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Beaudee
10-16-2005, 08:03 AM
Anyone know anything about the S.C. Mini Coopers?
StormShadow
10-16-2005, 08:13 AM
My buddy runs this website. You could try here.

http://www.lonestarminiclub.com/forums/
dboat
10-16-2005, 11:19 AM
Anyone know anything about the S.C. Mini Coopers?

According to Doug, they are turbo charged... :throw:

Right Doug?


:evil
PoorSvtman
10-16-2005, 11:42 AM
there fun cars my friend she has one. Theres a big group here in dfw. www.metroplexmini.org
my2002lightning
10-16-2005, 11:55 AM
A good friend of mine has a yellow-and-white one. He's drives it from Texas to Florida and then Massuchusetts regularly. He loves it.

I've ridden in it. It's a nice little sportster - albeit it's not a Cooper S.

I have a black/silver Cooper S at work with Wilwood Brakes.

Not a bad looking little car, imo.
PoorSvtman
10-16-2005, 12:53 PM
A good friend of mine has a yellow-and-white one. He's drives it from Texas to Florida and then Massuchusetts regularly. He loves it.

I've ridden in it. It's a nice little sportster - albeit it's not a Cooper S.

I have a black/silver Cooper S at work with Wilwood Brakes.

Not a bad looking little car, imo.

the one at your work have a silver stripe on the rear quarter panels?
my2002lightning
10-16-2005, 01:10 PM
I'll check tomorrow and confirm. I believe so.


the one at your work have a silver stripe on the rear quarter panels?
Logan
10-16-2005, 05:55 PM
Yes, I know something about them... They're gay. Butt-****ing gay. But, then, that's just my opinion. Thinking of driving one? Then you're gay too.

'nuff said.

Hmm... That's not going to win me any friends eh... Damn... Oh well...

;)
StormShadow
10-16-2005, 06:12 PM
Yes, I know something about them... They're gay. Butt-****ing gay. But, then, that's just my opinion. Thinking of driving one? Then you're gay too.

'nuff said.

Hmm... That's not going to win me any friends eh... Damn... Oh well...

;)

:eek: :rll:
Beaudee
10-16-2005, 07:46 PM
I don't think i could fit in one.Have a neighbor who has an S model and says its fast.It reminds me of a kids toy you push on the floor 3 times and let it go.
gagspa
10-17-2005, 09:35 AM
I don't think i could fit in one.Have a neighbor who has an S model and says its fast.It reminds me of a kids toy you push on the floor 3 times and let it go.
You might be surprised. There is more room in a mini cooper than in my Mustang. They are pretty fun cars too.
PoorSvtman
10-17-2005, 11:22 AM
im 6ft 4 and fit in my ex g/fs cooper s just fine. They are fun cars to drive. Like driving a go cart. But the cooper s is the only way to go.
ElScotO
10-17-2005, 08:35 PM
mini coopers arent that fast, my svt focus will walk all over the Mini Cooper S Versions
gagspa
10-18-2005, 07:19 AM
mini coopers arent that fast, my svt focus will walk all over the Mini Cooper S Versions
Based on what I have read that is surprising. Here are some stats that I have found.

Mini Cooper S
161 hp @ 6000 rpm
155 lb-ft @ 4000 rpm
0-60 7.4 seconds
1/4 mile - 15.4 sec. @ 90.4 mph

Ford Focus SVT
170 hp @ 7000 rpm
145 lb-ft @ 5500 rpm
0-60 7.5 sec
1/4 mile - 15.9 sec @ 90.2 mph

It looks to me like it would be a driver's race. Of course your car may very well not be stock too :D
Wht95Lightning
10-18-2005, 07:34 AM
They look like toys. Sooooo tiny.

http://www.mrtoys.com/berchet/pics/Berchet-Mini-Cooper.jpg
02BOLT
10-18-2005, 07:54 AM
Gagspa,

Your Bullitt is fricking sweet. I love those deep dish wheels with DR's on them, it really sets the a$$ end of that car off!!! That sucker looks PHAT!!!:tu:
WA 2 FST
10-18-2005, 08:09 AM
There was a huge display of Mini's at the NAIAS last January in Detroit. Larger than any other display by any foreign manufacturer.

I sat in one. Very comfortable, but then again I'm 5'6". But then my friend and his dad sat in one. They are both ~6'3"+. Again, they said they were very comfortable...and looked it.

I think the car is underpowered, but that's just me.
PoorSvtman
10-18-2005, 01:24 PM
mini coopers arent that fast, my svt focus will walk all over the Mini Cooper S Versions

Whats done to your focus and you want some drop springs for it?


Its a drivers race between those to. The problem with the mini s is that its a drive by wire system so you can mash the gas pedal but the signal goes to throttle body and only opens so fast either way. That makes them sluggish. You can get a different tune and it fixes that and makes them much more faster. Ill race you in my friends stock mini s :D

But i dont know how many times i raced my friends modded svt focus and i walked him with a stock mini S. But my friends tell me i can rip some gears better than most they have seen.
gagspa
10-18-2005, 02:09 PM
Gagspa,

Your Bullitt is fricking sweet. I love those deep dish wheels with DR's on them, it really sets the a$$ end of that car off!!! That sucker looks PHAT!!!:tu:
Thanks. I have to say that it was probably the best cosmetic mod that I ever did. I love the look and wish that I hadn't waited so long to do it.
QDRHRSE
10-18-2005, 05:20 PM
The Mini S is bad to the bone as long as you don't mind a slow car. They actually have more power than they are rated at because they are actually rated at the wheels....still slow. They are a world class sports car....that's slow. I would own one but the insurance is almost as much as all my cars put together (including the L) and they don't make an auto. My wife said I could have one if was automatic. An automatic (non S) mini is a too much of a turd. I live in an area that is full of canyons and somehow I don't think Texas is as mountainous as Southern CA. They turn and stop like a shifter cart (if you have ever driven one of those- 0-100-0 in less than 10 seconds). Anyway, cool car, not for men with issues with their masculinity and a little slow.
my2002lightning
10-25-2005, 11:49 PM
As a follow-up, the Mini-S driver I spoke with last week has the "John Cooper Works" pkg. on his Mini-S.

http://www.johncooper.co.uk/JohnCooperSite/pages/home/default.asp?&cookie%5Ftest=1

I heard this S/C whine (sorta' like a pissed-off bee-hive), I look around and see this Mini wheeling in the parking garage and parking. :d

We spoke at length. He knew of the L and it's capabilities. :burnout:

Ronald



the one at your work have a silver stripe on the rear quarter panels?
PoorSvtman
10-26-2005, 08:44 AM
As a follow-up, the Mini-S driver I spoke with last week has the "John Cooper Works" pkg. on his Mini-S.

http://www.johncooper.co.uk/JohnCooperSite/pages/home/default.asp?&cookie%5Ftest=1

I heard this S/C whine (sorta' like a pissed-off bee-hive), I look around and see this Mini wheeling in the parking garage and parking. :d

We spoke at length. He knew of the L and it's capabilities. :burnout:

Ronald


Yea ive met that guy before probly. He has some huge front brakes on that thing.