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Old 07-09-2011, 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by BMUN8IVE
Might seem like a silly question, but with slicks, did you do some proper warm ups? What compound are the tires? While doing all that tire tape prep, a little medium to fine grit sand paper would have done wonders for all that rash, but I understand they are track beaters.

I will be interested to see the numbers after tuning. I am sure yo can pull some pretty stout numbers for the bhp/tq. What is the weight of the MINI?
The tires are radial (dont know anything else about them), but they are pretty old, like 2-3 years or so. I did make some formula out of Acetone, White spirit and Diesel fuel, that I put on them before tire warm up. It works like magic!

The wheel spray stuff was just a quick operation just for the fun, did it in like 45 minutes for the two wheels .

About the weight! It is 1250kg with everything in it, I take the passenger seats out and save I think about 50-70kg. and think that it does make a difference.

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Old 02-26-2013, 06:44 AM
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ages since i last posted here on nam ...

few things bought and installed:

- innovate MTX-L AFR and serial path cable
- mynes performance full access and openport 2.0 modified for fa53
- new supercharger (6th gen if i remember correctly)
- m7 nitrous system
- powder coated wheels and brand new tires
- tein s lowering springs (can't afford coil overs... yet)



Mynes performance shipment & fitting gauges

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Old supercharger

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New supercharger

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Nitrous system

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Powder coated the 17 inches ...

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Wheels on car (before lowering springs)

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After lowering springs

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Went to the track again

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13.702@97.4mph
 
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Old 02-26-2013, 06:52 AM
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Looks great, gives me hope for my little EMB. Is that an R32 Skyline I see? Have you taken the car to the dyno? Or have you not installed the new supercharger yet?
 
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Old 02-26-2013, 07:14 AM
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Yes, R32 Skyline.

New supercharger is installed, have never dyno it... hard to have an dyno in Iceland...

ET@1755lbs gives roughly about 200-220 whp
 
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Old 02-27-2013, 02:44 AM
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Technically that's an R33 skyline... Great looking Mini though! I like that color and the stripes, and the power mods seem to be working excellently for you!
 
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Looking great!
 
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