In our last installment, Project Street S MINI received a substantial increase in horsepower with Mini Mania's Stage 2 power upgrade kit. Project MINI was already fast--much faster than a stock specimen. It has become even faster since then.
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Factory supercharged cars are wonderful. More times than not, a hefty increase in power simply involves installing a smaller blower pulley to make it work harder and to match the increased, forced-inducted air with the proper amount of fuel by way of controlli
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Our Project "Street" MINI Cooper S is a daily driver that's given its owner all the driving pleasure he expected. No problems have been reported over the past several months of ownership, and the current upgrades have enhanced the fun with little or no comprom
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Let's be honest: Increasing horsepower is always the most enjoyable and anticipated part of a project. In Project Street MINI's case, it's even better because we're playing with a supercharged car, and forced induction generally responds to power tweaks better
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Someday I want to buy a shifter kart and race it. I find the cornering gs from the tiny slicks intoxicating and physically challenging. Unfortunately, getting married and moving into a new home doesn't mean the green flag is being waved to start a new hobby (though my new house is just a few miles a
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Someday I want to buy a shifter kart and race it. I find the cornering gs from the tiny slicks intoxicating and physically challenging. Unfortunately, getting married and moving into a new home doesn't mean the green flag is being waved to start a new hobby (t
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This installment of Maxed-Out MINI is being published on www.europeancarweb.com because it involves lengthy explanations of installations of parts already reviewed or mentioned previously in print. In short, we're using the greater space available on the web t
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As soon as the new MINI was released to the United States, the tuners and accessorizers went into a frenzy. We knew what drove this headlong rush--there are plenty of good reasons we named the supercharged MINI Cooper S european car's 2002 Grand Prix winner (s
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It has been frustrating driving around in what is probably the most aggressive-looking MINI in Southern California and having to answer questions about its performance with, "Well, uh, I wish I could drive it and find out." I've been gimping it around like it
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Last month, we showed the straightforward installation of Brembo brakes. The other part of trackworthiness is suspension. KW Suspension was founded in 1991, and began sponsoring professional racing in 1997. In 1999, it entered the European Touring Car Champion
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The MINI Cooper S is the hottest car around right now. We were ecstatic when MINI USA told us we were going to have one for a year. Then it added that the car needed to be modified and shown at the SEMA Show in November. That was July. We got the car at the en
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