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Here's a couple of pics of my two favorite cars
the first one is a 99 Cooper S with 17" wheels, race suspension and supercharged.
The second photo is my beloved RHD 1978 1275GT. This is the car that replaced the Cooper when Cooper stopped putting his name on the crap Leyland was producing during the '70s
I no longer own either of these vehicles but I loved them like they were my children. :::sniffle:::
Yeah Ive seen that video before. It's an amazing machine. And having owned one of these tin cans I can tell you the driver would need to be wearing a diaper .
Yay for Minis! Here's mine waiting in line for some hijinks and tomfoolery at Road America one day:
It's a 2006 S model, with the JCW intake and LSD. I bought it new and proceeded to flog it for 83K miles. Today I drove it about 70 miles through a snow storm and kicked everyone's butt. Every SUV in a ditch made me giggle a little bit. Light car + snow tires = rally time!
I drive a MINI. 2005 Cooper S. Yellow with white top and wheels. It's a love-hate relationship. They are serious pain in the asses to work on and expensive to pay someone to do it, but very fun to drive!
I drive a MINI. 2005 Cooper S. Yellow with white top and wheels. It's a love-hate relationship. They are serious pain in the asses to work on and expensive to pay someone to do it, but very fun to drive!
That is so painfully true. Everything is in the way of everything else. The dealer charges BMW labor rates so after the warranty ran out I've done all my own work. Luckily I have small hands.
I drive a MINI. 2005 Cooper S. Yellow with white top and wheels. It's a love-hate relationship. They are serious pain in the asses to work on and expensive to pay someone to do it, but very fun to drive!
I hear that. Mine's a 2006 S, white with black roof. Bought her used just over a year ago, and already had to replace the thermostat gasket and fuel pump. The sunroof stopped working while open, so once I got that closed manually, I haven't touched it. Thought I had the light trifecta, but thankfully, it was just a fuse. I've never had so many problems with a car or so much fun driving as with this MINI. Check out www.northamericanmotoring.com if you haven't already.
These cars are a hoot. But like having a cafe in a hick town, having a mini is just as interesting haha. I will second the winter comment though, nokian tires+snow on roads = passing people in big slow 4x4's hehehe. '06 cooper s
Heres my RMW Mini: 2003 Mini Cooper S Interior modifications 1. Sparco Milano black leather seats 2. Schroth four-point harnesses 3. Whalen shift knob 4. Panavise PDA/IPOD cradle 5. Auterra OBD-PDA reader 6. PLX digital A/F meter 7. Digital boost gauge (0.1psi resolution) 8. Intercooler IN/OUT digital temperature gauge 9. Digital Nitrous pressure gauge 10. Digital Voltage gauge 11. Digital Exhaust Gas Temperature (EGT) gauge 12. 13. Lighted military auxiliary arming switches 14. Valentine V1 radar detector 15. Custom gas, brake, clutch and dead pedal 16. Haletron fire extinguisher 17. Five panel "Wink" wide angle mirror Electrical modifications: 1. PIAA-X1100 fog beams[/size ]2. IPF 968 130 watt pencil beams with clear lens shield 3. 100 watt Extreme White bulbs in factory fog lamps 4. 120 watt Extreme White bulbs in factory high beams 5. XP3 active deer avoidance system 6. Whalen 100watt electric air-horn/PA system 7. Full signal L.E.D. bulb conversion 8. Comagination Intelligent brake flasher module 9. Safe Blitz Sirius XM module 10. 8mm Jackson Racing plug wires 11. NGK Iridium spark plugs 12. MSD ignition coil
Drive-train modifications: 1. Revolution Mini Works +2 ported cylinder head assembly, Schrick cam, over-sized valves 2. Alta 15% pulley reduction 3. M7 2% crank pulley 4. Fidanza 10lb flywheel 5. Spec Stage II Kevlar clutch 6. Quaife Limited Slip Differential (LSD) 7. Rogue Short Shift Kit (SSK) 8. PowerFlex urethane motor mounts 9. M7 Direct Flow Intercooler (DFIC) 10. M7 Air Gain System V3 (AGS) 11. GIAC engine management ECU flash 12. Revolution Mini Works header 13. Custom 150psi progressive water/methanol injection system 14. M7 oil catch can 15. Modified Borla Race exhaust system, custom resonator, custom DTM exhaust tips
Suspension modifications: 1. Team Dynamics Racing PR-1 twelve spoke 17”x7” satin black wheels 2. Falken Azenis RT-615, 215/40-17 tires 3. 5mm spacers 4. 50mm stud conversion[/size ]5. Front brakes-Red StopTech 380mm slotted floating rotors, 4 piston fixed calipers 6. Rear brakes-Red coated factory calipers, bronze guides, StopTech slotted rotors 7. SS sleeved Teflon brake lines 8. Prospeed GS610 brake fluid 9. Hsport rear lower adjustable camber links 10. Alta adjustable heim joint rear sway bar links 11. Custom adjustable heim joint front sway bar links 12. Megan adjustable coil-over struts linear rate springs (280 front/350 rear) with integrated front camber plates 13. Madness 22mm adjustable rear sway bar 14. M7 front strut brace 15. M7 Under Strut System (USS) 16. Front setting negative 2.1 camber, 1/8” total positive toe 17. Rear setting negative 1.6 camber, zero toe 18. Longacre scale corner balanced
whewww...........
I dont wanna post to many pictures and take up to much space, if you want to see some more let me know,
Update: Not just a fuse. Frickin trifecta. Put some new wheel sensors on and bought a ScanGuageII. Love it and highly recommend the SGII. It's one of the few computers that can reset the SES light on a MINI.
Dang Achilless, is anything original left on that car? I bet she flies! Post all you want.
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