Very nice Mini. What's next?

 

2 questions;

1) Why did you sell it?

2) How did you get 240hp without a turbo from a 1.6? Those are some Cosworth BD type numbers..

 

old dyno vid with Magnaflow (stupid loud, replaced with Hushpower)

 

'08 STI, in red.

1) I have a 16mo old and had bought an XJ Cherokee to run her back and forth to daycare. I realized that I could part out the MINI, sell the XJ and replace it with a new STI (finally a 5dr hatch). Simplify things considerably.

2) 15% underdrive pulley on the supercharger, big valve head, cam, 440cc Bosch injectors, larger 'GP' intercooler, race header and exhaust. Plus a tune. There are R53's running 250+ whp with this setup. There's more performance on the table with meth...270ish. Decided to leave things as-is and enjoy the car.

 

I also put in proper seats:





retrofitted the important safety stuff too:

 

JCW alcantara and leather bits...including the dash