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New MINI Cooper S Madness "SS" front lower control arms
Our Price: $799.00

Add strength, eliminate flex and decrease overall weight and more importantly "unsprung" weight with a set of  Madness New MINI Cooper S tubular front control arms.

The Madness control arms weight 2.5lbs less per arm than the stock control arms!

Madness control arms are manufactured from CroMoly tubular steel and feature precision laser cut ends to provide you with a very rigid, high quality upgrade to the factory suspension. These a-arms are built extremely rigid and are equally at home on the street or at the track, whether it be track racing or autocross.  Both lower control arms are compatible with all stock components and come equipped with a mounting position for the factory DSC sensor.

Manufectured from Seamless CroMoly tubing
Completely TIG welded resulting in a stronger unit with a very professional appearance.
Has greater ball joint contact surface to help eliminate the ball joint pulling out of the arm
Control arm rod ends rated in excess of 30,000 lbs. radial load capacity.
Offers zero flex resulting in improved high and low speed stability.
Comes complete with Teflon lined spherical bushing.
Stronger and lighter than the factory stamped steel arms
Kit includes 2 control arms and 2 spherical bushings
Madness New MINI Cooper S Water to Air Intercooler
Our Price: $1,549.00

Problems and Solutions

In the search for better cooling we have tried larger air to air intercoolers with little to no gain in HP. Bigger is not always better! The problem with larger air to air intercoolers for the MINI is this, airflow is limited by the small hood scoop size in the factory hood, compare the MINI Cooper hood scoop to the Subaru STI and you'll get the idea. Once air finally enters the hood scoop it is directed through the intercooler to remove heat that has been absorbed, the problem then becomes poor placement of the intercooler, it sits right on top of the valve cover, fuel rail, injectors and intake manifold. There simply isn't enough clean flowing space underneath the intercooler to provide proper airflow to remove heat from the intercooler. A good execution of this type of intercooler design is once again the Subaru WRX or STI where the intercooler is top mount but the difference it where it's placed, to the rear of the engine where there is plenty of space for incoming air to flow through the intercooler and escape through the empty space below.  

The bottom line is that the MINI suffers terrible HP loss from poor airflow over the intercooler and heat soak conditions from its poor placement atop the engine.  

Here's where the Madness Water to Air Intercooler differs.

Our unit uses a modified factory intercooler which ensures 0% pressure drop, trouble free fit, low cost and no interference with any other engine components.  Water flows in from the top and flows through the intercooler exiting at the bottom.   The coolant fluid then is pumped at high speed with our 8 gpm water pump into the front mount radiator.  At this point the water makes 3 passes through the radiator before it exits and returns back to the top of the intercooler.  Passing the water through the radiator 3 times ensures that most of the heat been removed allowing the cool water to enter the intercooler and reduces intake temperatures dramatically. Other kits on the market use poorly designed radiators to cool the water, some even use the Automatic transmission cooler from the standard MINI.  These radiators are simple cross flow designs, small and inefficient and meant to flow transmission fluid. When it comes to cooling the water flowing through the system they simply cannot cool the water fast enough and do not have the necessary volume to maintain cool temperatures under constant use.

Stability and Consistency

In repeated track testing our MINI Cooper Water to air intercooler maintained a 40 degree temperature difference vs ambient temperature.  These tests were performed on a Stage 4 modified MINI Cooper S running 5, 30minute track sessions.  Speeds in excess of 130mph were consistently reached with no increase from lap to lap as the day grew hotter.

Whats included

Double size 3 pass front mount radiator, Silicone 3 ply hoses, High flow 8gpm continuous run water pump, High polished Intercooler, overflow tank, and full color installation instructions

Additional options include a digital 3-way temperature gauge to monitor the intercooler temperature conditions. This gauge alows you to monitor inlet temperature, outlet temperature and the delta temperature which at a glance shows you how well the intercooler is diong it's job.

Performance

Final testing has shown a whopping 25 hp savings over the stock intercooler! 4 months of testing and prototyping have shown us that this solution provides the best cooling over a wide range of conditions from drag racing to street driving to the race track. Owners of our previous system can easily upgrade to the new kit by purchasing our upgrade kit.