Does anyone know anything about this highly-modified car ?

[Loui]

haggi said:

Ireland said:

I bought a 4.2 rather than a 4.5 Cerbera to avoid having to add the correct amount of octane booster per tank.

I just felt it would be too difficult to get it spot on every time.

As much as I want the 265 bhp Cooper S I'm starting to think I'd end up blowing the engine through forgetting the "cough bottle" every time I filled it up.

But we'll see ....

the cooper S lump is a solid engine, but i would take it to 1320 in st neots and have them re-map it for 95 ron

I think you`ll struggle to do it tbh and even if you do it will loose loads of power IMHO

[Ireland]

Loui said:

haggi said:

Ireland said:

I bought a 4.2 rather than a 4.5 Cerbera to avoid having to add the correct amount of octane booster per tank.

I just felt it would be too difficult to get it spot on every time.

As much as I want the 265 bhp Cooper S I'm starting to think I'd end up blowing the engine through forgetting the "cough bottle" every time I filled it up.

But we'll see ....

the cooper S lump is a solid engine, but i would take it to 1320 in st neots and have them re-map it for 95 ron

I think you`ll struggle to do it tbh and even if you do it will loose loads of power IMHO

Yeah, that's what I've been told over here as well.

I suppose I was probably expecting to hear that but was hoping I wouldn't.

I actually fancied the challenge of all that power, particularly on a track day.

It's just a pity that I'd have to shed so much performance to get it to run on ste petrol.


I'd probably be as well off just betting an S JCW.

Actually I just realise I never asked if they run on 95 octane?

I assume they do as there are a small few JCW on the road over here already.

[Silent1]

They recommend 97 iirc, but say the jcw will run on anything

[Ireland]

A JCW is looking far more likely right now.

It would be a pity to go and get a highly tuned car and de-tune it for the sake of the fuel.

I know a JCW will probably cost me more but I could run it on 95 most of the time and add a "cough bottle" or fit a fuel-cat for track days.

[Silent1]

Even if you detuned that car to run on 95/91 it would still produce >245bhp, so it would still be a lot quicker than a works cooper s.

[Rakey]

Thats a bargain, Max loved that car and looked after it.

Hope it goes to a good home where it gets a good few track days

[Ireland]

I think it may have sold.

The seller emailed me to say someone was coming with cash-in-hand to look at it.

I was still in the middle of asking about re-mapping, etc at the time.

I didn't here anything since.