[Video]MK6 GTI APR Stage 2 vs Mini Cooper S vs Ford F-350

brinkmen said:

I had an 03 John Cooper Works Mini and it suprised alot of cars with its speed. It had 210hp because of an updated jcw tune and injectors.

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warchieft2k said:

i had a 2003 mini cooper s manual before my gti and i can tell you with the mods i had on my mini it was faster than my gti today with stage 2...

i had 19% reduction pulley on the super charger, and 4% reduction on the crank pulley, larger injectors, larger intercooler, headers and exhaust... and a few more things... at 21 PSI i was putting down around 240hp to the front wheels about the same and my GTI now and the mini is like 300 pounds less...

only problem with the mini is that if you have kids they do not fit in the back lol so i went GTI...

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BoostedVW11 said:

stage 2 gti cost under $1,000

curious to know what pulley, crank pulley, intercooler, headers, exhaust and a few more things cost on a (bmw) mini cooper...with labor would cost. plus dem heavy mini cooper s run flats

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BoostedVW11 said:

stage 2 gti cost under $1,000

curious to know what pulley, crank pulley, intercooler, headers, exhaust and a few more things cost on a (bmw) mini cooper...with labor would cost. plus dem heavy mini cooper s run flats

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fast2ghl said:

I owned 2 MINI's before the GTI. I had an 05 and 08 S. Dry the MINI's weigh in at around 2700lbs. They "can" be quick but it requires a bit of $$$.... Stock, they are really not as fast as you'd think.... Specially the old R53 S, 163hp.... if it's a JCW 210.

I like the cars, only problem is the build quality is terrible, I have a list a mile long with the issues I had on both cars....

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fast2ghl said:

I owned 2 MINI's before the GTI. I had an 05 and 08 S. Dry the MINI's weigh in at around 2700lbs. They "can" be quick but it requires a bit of $$$.... Stock, they are really not as fast as you'd think.... Specially the old R53 S, 163hp.... if it's a JCW 210.

I like the cars, only problem is the build quality is terrible, I have a list a mile long with the issues I had on both cars....

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brinkmen said:

I believe the JCW package on the '03 I had was a ~$5000 dealer add on. The are all done at the factory now.
Yeah I'd say an S is about fast enough to get out of its own way. The JCW was fast though. I smacked quite a few Honda's in it, including a few newer Prelude SHs w/ mods, and a couple RSX Type S. I think off the line it was almost as fast as my Stage 1 DSG. But the fun factor was much higher. Ah I miss that supercharger whine. I'd go as far to say that the JCW I had was the most fun car I've driven. Especially on back roads. I'll never forget nor cal back country roads with the REME mini club. So much fun driving the sh*t out of that car.

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GertieGTI said:

Is it just me or does the OP look very similar to Plac/2013R? Also very similar mannerisms.

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