Engine Drivetrain 1st Gen Cooper S Most liked posts in thread: 230+whp on Stock JCW Head

  1. Thumper460

    Thumper460 Active Member

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    MINIMARK.. you are so cool!! the guy is rocking on that dyno.. adding a "Jesus Head" is ( stated 30 -38 MORE WHP) He'll be .."...running straight thru it"! Really?? 260+ WHP?? that is all mighty!! with the M45?? LOL

    Come on MINIMARK... then why aren't there MORE 260 WHP GP's running all over the place??

    Just saying...................................

    Thumper

    PS... I gotta bump up the Jet ( Nitrous).. for those 260 WHP GP's that are all over out there.
     
  2. minimark

    minimark Well-Known Member

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    Have you been living under a rock? Lol :eek:

    ....and it comes as no surprise to me that you would need nitrous to reach 260.....if even that. :rolleyes:
     
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    Thumper460 Active Member

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    yep... been under a rock!! Those are rocking numbers.. he does have the m45 blower, yes??

    Just asking..........................

    Thumper
     
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    ThumperMCS New Member

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    No, that is the first run with a base map to scale the 450's back.

    Do not have a stock run of the car...we are guessing around ~200whp though. It's a strong one...I have raced a friends GP stock vs stock and mine would pull on him every time. For two cars that were identical, and completely stock...the difference was always rather dramatic.

    In regards to the powerband...this cam has added a ton more torque from 2000-2500 and up, makes the car so much more driveable just putzing around town. And when your on it...it pulls all the way up to the redline...hard.

    For the gains...not much at all, considering what some people have spent trying to get the same numbers.

    As stated...give RMW a call! The sky is the limit in terms of what you can do. Jan has a soft spot for GP's too, seeing as he has one of his own :wink:

    Yes I have an m45 lol...

    I have no doubt that my car would pull into the 270whp range with a head+meth. They are out there...

    Dan's GP is at 265whp with a head+meth. I have a meth kit too from my R56, I just haven't put it in the GP yet.

    And my dyno was not done on the Church's dynapak that everyone loves to say is "high reading." This Dynapack is lower reading....I know of a couple other cars with head/cam/header/pulley that ran ~240whp/185-190 ft-lb range on this same dyno you see here. GP1599 really is a freak... :Thumbsup:

    Just saying......

    -The Other Thumper
     
  5. Thumper460

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    Awesome... thanks!!

    Just saying to the other THUMPER

    Thumper
     
  6. minimark

    minimark Well-Known Member

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    Matter fact the MINI standing mile speed record at Bonneville is held by a 260+ RMW horsepowered GP!!!

    RMW goodness is all over the place when one goes to where the races are won and the records are set..... RESULTS by RMW!!!:cool:
     
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    Wow great numbers :Thumbsup: So you gained 41 WHP from a cam, header and tune? :Thumbsup: Well almost WHP, dynapaks read hub hp.
     
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    Im my "Neck of the woods" there is an on going radio ad battle between two local jewelers. One claims to be cheaper that the other, one claims to have better clarity diamonds. Once the basics were covered they began to get more detailed in their spouting about diamonds with clarity rating and what not. Now the ads are longer and longer and make you change the channel. Might not be relevant to this ;)

    Great numbers for sure. Must feel fantastic to drive!
     
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    ThumperMCS New Member

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    Not sure where you get 41 from...
     
  10. ColinGreene

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    Great results, My car happily turns out 270 hp on the church dyno and around 260 on this one, Whats that tell you?
    Both of them are obviously rockets.
    I don't doubt you will be getting head by the end of the year. :)
    Hub HP/ Wheel hp its all relative.
    Just looks to me Rmw and Newman still build a great package.
     
  11. minimark

    minimark Well-Known Member

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    Great story but no two Diamonds are alike which is not what we want when choosing a head, exactly why CNC assures consistency in what we get with our hard earned dollars, be it from the aftermarket or from the original equipment manufacturer!!!

    230 tis sweetness from an OEM head isn't it?:cool:
     
  12. Nathan

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    Blah Blah Blah...

    This thread was actually going well...

    So much for adults.

    I'm in the process of building a site for some of you that can't seem to get this whole "Motoring Alliance is friendly place".

    I just registered I-LIVE-TO-BE-A-JERK-ON-MINI-FORUMS.US I'll need at least a few hours to get it set up please.

    Think ya'll can behave till I have it ready for you?
     
  13. minimark

    minimark Well-Known Member

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    I'll try...lol
     
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    Professor New Member

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    Sorry Nate. Thought I had a valid point to make.

    Again, great results.
     
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    ThumperMCS New Member

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    No one is really bantering back and forth?

    Seems pretty tame to me...

    Regardless....I remember the days long ago when people thought you needed a head to get above 200 wheel :lol:
     
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    minimark Well-Known Member

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    ...and I too had a valid point to make and that is that it is not unusual in this day and time to see GPs and other Minis make 260+HP, and a lot more for that matter.

    If that was being a jerk, then I'm a jerk.
     
  17. ColinGreene

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    Is all good. i think the best part about all of this is how your car sounds.
    Its so fantastic.
     
  18. Nathan

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    The point is this....

    Colin doesn't come here until he wants to give crap to someone... He does nothing to further the site. Just pops in. fires a shot and then is gone for months.

    jiminni just spent a week on his his high horse about how he gets picked on and then has to come into this thread and nit pick.

    There are more examples...

    Some of ya'll are crying so innocent again when there is this undercurrent of negativity and sticking it to others that don't see the things the exact same way you do.

    It's getting tiresome to have this undercurrent in some of these threads. I see it starting again in this thread. Someone has some success with RMW, or Mynes, or whomever and those that dislike what others have done start jumping in and craftily kick the "other team".

    It's always the same people too. Can't ya'll just stop. Or go do it on MT where the daily grind is to talk all that smack.
     
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    ThumperMCS New Member

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    It's def up there as one of the best sounding MINI's I've heard....

    Silent when you want it to be.....volume when you step on the loud pedal.
     
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    ThumperMCS New Member

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    Which is exactly why I didn't respond to his nit-picking :Thumbsup:

    Just his error...