[GTT 280]

Quote: Originally Posted by KitKat (original)

What milage are you up to now and how much of that has been done under the GTT conversion.

Has it been reliable and what do you reckon the life span of the engine will now be after tuning??

Hi there.

I've had the GTT kit from a 240bph package to a 260bhp to a 280bhp* package. Since the car was about 6 months old. It used to be a JCW 210bhp car, but it felt so weak.

GTT sorted that out

I've absolutely battered the car on track, and always make sure it gets a hard but safe use on the public highway. I always treat it with respect (let it warm up, check oil, insepct the engine area every other journey etc) but i always demand 110% from the car, and it always delivers me 120%

GTT know exactly what they are doing, and amongst the actual GTT owned cars at their HQ in Dorset and between a few of us more advanced owners i.e. 260bhp and above, over the past 3 or more years i think we have proved that these can't be broken. Hot weather, wet weather, short, long, demanding, economical journeys - the lot. They always maintain performance. it is quite astonishing really, but i guess not, simply becuase the products are very well designed - if you think ROland has F1 heritage too - and he's the best CNCer (altering of metal surface in the enginge block - in short) this side of the Milkyway

I don't think i would have spent as much as i have through him if the product did not deliver. You don't part with several thousands of pounds time and time again lightly !!!

Oh, and the end result? well, with my supercharged version as it was at 260bhp or 270bhp i was able to keep paces with a Lambo Merchialago on 1/4 mile bursts with bends, over about 3 miles (and yes, he was battering his car as much as me - i know, his exhaust nearly blew my ears drums out!!!!)

If you want to go real sick, then you could go for the 350bhp or the 450bhp turbo variety.

However, i guess you are entry level - so even the 220bhp kit will astound you if you are running a factory 187 or 200 or even a 210 works.

GTT is smooth, crisp, and punchy.

I smile EVERY time i drive it - i never get tired of what it delivers. Wow - i sound biblical !!!

If you have anything else you want to know, then just pick up the phone and speak with Roland - he will not sell you anything you don't need, and his advice is so good. You never feel obliged to progress either - he is a cool dude! (esp if you like drum kits ha ha ha!!)

Alternatively, i can PM any answers to you or post on here if required. I won't tell you antyhing ROland wouldn't, and if i am unsure, i will tell you so.

Oh, and i feel totally confident i can get this car beyond 100,000 miles and beyond (maybe changing spark plugs and belts and a few administrative things around the car, but certainly nothing fundamental). it's on 43,000 just now. You may find the more power you get you will have to upgrade the clutch, and maybe your brakes so that they last longer and perform better, and maybe replace your wheel bearings after 30,000 miles of driving HARD - but i only did these things as a preventative approach and becuase i wanted 101% performance. You may be ok with BMW MINI oem parts for 100,000miles but i would rather put my faith in a product that has been engineered for a purpose as best it can, as opposed to a mass produced "that'll do for the average A to B driver" such as the pulleys and brakes etc.

I'm a confident without doubt that you will be very happy with any GTT approach you take.

I don't suffer fools gladly, so i'm not just saying all of this to "ra ra ra" GTT. I honestly find their stuff to be top grade kit !!

It'll all make sense once you start the modding game - i must warn you of one thing though.......... IT IS ADDICTIVE !!!! (because the results are so good!!)

Cheers,
K.

[Ant FR]

Think you missed this off your post Karl.

* not confirmed.

I see you put the asterisk but no statement......lol

[Jaw_F430]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ant FR (original)

Think you missed this off your post Karl.

* not confirmed.

I see you put the asterisk but no statement......lol

I did wonder about that lol

[Jaw_F430]

Quote: Originally Posted by GTT 280 (original)

Hi there.

Oh, and the end result? well, with my supercharged version as it was at 260bhp or 270bhp i was able to keep paces with a Lambo Merchialago on 1/4 mile bursts with bends, over about 3 miles (and yes, he was battering his car as much as me - i know, his exhaust nearly blew my ears drums out!!!!)

