My friend just bought a 2006 Mini Cooper. Not the S with the supercharger. We were talking about our cars and going to the track. Do you think my V6 (manual, MRT exhaust) can beat his mini? This is at the track not the street.

 

in a line? i'd say yes. i was always under the impression we compared to the Cooper S

 

Well, they are light...like 700-800lbs lighter then us. Unfortunatly they also have an anemic 115hp/11tq and are fwd. All that adds up to high 16's to low 17's depending on tranny, most of the times i've seen have been around there. If you don't slaughter it sopmething is very very wrong.

Now the Cooper S, mated with the 6-sp, thats a competitor to the v6. Low 15's, at least in manual, the autos are high 15's.

 

lol the Cooper S is awesome...it is kinda like a go-cart....but real

 

For real...i test drove one once...could never buy it, those things aren't made for 6'3 people, lol...but anyway, it just handles like it's on rails. Seriously, it may look dorky and stupid, but the Coop S is one nice car performance wise.

 

2003 Mini Cooper, Manual 8.3 16.6 (C&D July 02)
2003 Mini Cooper S, Manual 7.2 15.3 (MT April 04)
2003 Mini Cooper S, John Cooper Works, 6.2 14.5 (MT April 04)
2004 Mini Cooper S, 6-speed Manual 7.2 15.3 (MT Oct 04)
2005 Mini Cooper S, Convertible 6.6 15.2 (C&D June 05)

 

I think off the line, the mini will beat you... but give him a couple car lengths, then youll be on his *** in no time... GO SIXERS!!!

 

me and my freind just came back from a party tonight (4:43am) and we stopped at a light on the way. he has his dad's copper S manual and i have a v6 manual with dual flowmasters and x-pipe. off the line i raped him, but he started gaing on my towards the end of 2nd gear (~60mph), but once into 3rd i destroyed him. i thought he would have done better, but if we were on a road course with turns, he would have raped me.

 

ah...cool i didnt know we even compared to the cooper S. But ya, his is a automatic or that tip tronic crap...whatever its called.