I'm sory if this is a re-post. But there are 2 minis (non-s) that have atleast an exhaust. Does any one have amy idea what exhaust they have? I like that sound

 

Almost all the engine sounds in the movie are digital.

 

 

Fl_Blue,

I like your signature photo, but my question is: my last what?

 

 

... of the apostrophe!

 

Its from Taladega Nights w/ Will Ferrell. and thanks!

 

I remember reading that they are dubbed impreza boxer engines. I could be wrong.

 

I think MOE4me is referring to the spelling error: your = you're

 

OOO, My mistake. I'm just too used to AIM and MSN. I use "your" for everything

 

It's cool in typed conversation, AIM, and such. We all type fast and grammar goes to hell in a handbasket...but it's your signature, man! Show some pride...do it right

non illigitimi carborundum

 

....wow...the "your last" that you guys were talkin about took me quite awhile to comprehend...hahaha gosh i feel dumb..xO

 

So what kind of horn did they dub in? IMO the 'beep-beep' suits the MINI better than the horn in the R53. Holy crap! People probably expect an F250 or something!

 

After seein this thread yesterday, I went and popped in The Italian Job. Did anybody notice Spiderman? I believe it's been they hi-jack the armored truck with all the cold and the explosives are going off. People are panicing and for a split second you see somebody in a Spiderman costume.

Please tell me someone else noticed this too?!?

 

Oh, yea, that's Spidey!

I wonder why his Spider Sense didn't warn him that the road was just about to blow up?

Sort of lends a bit of poignant realism to the movie--Spiderman's just a scared cartoon character, MINI Coopers are real! (Yea, this heist would work...lol).

 

While we're on this topic, does anyone know where there's a definitive list of specifications for "The Italian Job" cars? I know they're off-spec, but what would be the easiest way to replicate them?

 

I've watched that scene a hundred times and wondered what he was doing there, and came to assume that he is a guy from either Disneryland, or Universal, or wherever, on his lunch break.

Zip

 

Found this link to motor trend

http://www.motortrend.com/features/s...0305_mini_bts/

Here's a quote from page 2:
Only 32 Minis were used for filming, though Witt says they "could have used several more 'cause we wrecked a few." Everything the Minis do in this film is for real; they benefited from no extra visual effects to improve on the Mini's own acting. The cars themselves were only slightly modified, requiring mainly suspension adjustments for elaborate jumps; "softer or harder, depending on the stunt," says Witt.

 

The 2 Mini Cooper (the white and the blue) have the sound of JCW tuning kit!
The JCW tuning kit for Mini Cooper (non S): new box air filter and new exhaust system.

 

As I heard it, the director (or producer) is a big Spiderman fan and slips him in somewhere in every movie he makes

 

Cool. Now we have both story line plausibility, and 'behind the scenes' reasons for his being there.

Zip