That Was CLOSE!! Sent R53 Mini Too Hard & MisShifted :( // Nürburgring 

The guy got some energy. He had a great time in there.

One of the best video for this season. Got all the factors: sound from the engine, diff, tyres, the owner; near miss; over takes; thats emotional

LOVE this dude's energy !! incredible how he turned his car around so quickly, it really did greatly improve. good luck with the B&B in france, and will have to give you a fist bump whenever i spot you at the ring!

That scoop is increasing the pressure in the engine bay and therefore making the radiator less effective. If the pressure behind the radiator is greater than in front of the radiator, or the pressure behind the radiator increases at all, no or less air will travel through the radiator. The goal is to evacuate air from the engine bay through the hood in order to reduce nose lift and promote better cooling. Adding scoops is often counterintuitive and will lead to overheating. Manufacturers who design scoops do so with those concepts in mind to prevent overheating.

I still think the R53 is the best Mini that BMW ever produced. It's got character, that supercharger whine, not too much technology and actually is mini, not maxi.

In defense of the scoop looks at least semi functional😂

5:22 Corner: 1 enginebrake pls. Misha: sixth Gear. Take it or leave it.

Misha thankyou so much for making the dream of last year for me a reality and showing what the shitbox can do in the dry! Thanks to everyone who made it possible and thankyou to everyone in the comments showing love and appreciation for the facebook market place makeover. Seeing this video has made my day, month and year. Keep doing what you're doing for the car community and the Ring.

this is so great, the guys is having the time of his life and Misha is just driving him around with a big grin on his face another great vid again guys!

Fantastic fun lap and driven in true mini spirit.

By far one of the most enjoyable laps I've watched. The emotion, the pure enjoyment on your faces. Perfect. I'm inspired to finish my build now for sure.

4:20 Mishas head: hm this thing is pretty nice in the Corners. A Klasse: heello theeere Misha: WOAAAH

Fucking awesome man, the joy on his face seeing what all his thought and investments can actually do, that's what it's all about man.

That guys enthusiasm and honesty is unmatched. Wish him all the best for the move to France. Sidenote- it’s very concerning when people don’t understand which side of the road they should be letting traffic pass on especially when they drive on the same side daily. I’ve had it happen to me and it always seems to be the guys that should know better lol

Great little Mini! Great lap Misha.🎉

Ive had the pleasure of knowing danny since i was about 13 through airsoft and im now 23 :) Back Then and even now Danny is hands down one of, if not the nicest and most kind hearted men ive ever had the luck of meeting and its truly a joy to see him on mishas channel living his best life, honestly amazing video and wishing ye the best in future my dude you deserve the world

That was a proper thrashing... Whew. The front facing camera seemed a little more shaky than normal, but it made it visually more exciting. Those poor those tires were being asked for more than they can provide... they were howling around almost every corner, and I loved it every time. Excellent video!

That was joy to watch this lap! You can see that this man is a real enthusiast and enjoy this ride:)

I will never forget about the pads (9:16). Literally he could not speak! That was intense! 💪

Mini's are proper track weapons 👌

Absolutely love this. Huge probs to the owner I loved his energy and what a machine! Really entertaining stuff guys

Wind noise sounds like paul walkers eclipse when he passed Doms RX7 🤣

The part where you played with minimal braking towards the end was the best. I play like this in Forza with FWD cars. Its so enjoyable 🤣🤣🤣🤣

4:24 that was Demuro enjoying his lovely A-Class 😂

Youre right about the anti roll bar. Most fwd come way to stiff in front when it comes to anti roll. I wouldnt remove it personally but if you can get a lighter one and get adjustable links that will help so much adjustable links in rear too and this will be so dope.

Good vibes from the owner, seems like a nice dude 🤟

That one was really fun! Well done Micha, well done Mini owner. Loved watching this!

I was thinking that misha was driving like a mad man on this one but I think it’s just where the guy didn’t have a bucket seat and harness keeping him in really shows how fast he is really going

Loved the Lap! I usually dont like Bini laps but this one was a cracker :-) I'd LOVE to see a 60's Morris Mini Cooper or similar do a lap of The Ring, theres a lot of nice race and tracked prep units in Aus so im sure Europe has plenty!

