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Originally Posted by TT
BTW, IMO the S or the Works one already have enough punch to have fun on most roads and could match more powerfull cars with no problem at all  |
Totally agree.
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Originally Posted by TT
the Mini chassis is very well sortet, it can for sure handle 250 or something horses
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But the front tires probably can't handle so much power
I've driven quite a few high powered(*) FWD cars (but not a tuned Mini Cooper S) and I would say for the Mini I would go over 200-210 bhp and 250 Nm (185 ft lbs (?)). Otherwise you probably can't put all the power down the road below 50-60 mph without loosing loads of grip. I also think the transmission can't handle much more torque as well.
(*) for FWD standards of course