Drivetrain (Cooper S) MINI Cooper S (R53) intakes, exhausts, pulleys, headers, throttle bodies, and any other modifications to the Cooper S drivetrain.

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Old Sep 23, 2007 | 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by MarioKart
I agree that the stock software can adapt to mods but that doesn't mean its doing its best. I have seen great things with software for power, TB responce, idle, and rpm limiter raised. I only beileve in custom software, I'm not really a fan of canned flash's.
Having custom software pulls all your mods together and safetly is key. I blew my first motor up because I put mods on like yourself with no sofware and then "BOOM" I blew a pistion driving 40mph in 4th gear. That cost me $6000 to fix.
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Do I necessarily need a new software for the mod that I want to get?
Ill like to keep my car as simple as possible, and if change my mind I can easily turn it OEM again.

Originally Posted by kapps
You can do a 15% pulley, intake, exhaust, and probably a couple other things before you need to get a new tune. The stock software adapts to a wide variety of mods.
I dont want to get a noisy car I like the way the OEM exhaust sounds.
 
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Old Sep 23, 2007 | 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by raul
Do I necessarily need a new software for the mod that I want to get?
Ill like to keep my car as simple as possible, and if change my mind I can easily turn it OEM again.



I dont want to get a noisy car I like the way the OEM exhaust sounds.
If you are going to keep things super simple, then just do a 15% to 17% pulley, and intake. Any exhaust you get including a one ball is going to make more noise. If you keep it to just a few mods you will be fine with no software.
I was just letting you know you get the most "bang" for you buck with custom software and you can return it back to stock quickly.
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Old Sep 23, 2007 | 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by MarioKart
If you are going to keep things super simple, then just do a 15% to 17% pulley, and intake. Any exhaust you get including a one ball is going to make more noise. If you keep it to just a few mods you will be fine with no software.
I was just letting you know you get the most "bang" for you buck with custom software and you can return it back to stock quickly.
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So if I get an air filter, a 15% pulley and an intercooler air deverter I sould get a sotfware? do I have to take my car to a shop for the software or can I do it my self?
 
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Old Sep 24, 2007 | 06:51 PM
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Check out my Gallery for some pics of a M7 Extreme hood scoop on a Hyper Blue MCS.
 
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Old Sep 24, 2007 | 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by PhysicsGeek
Check out my Gallery for some pics of a M7 Extreme hood scoop on a Hyper Blue MCS.

I seems that it lets alot of air, but Im looking for something like OEM one, not too agressive, I think the M7 ram intake is smaller, is it?
I was thinking in alta intercooler air diverter instead, but which wold work better, the ram intake or the air diverter?
 
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Old Sep 26, 2007 | 06:23 AM
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This is a picture of the RAM Air scoop in CF. My sig is the profile with the scoop. I also have the Alta Diverter. For street driving, the gains from either the RAM Air scoop or the diverter should be marginal at BEST. I like to have the diverter to be able to spray some water on the IC during hard driving and DE's. Gains from this? Beats me. But it doesn't hurt, specially when I don't ever see ambient temps below 75 F, EVER.




 
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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by MarioKart
Get a custom tune on a dyno!! It is well worth the money. The bad side is there are really only two tunners that do it. One is on the east coast and the other is in the LA area. I gained over 30 with a tune alone, plus I know my car runs safe
M
I sent you a PM too, but what is the name of the tuner in LA? I'm deciding between using the Dinan place in Glendale or going with a non-Dinan upgrade route.

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