New upgrade for the car

[Der Abt]

Here's my new JCW strut brace.

[///M3Augy]

Very nice.

[Hawkster]

Wow... I know it's a small car... but I still don't see how that tiny bar would do anything...

[TehPandaShow]

You should really clean that engine. :shifty

[E36 PWR]

yea engine is lookin mighty dirty

[PirateJake]

looks good... can you tell any performance difference?

[PirateJake]

Thanks.
Yes, the car feels more stable in the corners.
You could say it puts the limit for taking corners a bit further.
It's not gonna help as much as a stiffer sport suspension, but you can feel a difference.
I might get a stiffer suspension but not just yet.
I didn't really wanna do it now because the car already has the sport suspension plus which is the same suspension as a Cooper S.

cool, do you track it often?

[mbanks21]

When I saw the thread title I was thinking someone actually bought a JCWhitney $8 strut car.

[Gizmo330iT]

Nice strut brace, pitty about the dirty French engine...

[mikese36]

Very Nice!

[Gizmo330iT]

So if you buy a Peugeot or Citroen 1.6, you get the same engine as the Mini Cooper. So the Cooper's engine is designed by BMW, manufactured by the French and built at Hams Hall in the UK.
http://www.citroen.ie/contentv3/index.cfm?fuseaction=page&pageID=6155

Seems like the french are dipping their fingers into a few manufacturer's pies. They are also producing the V6 engines for the Nissan 350Z.