Rich H
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Crap pics as it was freezing and I only had my phone with me:
and the result:
all I've done to it so far is fitted a different airbox arrangement, so pretty chuffed with the result. It did highlight it needs a better intercooler though as was losing 20bhp when it got hot 
You may also notice it's got the aero kit grilles fitted now too.
Pic of airbox compared to standard:
More power mods to follow this year though 
That is all! 
[Edited on 29-12-2010 by Rich H]
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Nath
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Very nice. Quite fancy one of these myself.
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taylorboosh
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Impressed. Musr be great fun that
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andys sxi
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need vids of this i have heared its better if you get a uprated pully
i did look at getting a mini but the boot is too small for me still really like them tho
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Paul_J
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Hi btw.
Was quite random having someone say 'Hi, are you Paul_J off corsasport, when I was driving a clio' 
That was weird how they kept squirting water in and the power kept going up
Must fly in the rain lol.
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Rich H
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It is pretty good fun - got a lower front strut brace for Christmas, so going to get the upper one to match, and that'll be the handling sorted too.
Only just got it 100% - recently had to fork out for a new steering column and crankshaft pulley / engine damper.
A mate did film it on a proper camera, so will post it when it's sorted, but I doubt you'll hear much due to the fan!
Being a JCW it already has a 11% reduced pulley, so the change to the normal upgrade of 15% is hardly worth it, and 17% isn't practical for road use.
Hi Paul I vaguely recognised you from a CS meet years back and the Clio just confirmed it!
[Edited on 29-12-2010 by Rich H]
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taylorboosh
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Take it you 2 met?
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pow
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PAUL J FROM THE INTERNET
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Rich H
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we did indeed - was a Pistonheads rolling road day, I was there in the Mini with some mates, and Paul turned up in the Clio track weapon.
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Piér
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Rich, what engine has the mini got in? Thats rather fast!
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Rich H
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1.6 Supercharged with JCW package 
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Piér
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Sounds like fun that does haha Didn't know, its really subtle
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RS6
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rich i've got 2 intercoolers that came of my leon cupra r if you want it?
got the forge one on mine now, rest of the stuff is in a box in the shed
why didn't i know about this piston heads rolling road
[Edited on 29-12-2010 by RS6]
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Rich H
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Cheers for the offer James - It's got a top mount one as standard, but needs uprating to one from the Mini GP or an aftermarket one such as a GRS one - I'm hoping I can bag one secondhand though, as a GRS is about £400 new if not.
Pier - Yeh I guess they are quite subtle really - the JCW badge tends to get a few people trying it on though
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RS6
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yeah i paid £675 for mine not cheap
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RS6
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good result though! bet it sounds nice!
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Ben G
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didn't know it was a JCW  that's a nice figure, bet a lot more powerful cars don't realise just what the little mini is capable of.
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Rich H
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I had 2 Cooper S's that I'd narrowed it down to - a Cooper S with heated leather, or this one which had everything bar heated leather, I went for power over warmth
It does well against a fair few things definitely, but unfortunately, in general the ones that know what JCW mean tend to have cars that are quicker than mine
Had a bit of a play with a V6 ZS on the way home - that one obviously didn't know what a JCW was 
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Matt L
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glad you went for this one over the warmth as heated seats are well overrated imo, i have only used mine once (suppose only driven the car 5times since buying it) but i cant see when i would ever use them again other than to try them.
didnt realise they had so much power either , whats the difference engine wise between normal s and the jcw one?
[Edited on 29-12-2010 by Matt L]
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alan-g-w
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Are they meant to be 210bhp standard?
[Edited on 29-12-2010 by alan-g-w]
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Rich H
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If it had the airbox and something else (that I can't remember!), yeh. That was only available from 2004 onwards when BMW bought the rights to the John Cooper name, and all mods were done in house.
Mine was taken off the production line as a Cooper S, then taken to John Cooper to be fettled with, and was a 200bhp package, or supposedly only 195 @ the flywheel.
JCW kit on mine is 11% reduced pulley, full exhaust, tweaked map and different injectors from what I remember.
[Edited on 29-12-2010 by Rich H]
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alan-g-w
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Not knocking it mate, been in one. They're fast for what they are.
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Rich H
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No worries, I didn't take it that way
TBH, the earlier Mini's are pretty confusing spec wise - I've read shed loads of threads on various forums and still don't understand it all!
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taylorboosh
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was offered a cooper s on ph for the civic, if id known what power they can make id of thought about it a bit more
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andys sxi
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quote:
Originally posted by john-d
was offered a cooper s on ph for the civic, if id known what power they can make id of thought about it a bit more
why are you selling the civic anyway?
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