Ok what's your best guess as to what's going with my Mini below?

I'll give you a hint - both sides of the car are the same.....

 

you have S-lites up front and holies at the back!!!!

 

Mad Science..

 

motoring

 

You had your car on the dyno and wanted to see what the effect when running the heavier s-lites?

 

Yup, S-lytes with 17" tires in front and 15" Holeys with 205/55-15 tires in the rear. Why?

Also you've got:
Aero grills on bonnet and front bumper
Carbon fiber bonnet scoop
White wheel arch side light markers
Darkened non S side vents
Dual cowl scoops
Side door edge guard
Front Mudflaps
Stubby antenna
Helix13 side window sticker

And you have a rubber ducky on your dash good for an extra 5 HP!

 

you got ur mini twin charged..!?

 

a couple things wrong here,

1. yes, they are different wheels
2. you appear to be going for the "blacked out" look(tinted windows, blacked side marker) but the bumper side marker is NOT blacked...
3. DOT appointed license plate number, not presonalized...NOT Pimpin!
4. orciari hood scoops, but no orciari ground effects

5. SOMEONES BOOSTING YOUR CAR!!!

 

being in nyc i doubt you are lowering your car..
you could have an exhaust, but that doesnt go with the both sides are the same thing...
so I am gonna say you are getting aero kit side skirts put on..or vinyls

 

You have no gas cap?!

 

I say you're getting pleasue out of making us guess

 

he also cant manually unlock his doors....what if that little battery dies?

In all honesty though, if something were going ONTO the car...i'de also guess exhaust, looking at the wall in the back...looks like this guy does some exhaust work...

this picture thing is fun...

 

Summer tire changeover? I did mine yesterday and have already enjoyed carving up some curves

 

judging from that banner on the right side... are you getting TEIN springs or coilovers?

 

Actually, im gonna have to stick with

is getting taken...


by a very dumb thief that doesnt see the camera rolling right in front of him...

 

I don't think many people got that one!

 

Awesome responses guys.

Correct!

Even more correct! (though I think you might have had a little inside info from nemini.org - heh heh). I am waiting for Partsman109 to start a thread about our Dyno Day @ Swift MotorSports this past Saturday. You will all be stunned by the results I tell you. STUNNED.

Nothing new going on there, eh?

Heh heh I've actually got a black hood scoop (not a fan of CF) and the wheel arches are the smoked variant as opposed to clear (though they don't appear that way).

And yes, the rubber ducky does add some HP!

Interesting idea for some, but not for me. I'm not to crazy about pushing the car to the limit.

Never been into personalized plates for some reason...And those are Mossmini cowl vent scoops - they are a bit taller than the Orciaris...

Thinking about lowering.......

Good one!

Most definitely!

I did recently change from winter tires on holies to some Kumho Ecsta SPT's 205/55/15 on holies as well and they rock!

Definitely thinking about the Teins. I have heard that they will revalve and respring at no additional charge. Spring rate would be in the 445lbs/in area though a fellow NAMer has also said they have a 350lbs/in set as well. I will check into this.

 

Please check out this thread for the dyno graphs!

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...d=1#post883158

For a little taste of what you'll see.......



For reference, a bone stock 2003 MCS showed 140hp at the wheels.



My 2004 MCS with the following mods worth noting:

Helix 15% reduction pulley
K&N Typhoon Intake
UUC Cat-back exhaust
63mm big-bore throttle body from Minimania
Denso IK22 plugs
Upgraded wires (don't remember which)
Screamin Daemon coilpack




29HP difference at the wheels! Outside temp was right around 44 degrees F.
169HP and 169 lbs/ft of torque!!!

I ran two pulls with s-lites on my fronts and got this graph:

There were two different types of readings: DynotDynamics (unadjusted) and DynoJet (1.13 correction factor, I'm assuming this means the dyno was attempting to calc crank HP assuming a 13% loss)




As you can see the s-lites made a negative 17HP difference on the unadjusted Dyno Dynamics reading, and a whopping negative 30HP+ difference on the DynoJet reading!

Can you believe it??

Also for reference there were a couple of JCW MCS's there that were showed these numbers:

1: 155hp DynoDynamics, 170hp Dynojet
2: 165hp DynoDynamics, 185hp Dynojet

Meanwhile we had a 2005 MCS with a Helix 15% pulley and a Rogue intake (no other mods at all!!) showing this:

166.3hp DynoDynamics
181.5hp DynoJet

 

you also have

predominately fluorescent lighting near the front of the car
and predominately daylight lighting at the back.

hence the green tint on the bonnet.

 

Hey LOF....no inside info from NEmini.org , Scott (pipe)stopped by my house after the dyno run and told me you were there..lol.

 

Ah ha! I knew it!

 

What happend when you open the doors and boot????