1st Gen R50 Cooper ANYONE build a r50 engine yet??

You are a complete idiot

 

Hahahahahahahahahaha

 

This thread is a train wreck. I think I'll drop 3k on a fox body mustang as a second car and call it a day.

 

Well that's just boring :devil:

 

Haha.. Well, I'm not set on a mustang. Camaro, Trans Am, etc. I want more straight line fun, and putting it in the Cooper isn't practical

 

Than a MINI is NOT what you are looking for.

 

Well, I love my r50, which is thoroughly modified, suspension wise. It grips like crazy through the bends. However, sometimes a little more passing power would be advantageous. I'd be pleased to have a little more in the Cooper without having to get an S, but it is looking grim. Getting a cheap, fast rwd for highway runs might be fun. There is a huge aftermarket for mustangs... I'm told with some work, they can turn. $3k into the Cooper, risking reliability, having no idea what to expect gain wise.. Or have a second car with the ability to get "slideways" drifting around parking lots and enough power to climb mountain highways at speed.

 

I have a question: do I need to read the entire thread before putting it out of its misery?

P.S. I only read the last four posts.

 

Well, the last four are about my interest in ugly muscle cars from the nineties. Read the last few pages.

 

Thumper, Your posting does come off on the short bus side of the fence. At least Nitro can play off a diploma.

 

I don't care who you are. THAT"S FUNNY!!!!

 

This thread makes NAM look sophisticated. Lock it and throw away the key.

 

All bashing aside, I think there is good info in this thread.

 

..... that there is much advice without value?

 

That there is good info/facts against doing dumb things to your car :cornut:

 

This is the reason why i think there should be a Super Punch Out section....let the people with misgivings go in there and hash it out...and personally im getting tired of people who claim they are a tuner come in and hand out horrible advice which i know from other communities that same advice led to alot of destroyed engines and pissed off people...nitrous is never the answer to a long term issue...oh sure its fun now...but one missstep...one spike...one overly long sustained shot of N2O and boom...it happened to my brothers H23 built accord...one shot too many and it cooked the head...and after thousands to get it repaired he had enough and dumped it for another built H23 accord that was N/A and left it alone and had years of fun before he traded it in for a 03 Terminator

 

"He behaved like an ostrich and put his head in the sand, thereby exposing his thinking parts."

-George Carman

Just remember folks; parts and labor cost a lot more than advice. 2cents