I am looking to make about 200whp on my mini and I was wondering what is the least expensive and safest way to do so. I have a K&N cai, alta 2.5" exhaust, 15%pulley, and giac ecu software. I was thinking maybe megan header and weld on a cat, maybe jcw injectors, or new ic. What do you think would be the best way of obtaining 200whp?

 

i'm right above the 205whp mark with the following mods:
15%
alta cai
one-ball
jcw 380's
rmw tune

gl

 

Do you know what you have now? Would let you know how much of a leap you need to make 200.

 

im guessing im in the 190-195 region, i'm just trying to figure out what the best mod would be to put me up there, without having to spend lots of money

 

How much is not alot?
Thumper does heads at very reasonable rates just over $1000 USD
That would get you over 200whp easy

 

Well, my two cents, which counts for nothing, is try a header. I don't think the IC will help that much. If you went to a dyno day, plunked down a few bucks you could see from the AFR reading what the tune and injectors are doing(if you are leaning out at redline).
My car was a stock JCW 210, the OBX header made a significant butt dyno gain. There are other headers available as well, look around and see what you needs/budget are.

 

Custom Dyno tune would work wonders. Header would work more wonders, and a head would work even better. Depends on your budget.

For the hell of it, if you have 195 wHP now, what's so significant about having 200 whp? 5hp?

 

well theres always a want for more haha, but i was more looking to break 200whp, and trying to find the most budget efficient way to do so, and trying to find the next big performance upgrade to do

 

Nos.. Get the Venom kit. 700 bucks and you can pick and chose when you want the HP.

 

And melt some pistons while you're at it...

 

yea i think nos is a little over the top for me

 

If you don't want to get a head then go headers and tune

 

You have all the mods you need right now to be very close to or break 200WHP. Just get an appointment with Dr. Jan for a good ECU tune. You may be borderline for a set of 380 injectors but I believe you are on the safe side.
The tune will probably run you $350 plus dyno time.
Steve

 

My question is how much farther do you want to go? this will determine what you do next.

If you just want to break 200hp - get a custom tune. I ran GIAC and then a custom tune and the difference is significant. I also run an OBX header, not much top end gain but a nice TQ gain.

 

i have 200whp with my mods.

17% pully
CAI
meagan header
alta 2.5 exhaust
stock injectors
stock intercooler
stock tune
71k on the motor too

 

Strong car then, cause the pulley is really the only thing on there that's going to give you any significant gain in HP. Exhaust, header, and CAI are likely responsible for less than a 7 wHP gain.

 

Just find the right dyno

 

how true, ssshhhhhhhhhhhh

 

go to a dyno first and see where u stand. I am at 192whp with just an alta cai, and 15% pulley. I was at 173whp with just the intake, i went back to the same dyno and got the additional 19whp from the pulley. I just installed 2.5 alta stealth exhaust. Will be going soon to see if that put me over the 200 mark.

 

See what I mean. I have all that and more and I wasn't close to 200. But not saying anything bad about your car SnYpR , you may have a strong engine to start with .

 

this may be probably the stupidest question but can any one give me a guess on how much HP i have with just Alta CAI and 15% pulley? and what it will be when i add the Alta 2.5?

 

208 with Mods listed in Sig.

 

<~200whp with 100% Stock JCW + Tune on AZ 91 octane.

 

I've seen a lot of Minis on the dyno. I have seen very few that break 190 whp - let alone 200 with simple bolt on mods and canned tunes.

It appears that quite a few people have gotten some uncharacteristically strong cars out of the box.

 

What dyno in AZ did you use?