R50/53 Update from the Car & Driver SuperTuner Challenge!
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Howdy folks! Thought I'd pop on and let everyone know how it's going.
For those whom are not aware of what I'm talking about, check out http://www.mini-madness.com/SUPERTUNER.html for more information.
For those in the know, or whom have just read that link
here's the update:
We came in FIRST for 130mph-0mph braking test!!
We came in FIRST on the MAIN test, the road course!!
In fact our time thru the course was so good, it was only 0.3 seconds behind a tuned EVO VIII!!!!!!
I doubt ANYONE will look at FWD the same ever again! We're just so happy at the results I had to share! I'll post up the rest of the info later as I don't have it handy right now. But suffice to say, WE KICKED ***!!! We were the only MINI there and represented our amazing cars to the nines.
But what were we up against you ask? Let's see:
Neuspeed brought a sick GTI
New SI with big motor with supercharger
Wicked 2.7 litre engine shoehorned in a junky Neon (driven from WV to CA, will be lucky if it makes it back home, ya..THAT pieced together...ha!)
3 RSXs in various levels of tune
2 Focuses, one all tuned, one all show-no go
...who else am I forgetting??....
Photos and a full write-up will be in an upcoming issue of Car & Driver magazine, when I know the exact issue I'll let you all know.
R
For those whom are not aware of what I'm talking about, check out http://www.mini-madness.com/SUPERTUNER.html for more information.
For those in the know, or whom have just read that link
here's the update:We came in FIRST for 130mph-0mph braking test!!
We came in FIRST on the MAIN test, the road course!!
In fact our time thru the course was so good, it was only 0.3 seconds behind a tuned EVO VIII!!!!!!
I doubt ANYONE will look at FWD the same ever again! We're just so happy at the results I had to share! I'll post up the rest of the info later as I don't have it handy right now. But suffice to say, WE KICKED ***!!! We were the only MINI there and represented our amazing cars to the nines. But what were we up against you ask? Let's see:
Neuspeed brought a sick GTI
New SI with big motor with supercharger
Wicked 2.7 litre engine shoehorned in a junky Neon (driven from WV to CA, will be lucky if it makes it back home, ya..THAT pieced together...ha!)
3 RSXs in various levels of tune
2 Focuses, one all tuned, one all show-no go
...who else am I forgetting??....
Photos and a full write-up will be in an upcoming issue of Car & Driver magazine, when I know the exact issue I'll let you all know.
R
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Ok, more random bits of info.....
The tests were a 0-60, 0-130, road course and 130-0.
We had the best 130-0 time of any of the cars out there, FWD or RWD/AWD!!
Our 0-60 was 5.9 seconds.
The EVO VIII I refered to above had the best road course time of any car there and we were within 0.3 seconds of that time!!
We had a NASTY headwind on the 0-130 test, and the blocky shape of the Cooper didn't help us much here. And having the smallest displacement engine there didn't help us either (1.6 liter).
A Ford Focus blew up. :smile:
We're really happy with the results and have some awesome videos from inside and out durring the testing to share with you soon enough.
R
The tests were a 0-60, 0-130, road course and 130-0.
We had the best 130-0 time of any of the cars out there, FWD or RWD/AWD!!
Our 0-60 was 5.9 seconds.
The EVO VIII I refered to above had the best road course time of any car there and we were within 0.3 seconds of that time!!
We had a NASTY headwind on the 0-130 test, and the blocky shape of the Cooper didn't help us much here. And having the smallest displacement engine there didn't help us either (1.6 liter).
A Ford Focus blew up. :smile:
We're really happy with the results and have some awesome videos from inside and out durring the testing to share with you soon enough.
R
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