Mon 28 Nov 2005
This past Saturday while my car was on the Dyno the manager of the shop said something interesting to me.
“You have black specs coming out your exhaust and it smells like eggs. Your Cat isn’t going to last like that. You really need to get a high flow CAT”
Is there anything to this? My car has smelled a little odd since then when its warm.
Sat 26 Nov 2005
Well it was fun and the car is super loud sitting strapped to the Dyno.
A group of guys from EastCoastEuro setup a Dyno Day @ FCCT of $70 for 3 pulls. I couldn’t resist a chance to take my car and run her.
Long story short…the MCSa is a pain to Dyno. The car wants to downshift when you hit the kickdown point and its hard to push it to the redline. All of this even with the car in Manual mode. So they shifted manually to 4th and then slowly rolled onto the throttle. This seems to do the trick. But as you see on the first run the hp was great but the lb went wild because the car shifted.
Video coming soon! A few guys that were there shot a nice video of my car on the Dyno. My car is so damn loud!
Here are the hp and lb:
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The Air/Fuel Ratios:
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So if I read the charts right by best is 170hp and 154lb right?
Some nice shots of the car on the Dyno:
Shot of the DynoJet:
A MB E55 AMG with mods came by (power was almost 400hp and over 500lb. I do not have a copy of the exact #s):
Some of the rides they were working on (Not the SL 55, someone just brought it by):
Fri 25 Nov 2005
Don’t panic folks Mark over @ NAM is upgrading the site for us. 
So sit tight and wait while the greatest MINI site is made better!
Thu 24 Nov 2005
I just want to wish everyone a Happy Turkey Day! After the food is stuffed into my face I will rest up for the early morning shopping I plan to get in. So take care on this Turkey Day
Wed 23 Nov 2005
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