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^^^ If the pump locks up the exhaust cam stops. The engine runs until the pistons hit the valves. In short the engine becomes junk in an instant.

Changing spec's to make the sound better or different would be ludicrous. Not a fan of the sound, but they are what they are. Yep we'll get used...

I always loved those early 2 stroke Sonnet's. They are just So Neat! I've only seen one in my entire life up close. It was at the vintage races at...

Nice clubster, I really like the LED light strips on the boot.

Engine is about $7,000. Don't know how much the vaccuum pump costs. My MINI is an R53 & doesn't have one. Call John over at Best & ask him. He...

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That is the vacuum unit. It is driven by the exhaust cam & if it seizes you will lose your engine. I would not drive your car until you get it to...

I'm not knocking Jan, for my money he is the best. But I swear I was told that he considered the mileage & was hesitant to tune a high mileage...

I have heard locked tires making that sound before these lumps. Yep it was a might harder to hear, but the sound was there.

I may be wrong, but I thought Jan did not want to tune high mileage cars. Enlighten me.

Locked wheels under braking isn't caused by the new engines lack of sound. Locked wheels have always squealed. Or are you saying that harvesting...

I always felt MINI missed the boat by not making the coupes roof removable, be it folding or simply unbolting. BMW/MINI are following the trends...

Fiesta St sounds like a plan..... :D

Thanks Nathan

Any landing you can walk away from is a good one. No worries it will buff right out. Glad Darwin didn't give him the award.

Very nice, let the supercharger whine...... :arf:

Sure one more MINI cancels out one S2000. :wink: Just kidding I those a lot. Nice cars, why did Honda stop making them? :out:

Don't make those tablets too heavy, bad back you know. :p

I bought Brit spec amber signal rear lights for my 06 MINI from NewMINIparts.com. PM Steven at eMINIparts.com & see if he can source you amber...

I'd like that out in the country. adjacent to Nelson Ledges would work for me.