Hi everyone,

My name is Yosia.
As a new member I am going to share my car modification list, dyno result and pictures.
This car has been daily driven since my last modification. Top speed, WOT and sudden accelerating are often done since speed limit in my country is not enforced.
Some custom modifications were done such as tube adapter for coilovers (using R60 Coiover won't lower the car this much with good ride and more shock strut travel).
Some radius cut and paint were done in order to lower this car without rubbing with only -1.00 camber rear and mild stiff setting, no more chewing tires with car sitting low. This car drives really good, comfortable, no rubbing at all, and been running around 35.000 kilometers so far with ZERO problem.

Hope my post can inspire some users here.

My Mini Countryman S 2015

Engine :
- Mambatek Turbo with some wastegate adjustment to 22.4 psi.
- Manic Stage 3 ECU Map
- Speed Limiter Unlocked
- Pop and Bang, Aggressive Popcorn Exhaust Sound in Sport Mode
- Custom 2.75" Air Intake
- K&N 3" Open Air Filter
- Custom Carbon Air Box
- Secondary Air Funnel
- AEM Model Hood Scoop for more air
- NM Resistors for heater and breather
- 2 step Colder NGK Spark Plugs
- Forge DV Spacer
- Forge Intercooler
- Forge Intercooler Piping
- Catless 2.5" Downpipe with DEi Wrap
- ORD Exhaust Catback full 2.5"
- 3.5 inch Dual Tailpipe
- Monster Max Boost Speed Next V2
- PTT Lubricant 1A Transmission Oil
- HKS Water Temp Adapter
- Custom Aluminum Boost Tap

Suspension and Undercarriage :
- R56 Custom Original SACHS Coilover with E90 Coilover Spring Front (custom sleeves made in order to fit R56 coilover absorber to R60
- R56 Custom made coilover with Eibach Spring Rear
- Stage 2 Ultra Racing Bar Front Lower, Middle Lower, Rear Lower
- TSW II Engine Strut Bar
- Silver Racing Camber Plate
- Eibach Pro Camber Kit Rear

Wheels :
- Napre Medusa 3 pieces wheels 18x8.5 front & 18x9.5 rear - et +35
- Semi slick 245/40R18 front & 265/35R18 rear

Brake :
- Vented JCW Disc front and rear

Exterior :
- 2 layers Coating
- Oracal White Vinyl Wrap For Chrome Scuttle
- Red JCW Grill Stripe
- Red Air Scoop
- Pure Carbon Fender
- Custom carbon engine hood scoop
- Customize Side Skirts JCW (made a fatter shape) with Red Scoop
- Customize Rear JCW Body Kit (made a fatter shape) with gloss black mesh
- Custom carbon triangle A and C pillar
- Black Transparent MINI Rain Visor
- Custom Carbon JCW Scuttle
- Sequential Black Side Sign
- Philips Orange Bulb Upper Fog Lights
- Big JCW Front Lip
- UK Flag Side Mirror Cover
- UK Flag Short Antenna
- Rear Underneath Universal Diffuser from Aliexpress
- Acrylic Made License Plate Covers with some black paint on it
- Drilled Right Grill for secondary air funnel
- Paint gloss black on all panel include wiper
- Paint semi matte black on all fenders and rearview side mirror mounting
- UK Flag Panoramic One Way Sticker

Interior, Audio and Others :
- Greddy Water Temp and Boost Meter
- Custom Gauges Mounting
- Red and Brown Seats
- UK Flag and JCW Ornaments On Dash, Rearview Mirror, Pillow and Steering
- MINI Alpine Android Head Unit with DVR
- VENOM Processor with Harmann Kardon Speakers
- Soundstream Amplifier for speakers
- VENOM Monoblock for subwoofer
- Digital Design 12" Subwoofer
- Fast Charging MINI Socket for Phone
- UK Flag Foot Lamp
- Pink Interior Lamp
- RGB with remote ilumination under dash
- MINI Welcome Door Light
- MINI Perfume AC Vent
- BMW Amber Selection Perfume mounted on cabin filter
- JCW Door Pins
- Custom Fit Floor Mat
- Purple Key Ring with Bigger MINI Emblem

Here's some pics :

NEW WHEELS :
Napre Medusa 3 pieces wheels 18x8.5 front & 18x9.5 rear







OLD WHEELS :
Advan Connosieur 18x8.5 front and rear


























BMW Balanced Amber Fragrance








Mamba Turbo


300hp with zero problem. Been driven hard for 35.000 kilometers.

CHEERS,

Yosia - Indonesia

 

WOW, that is beautiful. That's a lot of mods!

 

I'm not sure it still qualifies as a Mini.

Really well done. I particularly like the engine bay.

 

Thank you.

 

LOL.. at least the mini badges are still there
Anyway thank you.

 

This is awesome!! I will try my best for my project to look half as nice as yours! Great stuff

 

Nice looking R60 congrats to you but i have question, what do you mean by MINI Perfume AC Vent? is this an OEM vent deodorant or some like that? does it have a part number?

 

Thank you. I am sure you will do better than mine. Post it when it's done. 😀

 

Thank you. For the AC perfume :




Well unfortunately i didn't know about the part number, but this little Mini vent perfume are available in the official Mini Dealer. It was 180.000 Rupiah (please convert to your currency from Rupiah). If this item is been sold in the Official Mini Dealer in my country then I am sure they will sell this item in the Official Mini Dealer in your country as Mini Dealer Standard, like other accessories.

