280BHP Kanjozoku JDM Style MINI Cooper S JCM (R53) - Night Touge Pt.II (Ft. Launch Control)

Specs: Fully built engine, forged pistons, cams, head, valves, block etc.
Full JCM race exhaust decat. 4,000rpm Launch control

[@fustonpowell5026]

This literally gave me chills. I just recently bought an R53 that doesn’t start rn but I’ve been working on it but this gets me so pumped to get it out in the road. Great vid bro 🇬🇧🤓✌️

[@arsenaleli2814]

Trust the build and process bro , I have an 06 R50 mini and I’m slowly building it up ! But I hope all goes well during ur process

[@fustonpowell5026]

@@arsenaleli2814 thanks man hope yours goes swiftly too brother.

[@r53sam]

Fucking love that vids of this car keep appearing even after all these years.

[@alfredvalrie5541]

280 HP? Mmmkay. My stock R53 auto trans is no match. Good job.

[@joemiller4718]

You still got this car mate?

[@batousan_]

Hi Joe, no I had to sell it in 2014 to fund a house purchase. Just keep finding old videos of when I had the car :)

[@joemiller4718]

@@batousan_ did you have the arches rolled mate? Because i love your fitment on the wheels i was going to do the same?
People are saying they were rolled.
Thanks again bro

[@batousan_]

​@@joemiller4718 They weren't rolled per-se, it was more of a diy hammer it to f**k approach. The metal under the plastic trim was cut back and hammered to allow clearance, sharp edges were smoothed back as much as possible. The plastic was shaved back slightly, and there was the occasional catch under certain conditions. I did this it this way to prevent any cuts in the tyre.
If people are still talking about this car I should probably clear up what I was going for at the time, story time :)
I wasn't going for Euro/USDM fitment/look at the time, I'm from the Gran Turismo/Initial D generation so the FWD car I grew up wanting was an EK9 Type R but drove an R53 for a laugh one day and saw the potential. So for me, I wanted something that captured a JDM race car for the road (just without race livery a lot of Kanjozoku style cars run).
The fitment was so right for what I wanted, about as low and tight as you could get and still be able to go big dick mode on the road lol. It got some flack from the "Mini scene" back then as there were a lot of dickheads, many of them that didn't understand much of the Japanese subculture so I didn't really ramble on about my approach to style. Most people just saw it as a "trackslag" which is fairly accurate, but really, if it wasn't slammed on bags and rotiforms with a perfect paint job or a full on time attack track car with crazy expensive suspension it was marked irrelevant. Wheels wise I started with Buddy Club P1's which were popular among Osaka's Kanjo Civics but I wanted more impact, if I had coughed up £3000 for some original TE37V's it would have shut some people up but really I couldn't care less. Kanjo racers usually have mismatched wheels, covered in brake dust, same goes for the body work so I cleaned the car as little as possible to keep this look... :)
What I do find funny is I see some of the same dickheads who gave me shit when I had the car running the same wheels as these, albeit done so much worse haha :-)
If you google "batousan flickr" you'll find some high-res shots of this car.
Any more questions just let me know.

[@joemiller4718]

@@batousan_ awesome cheers dude i fuckin love it its inspired me for sure haha