Cheers,
K.

The keeping up with a Lambo is impressive though as the real 280*+bhp car (Ben's) can just keep the new misti evo at bay (both cars driven by evo mag test drivers) and I doubt it could be close to a Lambo. Must recalibrate your butt dyno as you must produce more power

I am made up my 270*+bhp car can mix it up with evo 8's


*Proven power with dyno testing and up the drag strip

[wibbly]

Quote: Originally Posted by GTT 280 (original)

Hi there.

I've had the GTT kit from a 240bph package to a 260bhp to a 280bhp* package. Since the car was about 6 months old. It used to be a JCW 210bhp car, but it felt so weak.

GTT sorted that out

I've absolutely battered the car on track, and always make sure it gets a hard but safe use on the public highway. I always treat it with respect (let it warm up, check oil, insepct the engine area every other journey etc) but i always demand 110% from the car, and it always delivers me 120%

GTT know exactly what they are doing, and amongst the actual GTT owned cars at their HQ in Dorset and between a few of us more advanced owners i.e. 260bhp and above, over the past 3 or more years i think we have proved that these can't be broken. Hot weather, wet weather, short, long, demanding, economical journeys - the lot. They always maintain performance. it is quite astonishing really, but i guess not, simply becuase the products are very well designed - if you think ROland has F1 heritage too - and he's the best CNCer (altering of metal surface in the enginge block - in short) this side of the Milkyway

I don't think i would have spent as much as i have through him if the product did not deliver. You don't part with several thousands of pounds time and time again lightly !!!

Oh, and the end result? well, with my supercharged version as it was at 260bhp or 270bhp i was able to keep paces with a Lambo Merchialago on 1/4 mile bursts with bends, over about 3 miles (and yes, he was battering his car as much as me - i know, his exhaust nearly blew my ears drums out!!!!)

Wow, thats quite an impressive resume

I'd love to see a Mini v a Lambo at full chat showdown

I certainly hope Roland is working on GTT sickbags, sounds like they're needed

[GTT 280]

Wow - cat fight

This "Lambo" topic has come up again and again - all i can say is that it happened, and it was neck and neck. Nothing more, nothing less. I wasn't dreaming it up, my mate was sat next to me and can vouch for the whole experience. on the same day a vx220 turbo tried his luck, be he was just a small dot in the rear view - and we all know what that car's 0-60 is !!!!

I'm not trying to sell GTT products - i don't work for them !!!

But if i have an encounter like that, course i'm gonna share it with us MINI guys.

So why the "no you didn't" and "what's the * for" chat guys? I thought we were all a team - nobody is better than anyone else - i thought we all loved MINI's - i know i do.

Let me tell you of something that happened today while at tescos.... there was a meeting of about 20 or 25 modded cars all lined up, unfort i was on my way to buy nappies for a friend LOL so just parked in the mother and child space - i had a bad knee

When i came out, a father with his mid-teen son were walking round the car pointing at things and looking through the glass. I walked over and blipped the central locking open - just wanted to see if they jumped LOL.. but i digress....

To get to the point.. these were two really genuine people, totally enthused by cars and modifiying them the old fashioned way (nothing glitsy, nothing glamourous), just a pure pasion for the relative improvements you can make to a vehicle, and getting your hands covered in grime and oil. I spent about 20 mins just chatting with them, about the GTT car, what it had and how it drove etc. but this was only 5 mins of the topic - we talked about the old skool mini's, GT Volvos, even diesels - and we both clicked totally when we said it is not BHP that gives the fun, it's the Torque - spot on.

I was really buzzed by how passionate they were, and i think that is what it is about - not who is better than who, who can go the fastest or spend the most, but who has the most fun and who has the best stories and tales to tell of adventures they'd had.

To me, buying an evo ready made from the shop is boring - but buying a low powered car and making it something special and personal is the ticket. Yeah, everyone likes a shiny grade A sports car (F430 etc.) but for a real enthusiast (like myself) i would buzz more from someone who'd managed to get an extra 15bhp out of their morris minor!!

