New Car on the Way...
Discussion
After (as yet unconfirmed, bloody insurance companies!) death of my BMW 525i, I put a deposit down on a new car today.
It's not of the unmarked police car variety... Oh and it's supercharged
Should have it sometime next week for good pics of it, otherwise I'll leave it open to guessing
Will be good for a bit of
though 
It's not of the unmarked police car variety... Oh and it's supercharged
Should have it sometime next week for good pics of it, otherwise I'll leave it open to guessing
Will be good for a bit of
though 
allezcomp said:
10 points to lee111s (My Dad has a 111s Elise S2 incidentally)
Would've got the bonus 5 points if "JCW" followed
Can't wait now!
As much fun as a 400bhp Jag would've been, I think the insurance would have REALLY killed me!
They're brilliant cars - super fun.Would've got the bonus 5 points if "JCW" followed
Can't wait now!
As much fun as a 400bhp Jag would've been, I think the insurance would have REALLY killed me!
My cousin has had 2. The original one with the superchager and the newer one with the turbo...both were brilliant cars...I've not been in anything that can accellerate as fast when in 3rd at 2k revs...nice one dude
My cousin has had 2. The original one with the superchager and the newer one with the turbo...both were brilliant cars...I've not been in anything that can accellerate as fast when in 3rd at 2k revs...nice one dude
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i have mate and you know what im talkign about around the similar size! hahaha hurry up and buy it and we get back on the chip shop beer run
we can decide who drives and who drinks later on likegavin 48 said:
My cousin has had 2. The original one with the superchager and the newer one with the turbo...both were brilliant cars...I've not been in anything that can accellerate as fast when in 3rd at 2k revs...nice one dude
i have mate and you know what im talkign about around the similar size! hahaha hurry up and buy it and we get back on the chip shop beer run we can decide who drives and who drinks later on likeAnd yes I do know what you're on about and I'm still waiting for you to get me a ride out in it lol.
gavin 48 said:
its in another garage due to spray work at the moment but should be out and about soon enough with this snow finally melting.
and are you sure? you know i dotn mind driving! or are you not trusting me with that yet???
Hi Gavin,and are you sure? you know i dotn mind driving!
or are you not trusting me with that yet???Just realised who you are. Did you get any decent pics at the January meet? Wouldn't mind something for my desktop.
Graham
mate after freezing weather, sh*t light etc etc i decided delete them all off! haha im ready for summer, i started putting some on photobucket (got to 4 and thought balls to it 
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will definetly come out in warmer weather whenever that will be and whatever car i will be in at the time! im ready for a change.
http://s424.photobucket.com/albums/pp328/gavin48/
)will definetly come out in warmer weather whenever that will be and whatever car i will be in at the time! im ready for a change.
http://s424.photobucket.com/albums/pp328/gavin48/
Great choice. I ran a cooper s for a year and had some brilliant fun in it. The change of direction is unreal. Best thing you can do is have a look at the tuning section on www.mini2.com to identify what can be done to it. I put a new manifold on, changed the gearing on the supercharger, changed the intercooler, put a new less restrictive airfilter on and boy did it change the character of the car. I had it remapped but I regretted this as you definitely do not need to do this as the ECU is soo clever and remaps itself.
With a less restrictive cylinder head (costly at £1000 + fitting) you will see the other side of 250 bhp, but the above mods gave mine 230 bhp. I paid in the region of £1500 for the above which reliably took the car from 163 to 230 bhp (mainly due to supercharger mods and better cooling).
There is also a fantastic specialist in Wallsend in Newcastle called Forsters who race in the mini challenge series. They did most of the work and offered very good advice.
The community on mini2 is really great as well.
I hope you really enjoy the car.
With a less restrictive cylinder head (costly at £1000 + fitting) you will see the other side of 250 bhp, but the above mods gave mine 230 bhp. I paid in the region of £1500 for the above which reliably took the car from 163 to 230 bhp (mainly due to supercharger mods and better cooling).
There is also a fantastic specialist in Wallsend in Newcastle called Forsters who race in the mini challenge series. They did most of the work and offered very good advice.
The community on mini2 is really great as well.
I hope you really enjoy the car.
Edited by Hedgetrimmer on Thursday 12th February 08:21
gavin 48 said:
ps if you click on that link albums are on the left and theres a few pictures, havnt updated anything to that for a lonnnnngggg time though but have a look through and see what you think, i currently have a picture from the york dragstrip as my desktop
Cheers Gavin. Some nice shots there.allezcomp said:
Cheers Hedgetrimmer, I've already been looking at the tuning section but I think i'll be happy enough with the 200/210 from the Works kit as standard on it!
I've seen Mini2 and it does seem to be the best forum for the car!
I'll hold you to that in a couple of months after you have read more about the tuning! I would change the pulley on the works to 15 or 17 % reduction after a couple of months to release an extra 10 bhp and much more torque. The works pulley is 11% reduction on standard, not the often misquoted 14.5%.I've seen Mini2 and it does seem to be the best forum for the car!
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