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[Juju]

I am really liking the look of the Sportspack but not sure about one due to the sacrifices in performance. They do look sweet though.

My sportspack is my first car, something I didn't see mentioned though its late and I may have missed it) was that sportspacks came with extra gauges either side on the clock whick are a volt meter and an oil temp gauge. When first looking into minis I loved the look of that dash layout and had to have it!

Another thing to consider is that if you're unlucky you could pay alot for wheel bearings. Juju has spent so much money trying to cure her mini of this, where as I've had no problems at all, although I've had plenty of others with a combined repair bill of around £1000 in the last year fora steering rack, ball joints, radius arms +labour.

My ears are burning.

Juju's mini IS NOT A SPORTSPACK. She has never been, and never will be.

Juju's mini runs 12 x 5 wheels and has bearing issues totally unrelated to this thread. Poor Matilda. Poor, poor Matilda. Close your ears girl, don't listen to what the nasty man is implying.........

[ferrit]

This is a Sportspack, although no longer wearing the 13" Sportspack (Speedline) Wheels.

Konis were standard on the last Cooper Sports LEs & 500s as far as I know

someones pinched ya badge !

Yes they did about five fudging times, along with snapped aerial, countless wing mirrors, front and rear indicators, more valve caps than I care to remember. Oh and keyed twice and an attempted break in by punching a screwdriver through the door panel under the lock. That and reversing a 5 Horse capacity horse box into its side. Oh the joys of owning a mini.

[Tommyboy12]

I think the Sportspack looks good but its personal choice really. They also tend to fetch a bit more money when selling.

Edited by Tommyboy12, 25 August 2009 - 09:36 AM.

[rick.spi]

This is a Sportspack, although no longer wearing the 13" Sportspack (Speedline) Wheels.

Konis were standard on the last Cooper Sports LEs & 500s as far as I know

someones pinched ya badge !

Yes they did about five fudging times, along with snapped aerial, countless wing mirrors, front and rear indicators, more valve caps than I care to remember. Oh and keyed twice and an attempted break in by punching a screwdriver through the door panel under the lock. That and reversing a 5 Horse capacity horse box into its side. Oh the joys of owning a mini.

:0 thats awful!

[ferrit]

Its like the Wild "North"West here unfortunatley

[jaydee]

Imho a standard sportpack looks like a big foot mini..looks way better with 10" wheels.

[HIrantha]

The Sportspack did not officially come with Koni dampers. Some of them have been found to have Koni dampers fitted but not all. Manufacturers change specifications subtley all the time but the brochure never mentioned uprated dampers. Officially:

Sports Option pack
Additional gauges in fascia. 13" x 6" Sports Style alloy wheels. 175/50 R13 radial ply tyres. Large body colour extended wheel arches. 2 driving lamps (standard fit on Mini Cooper). 2 fog lamps. Sports accelerator pedal (standard fit on Mini Cooper). Large bore chrome tailpipe finisher.

Although it isn't listed, all factory installed Sportspacks included a reduced lock steering rack (this is not a quickrack, it just has less lock to prevent the wheels scrubbing the arches) and 6mm rear wheel spacers (stamped Rover). They also have re-inforcing panels inside the front wings to return the strength removed by trimmming. Some have Koni dampers. Most home converted cars don't have any of these parts.

As said above, this was a factory installed option pack selected when you ordered a Mini or Mini Cooper and was available on both models from 1996 - 2000. It adds over a square foot to the front cross section of the car and as such reduces the fuel efficiency, acceleration and maximum speed quite a lot. It also ruins the precise handling of the car. It does look good though.

So the Sports Pack effectively effectively is an 'UN'sporty thing - just the looks only?

[paulrockliffe]

Yes, but the difference is hammed up a fair bit on here.  The Sportspack Minis still handle a million times better than anything else and are fast enough.  Even 11 years on from the last post