MINI Cooper Rally Car...

[Si]

Hi All,

Thought id share this awesome MINI Cooper Rally car from the scottish rally championship that i was very lucky so be involved with some years back.

MINI Spec-
2003 Mini Cooper Works Club Sport.

Engine / gearbox
EssentialMINI Enlarged Throttle Body
CST "RALLY" Remap (Courtesy of MTH Cartune)
CST/MTH Exhaust manifold
Standard Gearbox
(CST- Cooper Si Tuning)

Suspension-
Leda Forest Spec.
Adjustable for height, bump and rebound
Spherical front top mounts
1.5 degs - 2.0 degs negative camber.
Spax Tarmac Spec.
Nylon rear top mount bushes
Eibach 2.25I.D. / 225lb springs at the front - Forest
Eibach 2.25I.D. / 150lb springs at the rear - Forest

Wheels-
15" Alloy wheels with Yokohama Gravel tyres - Forest
17" Alloy wheels with Michelin cut slick tyres - Tarmac

Extra`s-
Full roll cage
Carbon/Kevlar competition seats, sabelt quick release harnesses
Vertical hydraulic handbrake, Cockpit adjustable brake bias
Plumbed in fire extinguishers for cockpit and engine
Interior and exterior battery isolator switches
Alloy sump guard , Kevlar tank guard
Polycarbonate under body protection
Polycarbonate windows
Peltor 'practice set' headphone intercom for road sections
OMP crash helmet fitted intercom for special stages
Front strut brace
Brantz International 2 trip meter
Co-drivers map light

[Si]

[irlmin]

We have built several Mini Classic rally cars down through the years and thought about a MINI a while back but thought it was too heavy and underpowered in Cooper form , then the 'S' is handicapped by the 'forced induction regs' . how competitive was that car on both gravel and Tarmac
G

[Si]

We have built several Mini Classic rally cars down through the years and thought about a MINI a while back but thought it was too heavy and underpowered in Cooper form , then the 'S' is handicapped by the 'forced induction regs' . how competitive was that car on both gravel and Tarmac
G

After id mapped the ECU, and it got the proper Leda suspension it was really competitive, even against the higher engine`d 205s. Because its classed in the 16v section....doh. Damn rules ! ol:

I remember the one rally we did we was 3rd in class...and exceptional drive by the guys, but if my mem serves me correct the co driver go to the time point a few minutes too early which gave us a time penalty of 5-10 minutes which dropped us down.

I used to follow around and make sure the maps were correct for different scenarios which was quite fun.

We also did a drive through, loads of MINIs in Arbroath (scotland) infact it was the legendary Cullen run that newminiscotland hosts. OMG what a laugh, sitting in the drivers seat, headphones on chatting away. Was awesome on some of the tarmac rounds round there!

[Sportspack-Mark]

What a car 8)

looks great

[MiniMpi]

My kind of Rally car 8)