okay so i have a 2.4ss with an injen CAI and my friends roomate has a mini cooper s and claims he will own me up and down.. i will admit i'll probably lose but by how much do you guys think it'll be

 

Least your car doesn't look homosexual

 

Fill his gas tank with some water the night before and put a couple of hundred on it and your sure to win! And then he will be like when he finds out what happened.

 

So what exactly happens to someones car when you put water in it, not a lot, just a little?

 

i'd say drivers race...they do the 1/4 in about 15.3, correct me if im wrong.

 

Neither does the Cooper.

 

It will most diff run like $h!T. It will misfire like crazy and will probably take a couple of tanks of gas to get it all out if he doesn't have to pull his tank and drain it, which would diff suck for him but hey my **** wouldn't fit in one of those things so its his problem.

 

lol any guesses on the length of losing

 

i bet 1 1/2 cars, btw use sugar in the tank

 

You guys are harsh but might as well just put a rag in the tank and light it. Cause god damnit if your gonna do something do it right.

 

If you are refering the the mini cooper S as a homosexual car, then you're a jackass. The mini cooper S is a bad ass little roadster type car that I would definitely own in convertible and pimp that **** hard seeing as how it's a ******* BMW! Have you ever even drove one? There cool as ****!!!

oh, and I'd say you'll lose by like 2-3 cars.

 

I KNOW you'll WIN!

I've raced a Mini Cooper-S in my STOCK ALERO and I beat him by a car and a half.

They are SHHHLOOOWW!

Maybe High 15's if he's a good driver.

Unless you weigh 300 lbs you'll beat him even if your car is auto.

 

I hate when that happens...

 

Are Aleros all that slow though? I thought they were descent for there size?

 

Most Aleros are 16 second cars. The V6 ones were high 15's or so.

Mine was a 2.4L 5 speed 4 banger.

It ran a 15.7 at 91MPH stock.

I'd say thats pretty fast for a large car.

 

Some more details about the Cooper S would be nice! Either way you lose, they are quicker then you think. I saw a guy with a smaller pulley, not sure what size, and summer tires run 14.3-14.6. Those were the only 2 mods he had! It was not the John Cooper Works either! Plus BMW makes some of the finest cars on the planet.

 

it might be close, depending on the driver...unless of course the road deviates at all from a straight line...as soon as you hit any sort of corner...just shut down

 

It is funny that you mention the twisties, How would an SS/SC and a mini s compare? I know the mini is all about corners but the SS handes pretty good.

Mini's are bad ass, and chicks like them.

 

I'd like to say that im a chick and mini's arent bad ass and i dont like em

 

any mini i see around here girls are driveing them. i did learn how to drive 5 speed in a mini vert but it wasint the S one. it was not fast at all and i didnt like how the inside looked. it took me so long to find where the hood latch is in the car to pop open the hood also.

 

Like I said,

They are SLOWWWWWWW

 

i doubt it. a little water is common to find in most tanks. its when you get a decent amount, you will probably start to misfire..... from a bent rod.

 

Mmmmmm no. I run with a MCS almost daily. They're light and quick. That was driver error or a base with S badges. They're pretty damn quick.

What options does the friend have? The MCS's are light IF they're smart about what options they get. If he's got the moonroof and 17s, the race will be a lot closer, but probably still have you by 1-2 car lengths or might even be enough to make it a driver's race. The one I run with is insanely light, her car is just under 2700lbs with driver. She has no options, no sunroof, no CD changer, no upgraded audio system, and the lightweight 16s.

Just whatever the outcome, get it on video.

 

the supercharged versions are only 160-170hp and i think the touque is much less, not sure but i think. It was one of the cars i was looking at when i bought my SS S/C. Those are pure autocross cars, not speed deamons.

 

One thing you must know! Just like the SS/SC, the Mini Cooper S ratings of 160-170hp is to the wheel! I have seen several dyno charts to prove that advertised horsepower is almost the same as the wheel horsepower! The Mini will win with a good driver and if it is modified it will murder the 2.4 SS! A slightly modified Cooper S has no problem hanging with my SS, trust me!