Yeah, the MINI sat their idling was a talking point, but it was the breadth and depth of the dad and the excitement in the kids eyes that did it for me - 100bhp, 1000bhp (not fussed). Just the fact they understood what fun it is to tinker with cars.

It put a smile on my face, and i know that moment will last for a long time now. I'm gutted i didn't let the lad have a flutter of the throttle, but we all shook hands and approved our desire for the octane world in the usual masculine unwritten rule fashion.

Moments like that are worth all the effort. But when your own MINI community have a go at you it sort of ruins the atmosphere.

I'm a cool guy, and i can take flack like nothing else, but what picture is it painting for the new guys on this scene that read around in these forums.

So chin up folks, you have what you have, i have what i have - it's all good, it's all fun. So lets enjoy it together

Damn - it's 12:10am - another late night !!! that's 16 late nights in row - i neeeeeeed sleeeep!!

PS. seeing a GTT MINI and a Lambo on full chat is kind of surreal - i can tell you immediately that you couldn't really hear the MINI - and i thought i had destroyed my gear box shifting from 3rd to 4th - i hadn't though - it was the zorst on the lambo - it was like thunder !!! (with my window open i was about 4 or 5 meters away from the pipes while the engine was chatting like a footy crowd) that in itself was the best part!! No, i am mistaken, the best part was about 5 minutes later when we'd pulled over and me and my mate just looked at each other (like when the trotters sold that watch for £6million) we couldn't stop laughing in total hysterics. and i will always remeber what my mate said... "Dude, you know that he will be on his way back to the dealership now don't you, asking for his money back" - classic!!!

L8trz.

K.

[alski]

saw some lambos on top gear once, they had a few miles on them too

so as i am also on the track later today...

and as i have a nice bbk and only about 6hp shy of your estimated 280,
i should be able to scare anything now

so any tips for me lambo baiting, will it be best if i try ..out braking, aim for high cornering speed,
or just try out right grunt,

or did you master the bull with all 3

[wibbly]

Quote: Originally Posted by alski (original)

so any tips for me lambo baiting, will it be best if i try ..out braking, aim for high cornering speed,
or just try out right grunt,

Just park in the Parent and baby parking spaces in your local Tesco, I don't even drive a Lambo and it sure ****es me off! So I would imagine anyone in a Lambo will be just as ticked off

[batou]

Try keeping with the lambos on a track like bedford lol, it's a Mini Karl not a time machine

Good to hear it's going well though

[super c00per]

Hows this for 'jaw dropping'.

In the past month I have broken my collar bone, been made redundant, exchanged on a house and started a new job!!! ...Manic!!

LOL

But more importantly I'm just about to fit my GTT CAI!!! woohoo.

[Bhozar]

Quote: Originally Posted by super c00per (original)

Hows this for 'jaw dropping'.

In the past month I have broken my collar bone, been made redundant, exchanged on a house and started a new job!!! ...Manic!!

LOL

But more importantly I'm just about to fit my GTT CAI!!! woohoo.

Jezz ....John .Havent you dont that yet

[Rigsey]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bhozar (original)

Jezz ....John .Havent you dont that yet

Remember the steak knife LOL

[super c00per]

Yeah with the broken collar bone doing up screws and nuts and things is really difficult, so I'm just holding off for the second. Plus I havent called the bloody insurance company yet. Do you think it would be a problem if I fitted at the weekend and called them at some point next week?

Steak Knife!!! HAHA...I've ordered some hole saws!!!

[Jaw_F430]

Quote: Originally Posted by GTT 280 (original)

Wow - cat fight

To get to the point.. these were two really genuine people, totally enthused by cars and modifiying them the old fashioned way (nothing glitsy, nothing glamourous), just a pure pasion for the relative improvements you can make to a vehicle, and getting your hands covered in grime and oil.

