Congrats!
Do something like this with an R53, develop some bullet-proof, track-ready parts, and you might just find yourselves in the middle of a growing market...
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hmm, there's a pleathora of items for the R53, parts include:
- header, exhaust, Stage heads, cam shafts, injectors, tune, Turbo Conversion from the current SC unit, twin-charge units, built blocks, etc...
One of the ABF|Mynes customers ran his Turbo Charged R53 at Buttonwillow last year and finished 2.00 flat...
here are some comparative results from this year's Superlap Battle:
Super Lap Battle Time Attack Results from the Super Lap Battle Finals 2009
So it depends on what HP level you're looking for (200whp to 450whp), all this has been done already... the M45 SC is simply under-powered (IMHO) and this limitation has prevented many MINI owners from competing in the FR circuit. With the R56, we feel the potential is much greater as a starting platform.
Case in point: when we ran the stock JCW with Yoko AD08 tires and Eibach springs (not tuned at the time), it did 1.32...
The same driver then jumped into his R53 with tuned, head work, coilover suspension, Wilwood kit, sway bars and ran a 1.33...
What the R53 need is an upgraded SC system. . . on that note, i might have an update for you next week on what we have come up with
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sweet man!
show them vette and evo dudes that the MINI can be on par with them
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If you're talking suspension then most of the parts are interchangeable between generations anyways
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You have my attention!opcorn:
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the KW v3 are pretty good for road racing, and also the Eibach coilovers are pretty decent also... we installed a set for a customer, but i can't find it on their website. It's the fully adjustable with resevior and everything
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C~ that's the car and it's probably one of our guys driving
I'm in the UK at the moment enjoying some English snow... can't wait to get back to the Socal weather. We think traffic is bad in LA... it's 10x worse here in London. And talk about high gas prices, it's US7.92 per Gallon :eek6:
It's good for us Americans to take trips like this once in a while just to remind us what a great country we have... the grass is greener on the other side, until you step on it, that is ... then it's the same sheat or even worst :mad2:
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Mike, i wish i was there... it would have been nice and warm We'll be back in town next week.
Are you back in biz? Were u running the 370z yesterday at SOW? Let us know when you're ready to tune up your lady's "machinegun Chili" R56
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Yes, good seeing your crew and car would have been the correct phrase.
No, DDMotorsports isn't back in business but I was out there. I was testing version #2 of the 370Z wing for Kognition and was also driving Berk's 135i doing some testing. It was good having an actual test day for once where there was no pressure to turn a fast lap time. Figured out some good things with that car.
