R56 0-60 2nd gear starts
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0-60 2nd gear starts
I've tried a 0-60 test a few times and even w/ the mods to my Mini I can't get in the low 6s. Frustrating. I know drag racing isn't a Minis purpose and I don't plan to keep trying to better my best and destroy the clutch,etc. But I get so little out of 1st it seems a 2nd gear start may give better result
thanks,
Terry
2013 all black r-56, JB tune, WMW catless downpipe.Molteki exhaust.
thanks,
Terry
2013 all black r-56, JB tune, WMW catless downpipe.Molteki exhaust.
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My thoughts exactly Zippy. The Coop isn't a dragster. If I wanted one I would have dropped $60K on a Shelby Mustang Cobra so I could shred my tires and go 0-60 in 4 sec. A prospect with limited entertainment value compared to the Mini's funbag, personality too ! You'll get a lot more attention with a Mini too, like it or no. But you know that already. I'm just afraid development is going to kill our cool with these oversized things they're making , I deign to honor with the name Mini, but that could be a whole nother thread
Anyway, a announcement: I hereby renounce my career in drag racing.
Terry
Anyway, a announcement: I hereby renounce my career in drag racing.
Terry
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I presume you have the continental tires and no LSD? That's the problem right there. A good set of Dunlop direzza Z1 or Bridestone R01 tires will make a massive difference in the cars dynamics.
Again as others have said, straight line grip is such a difficult battle to win with high torque FWD
Again as others have said, straight line grip is such a difficult battle to win with high torque FWD
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thread jack, sort of.
Sorry for the late chime in, but, it's even more of a battle in a RWD mid size truck with 300ft lbs torque.
My previous vehicle was a 2000 Dakota SLT V8 with some mods. I miss the truck (Amber, she was amber fire with a pearl clear coat, very beautiful truck). I swear if it didn't have LSD and I mashed on the gas the tires would spin and the truck probably wouldn't move. I could do the most awesome brake stands, and yes both tires would spin. I miss that truck. Had to total it because the salvage payment wouldn't cover the damage.
But don't under estimate the Gen II v8 Dakotas, or the R/Ts. The 4 door 4x4 runs a 15.4 sec 1/4 mile and get decent power gains with your basic bolt on mods and a tuner. They are pretty easy to get into the high 14's. I would like to have my MINI and another Dakota. Despite the reputation mine was sold, had 130k on the clock and only issues were power steering pump replaced, 2 lower ball joints, exhaust manifold gasket and crank shaft sensor (which I think was from the tuner initially). Not to bad for what it was. And it handled better than you would think. The R/Ts handled like no other stock truck, better than most cars. To bad they never did a Dakota R/T with a Hemi. That would be a sweet ride.
Mine looked a lot like this one. Mine was an SLT v8 with stock rims.
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Recently I've been using the P3Cars gauge (http://www.p3cars.com/mini-r55-r56-r57-r58-r59/) to log 0-60 times (data from the ODB2 port). Usually I do this without launching and consistently get between 6.0 sec and 6.1 sec. Tonight I did a mild launched with traction control on and achieved 5.51 sec (see picture).
My question is: how accurate are these measurements? I would love to get a Vbox Sport to compare but don't really want to spend $500.
My question is: how accurate are these measurements? I would love to get a Vbox Sport to compare but don't really want to spend $500.
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