Hello, bought a 2013 R56 Cooper s back in summer and have been a fan since i haf my NA R50, she was a piece of work but was hella fun. Starting to mod this little beast, only had a intake and just installed a downpipe, even tho its slow ive raced with few cars with about 80hp more and given them hell hope to get brakes and suspensionso atart learning to track this car

 

Welcome to the forum. Look at doing your lower engine mount next. This really should be one of the first things done. My OEM mount was on its way out, swapped to the BSH unit, which is cheaper on their site than anywhere else, and it completely changed how the power is delivered, I’ve had the mini for 13 months today, I swapped it out a couple weeks ago and it like a whole different car. A larger intercooler will help keep those intake temps down, look for G+ on amazon or eBay, best knock off you can get and will save you some money for those brakes and suspension. Brakes are next for me as well. I’m planning on solid rotors on all 4, EBC yellow stuff fronts, EBC red rears, SS lines, this should handle my DD and spirited runs this year on the Dragon. I got this recommendation from 2 other members, one of which has been driving the **** out of mini’s for 15 years. I haven’t been down the suspension rabbit hole yet, swapping rear sway to h sport 25.5mm here in January sometime. I will probably go with koni’s, but their North American HQ is about 30 minutes from me, so I’m not afraid to drive over to see them if I have any issues. I might just run red jcw springs if I find a set.

 

Congrats

Honestly if you have an open intake you can get more power by going back to stock as they suck in hot engine air. For power a intercooler is a better investment.

 

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