 

Yosia,
Very well done my friend, that's what tuning is all about.👏

 

Thank you bro.

 

That is one awesome looking R60, and very well modified as well. Just curios where you got the larger front lip? I searched and couldnt find anything really valid.

Thank you

 

wow, very very nice!

I'm SUPER interested in the hood scoop...
-from what I gather, you cut the hood for the intake, using a mini that already has the intake hole as a template?
-the AEM piece is only the plastic routing from what I can tell, so where did the "gromet" for the hood hole come from, another mini as well?
-i see mention of 'secondary air funnel', so you essentially have two intakes, the factory and added hood? Has this made significant differences in intake air temp over just factory? i realize the IC is more for cooling, but if you're able to pull cooler air in from the start, that's not a bad thing. I also wonder how hot the AEM plastic routing gets since it's sitting right on top of the engine?
-i'm guessing no clearence issues with the AEM intake, or did you cut out some of the hood dampener?

any other tips about this that i missed?

thanks!

 

Very, very nice MINI and tasteful modifications. This must be a blast to drive.

 

WOW! I have to know how you did the hood vent mod ( so i can run an r56 intake ). that is something i definitely would do!

 

Thanks.
Yeah it is custom made, it wont be anywhere else. The rear body kit is customized too if you take a closer look at rear bodykit, it has a bit different size in the edges.

 

Hi there,
I bought the R56 hood scoop as template to cut the hood and to make the carbon fiber.
After that I made a custom funnel because of if you are using the AEM, it probably too short since our hood is longer than R56.
As for the gromet, I made a big hole on it, painted the cut black so no one can see the cut made, and I used sealant the edges of the gromet.
The clearance is all good because all of the part is custom made.
The secondary funnel is air billion from left to the air filter box. Mini only has one air funnel on the right, so i made one too on the left and stop just before the grille (drill holes in grill to made the air enter the funnel).
The intake temp logically will drop while on highway since there is a lot amount of air sucked to the intake.
My tips is you are going to use a lot of sealant glue and make sure there will be no leaks between the hood scoop and the hood itself. If there is leak, the rain will drip to the outer side of the turbo. Just be careful on that.

Good luck.

 

Thanks brother. Yes it is really fun to drive.

 

Hi there bro, just read 2 replies above, i just explained to other friend how to make this mod.
It is great too see countryman with hood scoop.

Good luck!

 

Fantastic....looks like I wasn't too far off then in guessing how you did it. Thanks for the tip of making 300% sure it's all sealed to keep the water out

I'm hoping to get mine dyno'd in the next month or two so I'll have a good idea of what my 25psi stage 2 is actually putting to the wheels.

But I'm pretty sure I speak for most of us in saying your Countryman is #minigoals

 

Ah, correct me if i am wrong. You said stage 2 so i assume you are still on your stock turbo with big intercooler, exhaust, etc.
Are you sure it is 25psi?
As far as i know, if you are going stock turbo 25 psi, i doubt it wont be safe for the turbo life, or maybe it will broken shortly, as far as i know the stage 2 limitation is the turbo reliability and the capability itself.

The stage 3 like mine, the limit is not the turbo anymore, the limitation changed become the pistons, block, etc. That's why even though I am stage 3 and done turbo swapped to mambatek turbo, my tuner limit it to only 22.4psi MAX because i still have stock internal.

Just correct me if I am wrong, okay.
Make sure the tuner giving warrany of everything he's been doing.

 

Somewhat. My stock S 37mm turbo (which appears to have already been swapped out once with a ebay chinese brand) ate it on my new-to-me '11 sall4 w/104k miles, so I personally replaced it with the borg warner branded 41mm version/part number that the jcw's use. at the same time did the larger intercooler, charge pipes (noise gen deletes), catless DP, ngk 1422's, replaced coil packs & both vanos, and last but not least a ecu remap by the local/USA based Mario.

And yeah I know the next step/stage up will be just about as costly, having to upgrade engine internals (bolts, rods, pistons, etc), change exhaust to 3in from the stock 2.5, etc, etc.

While I'm definately not against it, I've heard mixed opinions on changing the stock intake at my level, but the consensus seems to be as long as you have a high flow dry drop in filter you should be fine. The biggest thing I'm logically having a hard time with is that all the CAI's i see out there don't seem to be "cold" at all. It's still sucking air from behind the engine. At speed the stock intake tube next to the headlight helps but at a stand still I can't help but think you're sucking in air that's minimum +20-30F over ambient. I mean as is right now for me using the sealed stock intake I still see +10-20F sitting at a stoplight. But when rolling at least 5mph I'll only see +1-5F, and at speed I'm equal and occasionally will register (via stock sensors) -1-2F below ambient!.

And that 25.1psi it hits at is also from those stock sensors the ECU reads from, so I do take that with a grain of salt.

I appreciate you looking out for my tune/setup though. cheers!

 

nice,

 

Hi. Nice car
Is manic still in business?
I used to sell their tunes
what can u tell about the Mamba Turbo please.

 

Very cool countryman,

Manic is no longer.