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Old 03-28-2016, 11:54 AM
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The rims are Rotiforms.

The Super Cooper is getting even more super -



Painted rear subframe, aluminum trailing arms from R56 and adjustable lower control arms going in now.
 
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Rotiform rims

Work is continuing. Trey wanted some other stuff on the car fixed too. Rear subframe, blasted, repainted, R56 aluminum trailing arms and Super Pro bushings installed.

 
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Also had some questions about our Super Cooper intake. Here's a pic of the inside of the intake we are building now. As you can see we port the inside of the intake as well as expand the plenum volume.


 
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is there a dyno number associated with the intake before and after install?
 
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We do not have dyno numbers for the intake by its self. I would say 5-7 whp peak and 10-12 between 3000-6000 rpm is realistic but the real point of this intake is to fix cylinder to cylinder air / fuel distribution so that the engines can be tuned leaner and make more power. Just bolting it on and measuring power is only half the story.
 
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that's cool, I was planning on ordering one since you have done the work already, and I have a spare intake lying around that I was going to attempt. but you guys can definently do mine up haha. save me a lot of time


and I just happen to find out that you did this after working on the intake manifold for about 3 hours
 
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Final Horse Power numbers are in! I know it took a while. The supercharger the car had on it was bad and we had to replace it. We replaced it with a new GP unit. Max power is 256 horse power and 197 ft lbs at the wheels.





 
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That.s the car featured in MC2 Magazine awhile back. Is the current owner local. Holy cow $27,000
 
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Is that over at Reynolda Gardens? I live right near there, what event was this?
 
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Yes, its at Reynolda Village. Car and Coffee 2nd Saturday of the month through the summer.
 
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