8 hours and much swearing later

"ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability" (italianjobr53) 12/23/2018 at 09:25 • Filed to: None

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16psi according to Torque.

The way it pulls in 2nd is just amazing!

cbell04 > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 12/23/2018 at 10:06

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Sounds really great. Nice that it gets really quiet once you get off the throttle too. 

sony1492 > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 12/23/2018 at 10:06

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That whine

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > cbell04 12/23/2018 at 11:06

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It’s pretty civilized if you are not pushing it. I mean it’s worse than a GTI but then again it’s more stiffer, agile, fun that that in the curves.

Or I should say it used to be that before I put in a stiffer vibration mount. Now it feels like a racecar :)

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > sony1492 12/23/2018 at 11:07

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My original plan was to replace this within a year with a miata or a mr2 spyder. But uuum the engine is way too much fun compared to those, so now the Mini stays with me forever.

sony1492 > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 12/23/2018 at 12:01

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A friend had one in high school and it was the first FI car I’d been in. T heres a spot for them in my heart if I could overlook the interior

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > sony1492 12/23/2018 at 13:39

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You could strip the interior and build it into a race car. They are decently cheap nowadays, for eg:  https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/d/2005-mini-cooper/6766896855.html

Sovande > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 12/23/2018 at 13:58

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I'd get a real boost gauge as Torque is notoriously in accurate for measuring boost in any sort of real time. 

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Sovande 12/23/2018 at 19:37

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Its on the todo list along with some morr stuff. Everytime I do something to the Mini it feels like I need to keep doing more stuff. Slippery slope is slippery...

Sovande > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 12/23/2018 at 21:00

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I know that feeling! I was able to stop with my C30 which was amazing to me. I am hoping to not start with the new car! Your mini sounds amazing. Have fun! 

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Sovande 12/23/2018 at 21:09

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Thank you for the kind words! Happy holidays :)

Now that I think about it I can probably use INPA to log the data. Down the rabbit hole we gooo....