Hey everyone - new R56 owner (first mini) as of last thursday. Love this little weasel, even if it is a FWD vehicle!

Anyways, since its a 1.8T, I was wondering if anyone of you "in the know" knows if GIAC or ??? currently has, or is working on a chip for our turbo cars....

My prior experience with GIAC and modding an ex Passat with a 1.8T was awesome (still have that chip and should sell it). I was hoping to hear that boost could be increased as well as A/F across the rev range.

So, anyone know where I can pick up a few pounds of boost?

This car is a blast to drive. I grab the keys to it before my wife can, and thats saying alot since the other daily driver is an E39 Dinan M5!

 

Congrats on the car. Sorry I cant help you on the ???, but I can assure you that someone here can!

 

Its a 1.6t my friend, and a very different beast than the older vw motors. Its a lot closer to a 2.0t with respect to direct injection and all the other cool new stuff. Giac doesn't have a chip for the car, but you can pick up a few ponies from exhausts (alta, milltek, quicksilver, etc.) and the alta and other intakes are coming out soon. Mini madness has a few parts for the r56 S that should help a lot too. Read up, lots of good stuff to be had here.

Welcome and cheers!
Josh

 

I'm sure you can contact them here:
http://www.giacusa.com/contact_us.php

Let us know if you find out anything.

 

I went to their site and was hoping for a number...I used to have one since I purchased a chip for the 1.8T on the passat, just cant seem to find it...

Anyways, I dont think direct injection should be an obstacle on increasing boost from a reprogram perspective.

1.6...wow. The little bastich pulls pretty good for such a small motor!

 

The R56 chip appears to be a pretty complicated beast....an uphill climb for aftermarket tuners. I don't know if anything is on the horizon other than the JCW kit...that's all I've heard of.

 

Try searching for "Vishnu."

 

i've had my previous 1.8T GIAC'ed too, then went on to a Beemer and couldn't find an effective chip/flash for the 523i that i had. from what i've seen, these are two very different camps and the programming behind the Beemer chips seems much harder, with only a select few capable e.g. dinan, DMS... that said, since the MINI is also a peugot collaboration we might see some more tuners come on board for a slice of the bigger market. I have the MCSa and I'm sure you'll agree with me that the electronics and presentation are BMW's 100%.

 

Shiv is here too??

 

Vishnu's R56 program died a long time ago from what I remember...

It's a shame too....

 

Holy mokes....


https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...d.php?t=127364

You guys are kidding about not being able to find info... right?

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...d.php?t=126352

seriously...

http://www.burgertuning.com/

without even trying...

 

Read the dates of the thread...its over a year old. Thus why it seems like a dumb question.

 

Aaaah, I see, now I know why it's called dope. The '70's obviously were a little too good to me!