Hello Hello!
Thanks for checking my post out! My name is Jarid Perry and I am the newest member of the crew here at Alta Performance! Some of you might know me thru various avenues in the world of MINI. I've been with MINIUSA as a Motoring Advisor for 7 years and decided I really wanted to help improve the performance of such a wonderful car.....and this is the perfect way to do so! I will strive to help everyone on the board as much as possible. Please don't hesitate to PM or email me with ANY question MINI OR ALTA!!! If youre in the area.....swing by and say hi!!

 

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Hey Jarid! You've been missed! The message I was sent sounded like they had off'd you...glad to see you are still alive and kicking.

Good luck with ALTA! Looks like a cool company!

 

Hey Jarid,

Congratulations and all the best!!

Ken

 

Hey new guy, I can't quite remember but do you guys have a cold air intake plenum for the new turbo cooper model that uses an "opened up" hood scoop? I was at a mini meet a couple weeks back and talked to this fellow who showed me an intake for his car and said he "dremelled" his scoop so it would bring in cold air. Sound familiar? Anything in the skunkworks?

 

Thanks for the question! Here is a quote from the Alta website about the cold air intake....


"Seeing that the OEM scoop was blocked off on early models and partially blocked off on newer ones, we thought this was a great way to get cold fresh air into the filter. During our test and tune session on the dyno we proved that removing the scoop was important. The temp around the air filter droppped 30 degrees and the car gained 3WHP with it removed. This brought perfect ambient temp, cold air directly to the filter. This test and tune session showed us we didn't need an expensive traditional type "air box", to surround the filter. Needless to say we continued with designing the intake around no scoop, and you can see how the final designed turned out!"

Please let me know if this answers your question!!