Here's my new car, collected it yesterday and drove home in the wet so excuse the state of it..

I'm not a big fan of the wheels but the tyres are almost new so they will be staying for now...











arty shot..



this is the horrid rear wing that I've already removed



and this is the state of the hatch where it was stuck.. it's taken some of the paint off so it will need a re-spray sadly..



and the modding has already started.. Spots gone.. they were pretty scabby anyway so no great loss..




more plans afoot. paint the brake calipers, fit aero front wipers, rear wiper delete and bee sting aerial and get the hatch sorted then that's pretty much it externally..

then we are onto more power..

enjoy..

Martyn

 

Not a big fan of these but they do drive nice, and they do shift when remapped

 

Drove one of these years ago and it was a good laugh. They sound nice with the JCW bits on too.

 

I like them with fogs and spoiler

Fun to drive just a shame about the dials is why i never got one.

 

Girls car lol

Hope you enjoy it

Steve

 

Nice mate, gf has the R56 Jonh Cooper Works with P Torque remap making 260Bhp, fun and quick cars.

 

Nice little cars, I'm with you on the rear wing, I bet that looked abit silly although I'd prefer the front WITH the spots. Can't you just clean up the old ones or replace with new items? Unless of course you prefer it without them.

 

its great to drive.. will be better once i go down to 17" wheels.

im want to keep the upper half of the car clean looking..

no spots, no spoiler and no rear wiper... and then just have the JCW aero kit on the bottom half.. thats what im aiming for..


Once ive finished with the looks then Ill be fitting a 17% reduced diameter pully on the supercharger and a decent airbox and that should see me over 200 BHP which will liven it up a bit.. after that your looking at upgraded intercoolers, manifolds, injectors and a re-map for nearer 230..

 

I like these, wouldn't mind another!

 

Great cars. Mate has one which we fitted the Jcw supercharger to along with a smaller pulley and chip and it goes really nicely now.

 

Looks a nice and clean example

 

I quite like it, cheeky and tuneable if its the supercharger one ?

what can be got out of these without silly money being spent ?

 

Yeah it's a cooper S.

This one is 170bhp standard (earlier ones were 163 and the 07 onward changed to a turbo but with similar power) and with just a smaller pully on the charger and a free flowing airbox you can get them over 200bhp and that's on standard ECU, injectors, exhaust and intercooler.

After that your looking at injectors, upgraded I/C, exhausts and a remap but the basic pulley and airbox is very cheap if you're handy with the spanners

Pulley and belt kit is about Ł140 and a decent airbox is around Ł100 including the new filter but there is a pikey version of the airbox that you can make DIY for about Ł40 including buying the new filter if you don't mind cutting your car around a bit.. so yeah pretty cheap.

To get the proper airbox and a tuner to fit the pulley and belt kit, dyno runs and a health check is about Ł400 all in so still pretty good value for an extra 30 odd horse power and a good chunk of torque as well..

 

just sold my one had it for nearly 3 years and was faultless
had it a week before it got a 17% reduced pulley, dave f airbox, iridium plugs, grs intercooler and a full stainless exhaust
mine made 212bhp with those tweeks and was a hoot to drive
if you dont fit an intercooler you will be throwing a management light every time you boot it

 

I'd only be going for a 15% pulley in an effort to keep the charge temps down a bit so the standard I/C can cope.. I think the 1320 upgrade includes cooler plugs as well..

Dont want to go too mad with it just now but obviously the next stage would include an upgrade I/C, injectors and so on but then you're talking a bit more than the 3 to 400 pounds that this first step will cost.

 

I was put off these as a friend told me they have gearbox and 'charger problems? If not then I'll be looking back into it!
Drove my mums normal Cooper and was impressed, proper wheel at each corner handling.

 

facelift mid 2004 has a better all round build and better 6 speed box