Moments like that are worth all the effort. But when your own MINI community have a go at you it sort of ruins the atmosphere.

I'm a cool guy, and i can take flack like nothing else, but what picture is it painting for the new guys on this scene that read around in these forums.

K.

Thought Roland did all your mods, didn't know you got your hands oily as well lol

No one is having a pop at you Karl, but you are most definitely going to get a negative response when you quote things that you can't back up.

If you don't want to visit a rolling road as your happy with how the car feels then that is fine but don't keep posting with GTT 280 car, and this is for 2 reasons:

1. You do not know what power your car puts out (I will quote the saying proof or STFU)

2. GTT do not make a S/C 280 conversion and it confuses some members and it would confuse newbies. "what picture is it painting for the new guys on this scene that read around in these forums."


Bottom line is enjoy what you have but don't mislead people. I am very happy with my car as I have done the spanner work with parts from RMW/1320 autos, it produces the power on the dyno and then I have backed it up at Santa pod. I did this as I like definite answers, and the answer is that the parts work well together.

[Hyper Active]

Quote: Originally Posted by GTT 280 (original)

GTT know exactly what they are doing, and amongst the actual GTT owned cars at their HQ in Dorset and between a few of us more advanced owners i.e. 260bhp and above, over the past 3 or more years i think we have proved that these can't be broken. Hot weather, wet weather, short, long, demanding, economical journeys - the lot. They always maintain performance. it is quite astonishing really, but i guess not, simply becuase the products are very well designed - if you think ROland has F1 heritage too - and he's the best CNCer (altering of metal surface in the enginge block - in short) this side of the Milkyway


Cheers,
K.

Hi, can i ask which team/teams Roland worked for back in his Formula 1 days ?. And which drivers were in the team at the time ?.

[Ruskins JCW]

Quote: Originally Posted by GTT 280 (original)

Oh, and the end result? well, with my supercharged version as it was at 260bhp or 270bhp i was able to keep paces with a Lambo Merchialago on 1/4 mile bursts with bends, over about 3 miles (and yes, he was battering his car as much as me - i know, his exhaust nearly blew my ears drums out!!!!)
K.

And i thought i'd heard it all.......

Men in the white coats will be round soon....Knock Knock

[Damo]

Quote: Originally Posted by GTT 280 (original)

RRing is loooooow down on my list right now, but be rest assured it WILL happen - it's just elsewhere in my priority list at the moment LOL.

Cheers,
K.

Any chance I can come and watch, Manchester is my local haunt so shouldn't be to far to drive, may even get mine done at the same time

[GRSmotorsport]

Karl, your cars sounds all some however I trust you were using a proper race track when racing that Lambo and not using the public highway!

[Damo]

ROTFLMAO @ rest of this thread! Not sure which bit is funniest!

Sorry Karl if your posts on this thread are anything like this post....

Quote: Originally Posted by GTT 280 (original)

This is something of pedigree. All rally brakes squeak, it's their nature, it a sign of "I will stop you on a penny piece".

Of course, really naff brakes also squeak, but the stoptechs are OK so there you go.

Brake Squeak is like Exhaust note and diff whine - all WRC noises

My brakes never squeak though, perhaps that is because the pads are cermaic and the calipers are 1 foot long.

Cheers,
K.

...from this thread...

http://www.mini2.com/forum/wheels-ty...chs-lohen.html

...then on reflection I have to take everything you say here with a heavty pinch of salt as the Porsche Brakes are VERY loud compared to mine (which are almost always silent now).

Stoptechs are 'OK' . GTT280 indeed

[alski]

Quote: Originally Posted by alski (original)

saw some lambos on top gear once, they had a few miles on them too

so as i am also on the track later today...

and as i have a nice bbk and only about 6hp shy of your estimated 280,
i should be able to scare anything now

so any tips for me lambo baiting, will it be best if i try ..out braking, aim for high cornering speed,
or just try out right grunt,

or did you master the