It has been brought to my attention that you autoxers out there that have a Cooper S or the Sporty Suspension II want the standard Cooper front and rear sway bars instead of aftermarket larger ones. I don't know to much about setting a car up for autoX racing. I always thought that for high speed racing involving a lot of turning one would want larger sway bars. A customer told me that there are many owners who want the smaller sway bars. I am in the process of checking pricing vs cost vs shipping availability. If it turns out that I can ship these items at a fair price and reduce the price a bit from what they retail for, I would be willing to sell it. Is there indeed a market for this in a package form: front sway bar(22.5mm), the required rubber mounts(22.5mm)x2, and the rear sway bar(16mm). The rear sway bar rubber mounts are the same between the Cooper S model and the standard. I have to see how large(physical size)the bars are to see if I can even ship them. If I do this package I would run it the same asI have previously,one price- including shipping to anywhere within the continental USA).

 

yes and no, (very wishy washy answer). On other cars switching front sway bars is relatively simple, and changing between large and small bars can be done as part of raceday prep. The MINI is not one of those cars... 4 hours minimum to change the front bar does not lend itself to doing a lot of testing, etc. My preference would be to get an adjustable front bar that would range from the standard front bar (soft) to the Plus front bar (stiff)

Anybody thinking about doing this?