/53 Owner satisfaction posts for mods and parts

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old Sep 30, 2005 | 05:46 AM
  #1  
SpiderX's Avatar
SpiderX
Thread Starter
|
6th Gear
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 5,149
Likes: 0
Owner satisfaction posts for mods and parts

I ride bikes and play guitar on the web sites for bikes and guitars there is a section where things are evaluated by "users" for satisfaction etc. Why can't we do that here?
 
Reply
Old Sep 30, 2005 | 05:48 AM
  #2  
Rally@StanceDesign's Avatar
Rally@StanceDesign
Former Vendor
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 8,337
Likes: 4
From: oh10
We have a review section where you can cast a vote and share your feelings about certain parts and services from vendors....check out the menu to the left. Is that the kind of thing you are thinking about?

here:
https://www.northamericanmotoring.com/reviews/
 
Reply
Old Sep 30, 2005 | 07:37 AM
  #3  
SpiderX's Avatar
SpiderX
Thread Starter
|
6th Gear
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 5,149
Likes: 0
Originally Posted by RallyMINI
We have a review section where you can cast a vote and share your feelings about certain parts and services from vendors....check out the menu to the left. Is that the kind of thing you are thinking about?

here:
https://www.northamericanmotoring.com/reviews/
Not really,

what I am talking about is for example

under "heads"... The vendors would be listed...price...features....claimed hp gains.....large valves Y/N.......owner comments.......vendor comments...link to the MFG site.

So If you wanted to buy an intake for example. You go to this section and see all the offerings and comparative data....prices.....claims.....Dyno ? rebutals etc. There is a site called Harmonycentral.com another called weightweenies.com....MTBR.com.

I know this is a lot but something like this would valuable and give us end users a good starting point and not just who posts the most. For example..I know almost nothing of BMP products.
 
Reply
Old Sep 30, 2005 | 09:15 AM
  #4  
Rally@StanceDesign's Avatar
Rally@StanceDesign
Former Vendor
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 8,337
Likes: 4
From: oh10
Originally Posted by SpiderX
Not really,

what I am talking about is for example

under "heads"... The vendors would be listed...price...features....claimed hp gains.....large valves Y/N.......owner comments.......vendor comments...link to the MFG site.

So If you wanted to buy an intake for example. You go to this section and see all the offerings and comparative data....prices.....claims.....Dyno ? rebutals etc. There is a site called Harmonycentral.com another called weightweenies.com....MTBR.com.

I know this is a lot but something like this would valuable and give us end users a good starting point and not just who posts the most. For example..I know almost nothing of BMP products.

I still think the review section is close to what you are talking about minus dynos. Below is an example of the intake example you used. It gives price, Description of part, expected gains (no dyno...but numbers), and the review/reccomendations from those who use it. So really what its missing is a dyno sheet....but how helpful would that be? There is no possible way for all the tuners to get on the same dyno, and so far no one is willing to buy ALL available parts and try them each out on separate cars. Not to mention you would need dynos for slightly modified cars, modified cars, and highly modified cars to get an accurate idea of what it would offer your specific car. So in the end....a database of ACCURATELY descriptive dynos would be rather tough.

edit URL changed:
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...&cat=22&page=1
 
Reply
Old Sep 30, 2005 | 10:16 AM
  #5  
SpiderX's Avatar
SpiderX
Thread Starter
|
6th Gear
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 5,149
Likes: 0
Originally Posted by RallyMINI
I still think the review section is close to what you are talking about minus dynos. Below is an example of the intake example you used. It gives price, Description of part, expected gains (no dyno...but numbers), and the review/reccomendations from those who use it. So really what its missing is a dyno sheet....but how helpful would that be? There is no possible way for all the tuners to get on the same dyno, and so far no one is willing to buy ALL available parts and try them each out on separate cars. Not to mention you would need dynos for slightly modified cars, modified cars, and highly modified cars to get an accurate idea of what it would offer your specific car. So in the end....a database of ACCURATELY descriptive dynos would be rather tough.

edit URL changed:
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...&cat=22&page=1
OK.....I apologize....I have never seen that before....I must have gone someplace else. That is very good. I t would be nice to have a comprehensive list of all componenets in a category and maybe you make it the responsibility of the vendor to keep his gear up to date with a pass code that only allows him to edit their products.
 
Reply
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
igzekyativ
MINIs & Minis for Sale
34
Jul 16, 2020 12:54 PM
tr3y003
1st Gear
11
Oct 22, 2015 10:48 AM
minipopkart
R50/R53 :: Hatch Talk (2002-2006)
2
Aug 13, 2015 05:22 AM




All times are GMT -7. The time now is 09:45 PM.