Motors World's quickest and fastest Cooper S

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  1. jhanlon303

    jhanlon303 The Keeper of History

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  2. Mother-Goose

    Mother-Goose 5 o'clock somewhere

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    People always do crazy things to mini's, be they the classic shape or the new bmw ones. Never understood it myself, but whatever my view point is, I can't deny, that thing is rapid!
     
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  3. BentAnat

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    10.48 is pretty darn quick. and the power output is pretty darn high as well... cute...
     
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  4. JesterQ

    JesterQ What's a Dremel?

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    fast .. still prefer the old ones :)
     
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  5. modgodtanvir

    modgodtanvir Prepare - for Mortal Bumbat!

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    Its still front wheel drive? Damn thats crazy :rock: ... Bet it'll oversteer like crazy around a track though :p
     
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  6. Scirocco

    Scirocco Boobs, I have them, you lose.

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    The classic Minis do have more character by far. But that is some seriously tuned hardware there. That much horsepower in a package that small... scary!
     
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  7. Stickeh

    Stickeh Help me , Help you.

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    That is crazy but i'd prefer this one:


    Engines in the rear, and chain driven mostlikely to the rear wheels, gets my heart racing!
     
    Stickeh, 21 Aug 2008
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  8. teamtd11

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    You turn the wheel to turn round a bend, next thing your face meets tree :p
     
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  9. RTT

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    impressive for FWD. still, i'd rather have a motorcycle engined RWD old mini :thumb:
     
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  10. Krikkit

    Krikkit All glory to the hypnotoad! Super Moderator

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    650hp in a mini and you've got 2 choices - hit the tree head-first, or hit the tree backwards.

    I'd rather have one of those mad v8 mini's, or maybe (for a little more practicality), one of those mad VTEC Honda Engines in the front. :D
     
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  11. Stickeh

    Stickeh Help me , Help you.

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    How about a rear mounted supercharged vtec, in a classic mini pushing 400BHP? :D

    http://www.zcars.org.uk/mini/civic.htm
     
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  12. Xen0phobiak

    Xen0phobiak SMEGHEADS!

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    They forgot to put another lump in the back of that cooper S.
     
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  13. Stickeh

    Stickeh Help me , Help you.

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    Reminds me, there was a clubman on ebay with a cooper s engine in the front and the rear, its wheels bolted so they were completely outside the bodwork, it was up on bricks and nothing was bolted in, the owner claiming 'a weekends work to finish'.
     
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  14. Xen0phobiak

    Xen0phobiak SMEGHEADS!

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    There's a twin engined nova, running around 500bhp per lump that does 8 second runs when they can get it to change gear lol. Google the "boost beast" if you're interested.
     
    Xen0phobiak, 21 Aug 2008
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  15. Stickeh

    Stickeh Help me , Help you.

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    If batman owned a nova....
     
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  16. BentAnat

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    That mini will most likely go apesh*t if it HEARS the word "corner"... i reckon it could be faster, if they could keep the nose down on pullaway.
    those horses in that weight should make for a bit quicker times... but FWD = less than ideal in a straight line with lots of horses...
     
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  17. Mary Jo

    Mary Jo oh lolz

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    Ditto. Zcar's hayabusa engined minis are insane.

    I can't stand the new minis.
     
    Mary Jo, 21 Aug 2008
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