Great vid, proper capable car now, sounds great. Owner is living his best life aswell, top guy.

this guy rocks i love him and his mini fr hope he keeps coming out w more and more mods

Twincharge it! Brings back memories from 17 years ago. SC whine followed by a spooling GT2871R. 300+whp in one of those is good fun.

Top bloke!, Clearly knows his stuff with r53's and cherished every bit! #MOT 🤜

R53 with the compressor was the best and so much more reliable than the thp

Incredible lap, a lot of emotions to see this

I was hoping to see another R53 video! I daily mine so it’s nowhere near that level mods wise but it’s so cool to see what the car can do.

The mini platform especially the R53 are so raw and fun to drive. like a street legal go cart. Misha if you ever do a budget hot hatch build for the channel id love to see what you could do to dial in a mini for the track. proper upgraded supercharger pully and a tune would give you plenty of power to dance with on the track. just a thought!

Looked like great fun. One car I miss owning is my r53 Cooper s race chipped with a small supercharger pulley and oversize intercooler. 2 years running I took that car to the ring. 1st year as standard. 2nd year all done up. Only got rid because of kids and the boot would only hold 2 helmets and nothing else would fit

Nurburgring is special exactly for this kind os situation. Where if you like cars and stuff and you go there it will be the best time of your life and you'll remember for ever like the glorification of your passion making you smile like a baby and enjoying every single moment of that lap. The magic is not just the track but the environment in which you get it's so friendly and warm where you can easily come to anyone in the parcking and talk freely like you where long time friend about their and your car.

You need an inclosed air box that will help keep temps down

Wow that mini is fast. Well done to the owner. Great job! Misha, thanks for sharing. Cheers!

Perfect. The car, guest and the lap..

What a cool guy. Wish him all the best with his new move and life

Dam that was a rough ride Misha 😂

I loved this man energy!!! Wish him the best!!!

Il be over later in the summer with my facelift r53 daily from ireland hopefully, grs motorsport intercooler, 550cc injectors and a catcam461 camshaft, 17% reduced s/c pulley, stainless exhuast, front control arms polybushed, 1320mini bytronic ecu tune, fresh clutch, chain, s/c serviced, mapped to 220bhp, has bilsteins b12 suspension kit fitted, new bushs all around, toyo proxys, and r56 mini rear trailing arms and will have r56 jcw front calipers fitted in time 😁 r53s are brilliant cars once a few mods are done to make them more realible

That is one fast Mini. I’m glad the owner enjoyed the lap, I did! Thanks Misha for another thrilling ride.

I always find the interactions between Misha and the owners to be anxiety inducing half the time

Shoutout to the owner, great energy and best of luck if you move to France!

Was expecting this much further down the line good to see him back after your consultancy :D

This dude's emotion made me smile, now I too want a mini

nice save

ALL the luck to this man, hope he succeed in his dreams, he definitely deserves it!! insane driving as always misha, absolutely love it.

i have an 04 cooper s and i love it. cant wait to mod it

big up to gareth and chris some of the most helpfull guys on the R53 group

5:20 definitely going in the "Oh sh..." moments video lol

That was a wild ride! 😂

a very enthusiastic owner just like last time 👌🏻

That looked like a blast!

Just watched this whilst on the toilet and found myself gripping the toilet seat. #MishaBeastModeActivated. That Mini was bloody impressive!!

Yer boi. That's how ya do it❤ awesome stuff.

Owner of the car a great excitement!!🤣😎great drive💪👊

wow this guy turned this into a proper build, respect for him

That was so good, the car and the owner, omg so good

Nice car, he needs to do something with those IATs. From half lap onward the engine was struggling, look at the speed climbing Kesselchen, the PCM was pulling back big time.

Needs some hp mods biggest recommendation is a TV'S900 upgraded supercharger kit from harrop. Love it on mine. Akso buy the upgraded supercharger tensioner kit. You wouldn't need it though as your car is still very low on power. But a dominator cam from rmw and big valve head from rmw would be my next steps in acquiring some hp. Also get yourself a r53s front hood that hood is doing nothing bad but negative things for temps Your top mount is getting absolutely no air whatsoever.

