Looks nice with you.

 

Thanks mate s

 

 

Ha ha ha no love for the Cooper s then

 

Very nice love the colour bet it goes well,just brought the missus a Cooper to run about in , they good little cars

 

Was going to say your wife must be happy with it

 

big fan of minis myself and did fancy getting a mini one as a toy, bmw have slaughtered the brand now though with 5dr and 4x4s its criminal as they are bigger than a bloody focus wheres mini in that

 

nice bini

 

I was hopeing it was about a real Cooper S of my day.

 

...like my mum's. Replaced with an Escort Mk1 1300 Sport.

 

Thanx mate it flys, feels great flat out round the lanes

 

It is a real Cooper s lol 😁 not pretending to be something it's not, don't get me wrong love old skool but converted me straight away lol 😁

 

Ive driven a few of these. They go like fook.

Where have you been Clint.

 

Hi pal, having difficulty with the site every time I comment on a post it disappears, I can't see it until someone comments on it, it goes like shite off a shovel pal little go kart

 

We have a 2011 /12 Cooper S D 2.0 convertible with John Cooper Works kit n bits. Goes really well and has such a fun chassis, I seem to always be going quickly in it.

 

There great fun, throwing them round the country rds lol

 

I drive the new models as a living, All models and random BMWs up to I3/8 & M3/4/5.
The new F56 JCW is bloody good fun, I've never been a fan of AT transmission until I drove these cars.

The standard cars once warmed up have a great exhaust note. Pop and bang like no tomorrow, Not a fan of the 5Dr F55 or the brand new F54 Clubman mind.

One day I had to drive a F56 Cooper SD 250 miles on a test, It holds the road well and goes well too.

 

does it have any mods yet other than the exhaust ?

you can add about 20 hp to these for very little money.. make it the car it should have been from the factory. and faster than the official 'works' version..

get yourself on MiniTorque.. loads of great advice on tuning and any other aspect of owning and running these cars.

http://www.minitorque.com/forum/forum.php

I have a 2006 R53 with a few choice mods and it's a blast to drive IMO...

 

No not yet, thinking of getting a 17% pulley airtech aircooler, gd induction kit, should go well with all that on it

 

 

good looking mini this, was offered a swap for a cooper S a few weeks back for my 170

 

I'm running a 17% pulley on mine on the standard I/C. Yeah on the warmest days you might feel it down on power a little but 99% of the time it's fine IMO and for induction I have opened up the 2nd air feed on the standard airbox into the bulkhead (about an hours work and less than a fiver) and fitted a K&N panel filter. Plenty of whine from the charger and more than enough on the induction front the cope with the smaller pulley and the exhaust I fitted.. and I saved myself Ł500, Ł400 on the airtech cooler and Ł100 on the induction. Why not try it without the I/C and if you're not satisfied then fit one later on...

While you're doing that remove, clean and re-seat the bypass valve.. If the butterfly is not seated properly you lose boost and they seem to be a bit hit and miss from the factory. Or you can buy an 'optimised' one for about Ł85 from 1320 mini..

Other things to look out for are the front top mounts pushing the strut tops up and the front lower control arm bushes.. If it torques steers a lot then chances are it's the lower bushes on their way out.

More details and 'how to' guides for all of this stuff can be found on MiniTorque..

I'm really enjoying driving mine atm. good fun little car..

Little pic of mine..



HTH

 

Thanks for that mate I'll try it,good looking mini you got there

 

Great little cars my sister has a black turbo'd one

 

I had one the same as yours back in 2005.

Got an aero kit, KW coilovers, Alta induction kit, Alta smaller pulley, Alta control arms. Was about 210bhp and handled like a go kart! Brilliant wee car and definitely surprised a lot of 'bigger' cars - Leon Cupra R's, Type R's, standard focus RS mk1/ST etc. Wish i never sold it but it cost a fortune in fuel! 18mpg was the best i got from it.

 

Mine isn't that bad at the moment although it's still std I'm getting around 34 mpg might go up with mods though lol 😁

 

 

I actually just talked my daughter into buying a cooper with chilli pack, dead jealous of hers now lol

 

Other things to look out for are the front top mounts pushing the strut tops up and the front lower control arm bushes.. If it torques steers a lot then chances are it's the lower bushes on their way out.

Leda do very nice solid top mounts and adjustable dampers. They supply to the Scottish mini race cars

 

I remember the power steering pump went on mine and it sat buzzing away when the car was sat, which eventually flattened the battery and set the alarm off at 2 in the morning. Shit my pants! Had to unlock the door manually, lift the back seat to pull the boot cable under the seat, to disconnect the battery. Neighbors loved it at 2am!

Carlo off here sorted me under bmw warranty for a new pump though.

 

Yeah heard about steering pumps going, touch wood mine is all gd at the moment, a lot of my mates who were haters, have been converted now, not sure about the Cooper s stripes or just leave it std?

 

A cheesy video for sound purposes of my old one before the pulley etc. Just the air filter. Some noise off them, folk used to wonder what it was coming up the street

 

Was never a fan of the stripes on the grey ones personally. I'd defo try and pick up parts for the aero kit. You can buy them separately, sideskirts and bumpers. Makes some difference!

 

they get you like that lol 😁, still miss my mk2 escort though

 

Was looking at the proper cooper s stripes and on the lower doors mat gold, wouldn't mind doing the wheels gold aswell

 

had a lot of classic minis in my 32 years of motoring and will always have a soft spot for them, now my daughters got one it will bug me to buy another

 

New one or classic, new one handles like old one, just quicker

 

fancy a late cooper s tbh as I might put my 170 up for sale soon so it can replace it

 

Don't know about the newer ones there turbo charged people say they have all sorts of problems with the minis mine is a r53 and it's good as gold, no problems, I'd deffo go for it, fun cars