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ananiou · Jul 27th, 2006, 08:02 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Tonyt3

So, to all thoses thinking the scoop is going to be utilised by the JCW car, I have to say, I very, very much doubt it......, especially with the soft 'head protecting' pedestrian impact crash laws.....

MINI should have considered utilizing the fake scoop as a CAI ( the fake scoop can be a nice chance for a true CAI, imagine the air diverted directly to the filter. After marker vendors will party with this prospect, for sure) so that they wouldn't have to admit that they've kept it for cosmetic reasons only and we would have saved the embarrassment also.
True that JCW may also drop the idea, time will tell. I think that they will be far easier for them now to "produce" hp gains. The ecu tuning will be far more effective in terms of power increase.

ps Paul, thanks again for the pics

Jul 27th, 2006, 08:02 PM	#4
ananiou MINI2 Regular Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: kozani Local Time: 09:26 AM Posts: 136 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Tonyt3 So, to all thoses thinking the scoop is going to be utilised by the JCW car, I have to say, I very, very much doubt it......, especially with the soft 'head protecting' pedestrian impact crash laws..... MINI should have considered utilizing the fake scoop as a CAI ( the fake scoop can be a nice chance for a true CAI, imagine the air diverted directly to the filter. After marker vendors will party with this prospect, for sure) so that they wouldn't have to admit that they've kept it for cosmetic reasons only and we would have saved the embarrassment also. True that JCW may also drop the idea, time will tell. I think that they will be far easier for them now to "produce" hp gains. The ecu tuning will be far more effective in terms of power increase. ps Paul, thanks again for the pics