oh god forbid he adds a few pounds to his car for water.
leave it to a honda guy to say that.
oh god forbid he adds a few pounds to his car for water.
leave it to a honda guy to say that.
a few pounds? the reservoir will probably add like 15lbs, with water, plus the lines running to the A/L I/C so i'll say 2lbs, then the I/c itself full of water, maybe another 15lbs. so 30lbs of weight just from the intercooler setup alone, not the mention the rest of the weight from turbo kit, he would have better luck just running a front or top mount. so the hp gain over weight gain. car wouldn't be going much faster than it already is. just help it with top end. but thats about it.Originally Posted by Dwisforme05
when you got a car that doesn't have the acceleration of most honda's or whatever and the weight difference, i think he could save all the weight he could. it might add a few extra hp on the dyno, but will show no major performance gain over a standard front or top mount, on the street. with chances of possibly getting outran by another car with the same setup but with a FM.
car comes factory weighing around 2550-2750lbs and only pushing 118hp and 114lbs/tq. that would be getting my coupe, running a d15 and throwing in about 300lbs of weight. how fast you think its gonna be boosting a stock motor at 6psi?
i would be hanging with other stock d15's in hatches. boost doesn't mean shit if you have to haul a fucking anvil around.
edit: those mini cooper numbers are based off 2009 mini base model but i don't know the year of his car.
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