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Fords have always been my 1st port of call but anyone who loves driving cant ignore a mini especially one thats been upgraded by the John Cooper Works team, 210hp at base but quite easy with a few subtle mods to sneak upto around 220ish, restores your faith in driving when little rockets come along like this, mines in BMW Pure Silver and was lucky to come accross this with such high spec, with upgrades like the Recaro Seats & R56 jcw super sized brakes, currently sat on 18" oz superturismos, good fun toy
I actually really like these. Worked for BMW when they were released and the guy who ran the demonstrator got a plug in chip of some sort and I loved that little car,took that out a lot and had lots of fun
I actually really like these. Worked for BMW when they were released and the guy who ran the demonstrator got a plug in chip of some sort and I loved that little car,took that out a lot and had lots of fun
its a fun car is all I can say and you get addicted the whine of the supercharger too even with lsd it torque steers
My wife has one I use. I fitted some bits (17% pulley, intercooler, exhaust etc...) and it made 221bhp. Also fitted an LSD box and its a lot of fun to drive.
My wife has one I use. I fitted some bits (17% pulley, intercooler, exhaust etc...) and it made 221bhp. Also fitted an LSD box and its a lot of fun to drive.
mine was 210hp with the jcw stuff but like you i changed pulley from works 11% to 17% added airtec ic and a few other bits just around 230 odd now which is plenty tbh
Yep, they go well at that power. LSD is a must though!
without a doubt or your hanging onto the wheel like a madman keeping it in a straight line, as I drove one of the gtt ones without lsd and it was a wake up call to thinking thank god mine has it and that was just 190hp
My sister and her bellend partner had one of these minis. They reckon they fuel gauge went down quicker than the speedo went up. They said theres was shite on fuel.
My sister and her bellend partner had one of these minis. They reckon they fuel gauge went down quicker than the speedo went up. They said theres was shite on fuel.
like any car glenn it comes down to how you drive them, but actually cant put a price on how it makes you smile when driving it
I remember driving one of these when they first came out, albeit the regular Cooper S rather than the JCW. Was a lot of fun and, like you say, they make a great noise. The JCW ones sound even better with the different exhaust etc.
Good fun little cars and getting to be a bit of a bargain now.
I remember driving one of these when they first came out, albeit the regular Cooper S rather than the JCW. Was a lot of fun and, like you say, they make a great noise. The JCW ones sound even better with the different exhaust etc.
Good fun little cars and getting to be a bit of a bargain now.
your not wrong prices on the jcw ones are clmibing and nows really the time to buy before they go all tourist, and if they have all the goodies from the options list your on a winner, bought mine as toy but in recent months demand has been growing and could prob double my money if I sold now, the jcw ones do have a better head, air intake combined with the exhaust and the works remap etc like you say makes a world of difference
your not wrong prices on the jcw ones are clmibing and nows really the time to buy before they go all tourist, and if they have all the goodies from the options list your on a winner, bought mine as toy but in recent months demand has been growing and could prob double my money if I sold now, the jcw ones do have a better head, air intake combined with the exhaust and the works remap etc like you say makes a world of difference
I know you can't really compare them but to me I still love the original Coopers S. A superb example.
without a doubt the original cooper s is the daddy, no frills fun at its best shame they never thought of rust prevention back then or there would be more about today
without a doubt the original cooper s is the daddy, no frills fun at its best shame they never thought of rust prevention back then or there would be more about today
Rust prevention has never been a priority unfortunately on most British cars of that period Steve and combine that with the salty shit that goes on our roads in winter is the reason for so few surviving. The one in my photo was one of the best I have seen.It's in the Haynes Motor Museum.
I know you can't really compare them but to me I still love the original Coopers S. A superb example.
I remember going to look at those with my mum when they were new. She liked it, but didn't think it was worth trading in her Mini Sprite for one - shame!
Mini looks good Steve, we had an R53 but it needed too many jobs so we sold it on and got an R56, wife loves it
Cheers Martin it is a hoot when out on the road really does restore your faith in driving and grins, my daughter had the r56 cooper s jcw which was more refined but was forever spending on it with repairs which became tedious so now she has a merc lol
a few new pics to add to the thread on topic seeing as a few of my ford friends how now bought into these little rockets
The legend that is world famous car designer Frank Stephenson with my car back on september 5th also responsable for the Escort Cosworth plus many more world famous creations of automotive history
23-05-2018, 01:12 PM
Mini John Cooper Works 210 -R53
