Mini's aren't gay!

[Gaz.]

Not feeling it TBH.

 

[mas]

270bhp of supercharged goodness!!

 

[Addz]

Thats stunning... i keep looking at my Vee and thinking "could i have another mini after this?"

 

[mas]

Aye, its his daily driver too!

 

[Waitey]

Does 280bhp = Forged or just bigger charger.

 

[Cliotoby]

I like minis, i like them more when they look like the pic above, but i just wouldnt buy one because of the gay arse interior. Its horrible. My mate has one and ive driven it, the gearbox is shoite

 

[Firas]

Does 280bhp = Forged or just bigger charger.

i think mini's have a eaton roots type charger which isnt really desighned for big boost. Think 12psi is as much as your gonna get out of them as far as i am aware. however i think 280bhp is achievable without any internal engine work.

 

[young_lew]

I like minis, i like them more when they look like the pic above, but i just wouldnt buy one because of the gay arse interior. Its horrible. My mate has one and ive driven it, the gearbox is shoite

On a Supercharged S?

It doesn't have the same gearbox as One's/Coopers and i love the gearbox.

It's really stiff and you have to punch the gears into place.

Mans gearbox tbh...........

 

[Addz]

I think you can 280bhp without forging it, might be for the best though!

The interior is nice on mini's imo.. so much better than any other cars in the same price bracket... can't see why you wouldnt like the gearbox either! Quite clunky but has a nice solid feel to it

 

[_Tom]

On a Supercharged S?

It doesn't have the same gearbox as One's/Coopers and i love the gearbox.

It's really stiff and you have to punch the gears into place.

Mans gearbox tbh...........

I agree. The gearbox is lovely. Clicks into gear, no movement and heavy. Perfect.

 

[mas]

I like minis, i like them more when they look like the pic above, but i just wouldnt buy one because of the gay arse interior. Its horrible. My mate has one and ive driven it, the gearbox is shoite

The Cooper S comes with a Getrag gearbox?

Its solid, clunky, and takes a s**t load of power. :S

 

[mas]

iirc the pistons are forged as standard.

 

[conneh]

Yes cooper s is Getrag, which is an awesome box. You can hear everything working when you change gear, proper clunky decent gearbox.

 

[joebristolgym]

Gearbox on the mini is rubbish after the Honda S2000 I've got - feels like a very long shift and a bit 'elasticy' for want of a better description. I had a cooper s before the S - only got rid of it a few months back.

I'd say a CS needs more then a smaller pulley to out do a Civic Type R in a straight line if both are being driven to their full potential - perhaps a pulley and bigger topmount intercooler would get it on a par with one. The mini's are quite heavy for the size of them.

On a rutted country road a Clio would probably own a mini on runflats - they bounce off everything.

280bhp is getting towards the limit of the standard supercharger and you would need internal works for that - most people wanting higher power and either going for a bigger charger or going the turbo route.

 

[Bloooor]

hmmm not to keen on the supercharger whine tbh... Don't they have Turbo's some of them? Think it was afetr a certain year... someone educate me as I think I want one!

 

[mas]

06+ Turbo

 

[Bloooor]

They better/worse over the S? price difference? easily modded against the S?

 

[Christopher]

They're both S. Pre-06 cars have a low-pressure variant of an old Chrysler engine. Post-06 have the PSA turbo lump.

Pre-06 CS Works would be my choice. I hate the look of the facelifted turbo models.

 

[Bloooor]

Can change body parts.. it's the engine i'm interested in.

 

[mas]

The R56 (turbo) can look pretty sweet in the right colour/spec.

I like the whine and constant boost of the charger too much though.

 

[ForceIndia]

The later cars have the better engine. Everything else (everything) is nicer on the SC car's. Steering and looks being the biggest things.

 

[mas]

 

[SBV116]

Mini's are gay.

They break more than renaults and cost £££££££££ to buy bits for. s**t imo, once they have done a few K, they start to fall apart.

Seen it on several occasions.

 

[conneh]

Mini's are gay.

They break more than renaults and cost £££££££££ to buy bits for. s**t imo, once they have done a few K, they start to fall apart.

Seen it on several occasions.

Oh right.

 

[Christopher]

Awwwwwesome.

Great choice of wheels.

 

[mini-valver]

The R56 is a much better looking car with the Aero kit on!

 

[Bloooor]

mas, that looks the tits.

 

[Englebert]

270bhp of supercharged goodness!!

Nice!

 

[Englebert]

Can change body parts.. it's the engine i'm interested in.

You realise they are two completely different cars?

 

[BIFCAIDS]

as said i can only hear a powersteering pump! my mate leigh-anne's does exactly the same noise and its a "one", they will never be a cool as the original or live up to the name

 

[conneh]

I really don't think they care that it will never be as 'cool' as the original. They run the mild/hot hatch market. Mr BMW is clapping his hands all the way to the bank.

 

[Bloooor]

You realise they are two completely different cars?

How different are they? whole new design?!

 

[joebristolgym]

Supercharged S and Turbo charged S are completely different cars.

 

[Joeh]

as said i can only hear a powersteering pump! my mate leigh-anne's does exactly the same noise and its a "one", they will never be a cool as the original or live up to the name

you seriously think that the whine from the charger is the same noise as the power steering pump?

And they are much cooler than the old ones imo, i hate the old ones and the attitude of 'MOST' of the older minis owners, at 1 point people who were into the older ones were going round slashing tyres of the newer cooper's etc because they hated them. I had a cooper for a while with intensions of getting an s, i went to mini in the park at santa pod and everytime an old mini beet a new s down the strip a load of middle aged men would jump up cheering.
One of the guys on my stand had a works s which he had spent 10k or more on, 911 breaks, 300bhp, coilies etc, a guy walked over and tapped the arch liner (bonnet was up) and said out loud 'plastic s**t'
Sorry for the rant but i hate the old mr bean mobiles, rusty sheds imo

 

[BIFCAIDS]

joeh ffs im having a laugh

 

[Joeh]

oh sorry

hahaha

 

[mas]

I think the buzz from the PAS pump gives them character.

A bit like the dashboard in your Clio Adam, looking at that all day must be painfully hard.... but you like it, so thats all that matters *big hug*

 

[rory182]

sounds like a tamiya, am oot

 

[Englebert]

Agree with Mas, when you hear the noise you always know it's a Mini parking...lol. It's not actually annoying in the slightest, especially as from inside you barely hear it.

 

[Simon@SprayShack]

Shoulds SH*TE and minis are gay!