Got a production number today!

///ACS330Ci · #1 (**permalink**) 12-15-2004, 09:36 AM

Not long now

LIL RAJA · #2 (**permalink**) 12-21-2004, 08:09 PM

congrats. sounds exciting.

Raja

///ACS330Ci · #3 (**permalink**) 01-23-2005, 04:23 AM

It's at the dealer now

///ACS330Ci · #4 (**permalink**) 01-28-2005, 10:28 AM

CheX · #5 (**permalink**) 01-28-2005, 12:08 PM

Nice! Hows that strut brace working out for you? From what ive heard, you need a really stiff one to be noticable

BeeEmDubAU · #6 (**permalink**) 01-28-2005, 12:32 PM

Drop it

Congrats on the cooper!

///ACS330Ci · #7 (**permalink**) 01-28-2005, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by CheX

Nice! Hows that strut brace working out for you? From what ive heard, you need a really stiff one to be noticable

Too early to tell. We only have 30 miles on the car so far, but will test it on the Nürburgring Nordschleife as soon as it opens back up

///ACS330Ci · #8 (**permalink**) 01-28-2005, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by BeeEmDubAU

Drop it

Congrats on the cooper!

KW V2's may be the next mod

AcR · #9 (**permalink**) 01-28-2005, 01:21 PM

nice

ESP · #10 (**permalink**) 01-28-2005, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ///ACS330Ci

KW V2's may be the next mod

DonDon's HRs were awesome, I can't imagine a set of V2s properly setup

M3 GTR Uxorious · #11 (**permalink**) 01-28-2005, 09:39 PM

wait, doesn't a sway bar in the 'bonnet' induce understeer?

nice car you big dummy...do works owners have to rub it in? okay fine you have a faster and better car than the rest of us, gosh!

///ACS330Ci · #12 (**permalink**) 01-29-2005, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by ESP

DonDon's HRs were awesome, I can't imagine a set of V2s properly setup

I've ridden in one of these guys race cars which run KW's and they were setup awesome for the Ring. Their race cars are running a custom KW coilover, but they install the V2's on their customer cars and don't recommend the race setup for cars that will see street action. What do you think it would be worth for me to have them set mine up?

http://www.autohausschaefer.de/mini-clubsport/

///ACS330Ci · #13 (**permalink**) 01-29-2005, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by M3 GTR Uxorious

...do works owners have to rub it in? okay fine you have a faster and better car than the rest of us, gosh!

LOL, technically this is my wife's car, so now I have to worry about it being faster than my 330 on the Ring

///ACS330Ci · #14 (**permalink**) 01-29-2005, 11:22 AM

Took a few daylight shots today and put a couple hundred miles on her

more pics here - HyperWorksMCS

ESP · #15 (**permalink**) 01-29-2005, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by ///ACS330Ci

I've ridden in one of these guys race cars which run KW's and they were setup awesome for the Ring. Their race cars are running a custom KW coilover, but they install the V2's on their customer cars and don't recommend the race setup for cars that will see street action. What do you think it would be worth for me to have them set mine up?

http://www.autohausschaefer.de/mini-clubsport/

Definately worth considering. I think the balance in the MINI is great and would have an effect, especially since it gets to see Ring time.

I know just from my 2 MINIs and running DonDons for a few hundred miles before and after the HRs, passengers, cargo, etc make a difference that you can feel when you push.

I had suspension setup issues in both my Cooper and my Cooper S, just took some tweaking to get it right. I would gather that after Adjustable Coilovers settle a bit that you could definately benefit from proper cornerweighting, etc. especially with the adjustability of V2s or V3s.