This video was so enjoyable thanks to the owner this was a very entertaining lap.

That fiesta ST pulled well Ps much respect to this guys efforts

Misha looks like he’s off the shops, stays so chill!

YES YES YES. MINI again. I am a simple person. I see MINI I hit LIKE. Above all it's an R53. SWEET.

Wow, you really made this guy's day, week, and month.

I think matey should vent the bonnet some more - the supercharger is awesome, but generates a huge amount of heat in the engine bay!

Literally says it's had a full alignment and then.....SCADOOOOSH👏 might need aligned again sir....ooooppppsssssshh...lol

Misha, you've really been using all the width of the track. The guy really enjoyed the ride 👍👍

This had made me want to get the other halfs r53 out of the garage now. Need to hear the whine again. Shame i still have to get the jcw engine fitted 1st and motd 😢. Been off the road coming up to 3 yrs now too

This video had me smiling the entire duration!! 😄😄😄

This thing is a proper weapon! Props to the owner.

Really good performance for such little car!

Damn what a lap Does anyone know if there's a way to gauge whether you can go through carussel or your car is to low?

Mischa doesnt give a sh**, drive it like you stole it. Hell yeah

This guy build this back up solely for Misha and man did he enjoy that lap

@misha, how did you like those tires? Lot of people are talking about those acclera 651 and I’m curious to buy a set.

Insane mini love it

Mini's are great bang for the buck, and with a few mods are awesome track cars - Sort of like Meganes!

Minis always have staggering grip, they were meant for this. Even non S models have awesome grip all around. Definitely one of the better options out there for the track if not one of the best options for the track. Maintenance is a thing tho and these things shine much more on technical tracks rather than tracks with long straights.

I asked in the last video, but Misha, do your cameras support 60fps video? If yes can we get some 60fps action out of the windscreen camera? It would be really fun watching it in buttery smooth high FPS.

The owner made this so much fun to watch, obviously with Misha's help.

potverdoree keerel... hahahaha every bro with Misha "I had no idea my car was capable of this!!!!!" Epic.

What is the best tyres Street and little Nurburing,in jcw 210?205/45/17… 215/40/17 side and tyre? Michelin? Potenza sport Yokohama r052??

84c intake temps? That's insane, surprised it didn't blow up! Water meth would definitely help get those down. Also, if the car has headlight washers then run the hose off them to the intercooler and run with the headlights on and it'll spray them, that's what I've done lol. But, water meth really is the way, or front mount. Anything to get below 50c

That owner was cool af

Ohh man does this make me miss tracking my '06 JCW - The supercharger whine ✨

What racing seat do you have in the mini?

The best thing is that you put the camera in the back👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

Oppotunity for a new body kit and more aero! XD

Love to see an R53

daaaaamn, the speed difference between you and that van?

Love the sound of car 🔥

Seems like nothing has moved forward since I was last in the Mini game 10+ years ago, surprised people still fitting 17% reduction pulleys and still hitting knock/intake temp limits like the brummies did back then because "want muh low down torque bocz bruised ego on the road". Great till about 90mph then flat after as the ECU pulls all the fun. If you are tracking it mostly, ported head, bigger valves, springs etc, more compression (high comp pistons) cams and adjustable gear and run an 11-13% reduced pulley max if you need it is the way to go. Mess around with overlap on the dyno until its where you want the power band (for me it was 4.5 to 7.8k). Dont mess around with meth injection, waste of time/money and dangerous on a car if you stack it and mapping for meth is a engine blow waiting to happen (the geezer I sold mine to fitted meth and a 17% and toasted the engine by mapping for meth and running out of it lol). Spend the money on a Link G4X instead, bin the oem ecu and get an oil temp sensor plumbed in (had one on my setup). Chassis is capable af and the car looks to handle nice so just focus on keeping the power you can make without high temps and spend your money in the driving seat (advice from 2010-2013) 😅

Trying to break that little thing... But is almost impossible, the mini holds the hard treat like nothing. Different sound too. Good lap anyways