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I recently lost my cell phone which turned into an opportunity to get an iPhone<\/a>. There are a couple of interesting automotive apps available for iPhone so I thought I’d test a couple of them. <\/p>\n The image above shows the Dyno results for the MINI using an app called Dynolicious<\/a>. It shows a 12.82 second quarter-mile at 137.4 MPH and a peak horsepower of 518 HP. In third gear. On a public street…. OK, so maybe the calibration was off a bit. My second run after calibration showed 229 HP, but I didn’t capture the image. I think that’s still about 10% too high, but more realistic given the previous Dyno results at 197 HP.<\/p>\n The second image shows the results for the BMW — Even though it still says MINI — which I suspect are more accurate. I’m really most interested in initial acceleration so the chart really tapers off as soon as I get into third gear. I was trying to compare the BMW to the MINI to see which is quicker off the line for autocross. I decided to try a second app as well called PocketDyno+<\/a> which I thought was a bit easier to use and set-up than Dynolicious, but doesn’t produce the really cool charts you see above. The results were interesting.<\/p>\n The MINI has about 25% more HP than the BMW; weighs about 200 lbs less, and is almost half a second faster covering 1\/8 mi; but in the first 60 ft — which is what really counts in autocross — the BMW is faster by .15 seconds. Both cars are running the same Falken ZE 912<\/a> tires and the test was conducted on the same stretch of road under the same conditions. I suspect the effect of the weight transfer on the FWD MINI negates the superior power and torque available until the cars starts moving, and then it plays less of a role in straight-line acceleration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I recently lost my cell phone which turned into an opportunity to get an iPhone. There are a couple of interesting automotive apps available for iPhone so I thought I’d test a couple of them. The image above shows the Dyno results for the MINI using an app called Dynolicious. It shows a 12.82 second … <\/p>\n![\"BMW](\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2125\/3542613536_8ce3230221.jpg?v=0\")
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