I've had some long standing issues involving anemic torque and power delivery. Despite additional modifications, diagnostics, and past dyno tunings from other professionals on the scene, the car always lacked the grit and verve so many other MINI owners have had the pleasure to experience through their own vehicles.

Word on the streets of AMVIV was that the people at Mynes were top notch, so I gave them a crack at the problem with no real expectations. After a short time, Hubie was able to pinpoint the culprit. A mere boost leak from the waste gate/bypass valve was responsible for 8 psi of lost boost. Before this diagnosis, I was contemplating throwing the kitchen sink at my MINI by purchasing a new supercharger or turbo out of desperation in hopes of solving the dilemma.

They were able to fix the problem with a 5¢ zip-tie. After a short tune, the car came alive. It finally had the bite and aggressiveness I've been looking for. Thanks to Mynes and the gang, this nagging problem was finally put to rest.

 

Wow! I wonder if I have the same problem. I am glad your car performs like you want it to now

I sure hope to get mine tuned very soon

 

wait wait wait...u have all that and were only able to pull 216 to begin with and then 244? thats kinda weak...i dont have a head on mine at i was pullin 215 after 4 pulls

 

There were some minor issues on the car that needed attention and we didn't want to push the car too hard on the previous tune. It's quite evident that once those issues were resolved, the car came alive and did what it was supposed to do

 

And? I am so happy for you. I am also very happy with where it is at right now. So...now yours looks pretty weak!

 

for all those mods u should be pulling 250+

on another note....exactly what do u need 550cc injectors for?seems to be a bit overkill...is the fuel pump even capable of running 550's as it sits...when i had my turbo civic i had to upgrade to 450cc injectors and had to install a walbro pump to compensate

and if i really wanted to get up there ill go get the RMW head and pull bout 260 but im not gonna take it to the final step till its ready to be rebuilt that way it will be done once and doesnt have to torn apart again and again

 

um yes, the fuel pump is capable. My 380cc injectors were at 100% duty cycle. Plus these give some room to grow. How do you know where I should be hp wise? What qualifies you to question any of this?

 

take a look at other users with the same level of modifications...on average the numbers are 250+..

but the question is...are ur 550s at max or are they scaled back...i wanna see a set up where the 550s are a max pressure and the stock fuel pump is keeping up and keeping consistant fuel pressure

 

Work Cited page please?

 

Thanks for the feedback mr. Gee, we are very happy to be able to get your car running the way it's supposed to run

The minute we looked at your old dyno graph we knew something was up... and that's why we didn't want to touch the ECU until we can resolve the mechanical issue... but yeah, thanks for giving us a chance

Now go and enjoy your car

cheers.
mike

 

LOL!

 

Are you just looking at his signature and going by that as his list? Every car responds to mods differently and I don't know of too many Minis with over 250whp. We don't even know what head he has on his car? Thumper? RMW? Cosworth? Not to mention what specs the head was done to.

I think his numbers are quite strong for what he has.

 

His numbers are fine. His TQ seems a little low but over all I bet it's a blast to drive.

I run 550's with no problems and I'm making a little more HP . If I were going to the track the car I would change to a return type fuel system. It's running at high RPM for a long period were you might have trouble. If that trouble come up it's ugly.

Just my .02

Longboard

 

So how much HP should my car be making? I did not know there was a formula or that one could tell by mods alone. I have never dynoed my car.

 

NOT ANOTHER DEBATE ON DYNO NUMBERS?!?!?

before any of us make broad statements pertaining to AVERAGE NUMBERS, we need look at the data set - type of dynamometer, corrections, locations, etc. I have been tuning MINIs on chassis dynos since 2002 and can only remember a couple of M45 MINIs with stock compression and displacement that have made more than 250WHP, none over 260WHP. But that doesn't mean they don't exist.

Correct me if I'm wrong, I believe your MINI was tuned at Church's facility on a Dynapack and made 215.7 hp. Shawn Church correctly states that vehicles tuned at his facility make XXX amount of horsepower at the HUBS, not the WHEELS. --- My next statement only pertains to the direct comparison of vehicles tuned on Church's Dynapack compared to our Mustang Dyno.--- If you were to bring your 215.7 Hub HP MINI to our facility, you would be lucky to break 190 Wheel HP. Does that mean your MINI was not professional tuned? NO. Does that mean something is wrong with Church's Dynapack or our Mustang Dyno? NO. Does that mean your MINI now runs slower and no longer performs according to your expectations? that depends - I have seen people react to their dyno numbers and tell me they perceive a difference, whether faster or slower. BTW, it's a know fact that racers perform better when you tell them they make more HP.

The point is, your MINI is the same, the only thing that is "hurt" is your ego and hopefully you will think twice before making statements like "...thats kinda weak.." "....you should be pulling..." and ".....on average the numbers are..."

All our MINIs are unique and the only people we need to impress are ourselves.

 

my ego hurt?nah...just cant take my mini down right now to have it torn apart and rebuilt because that would mean crating the engine back to irvine to let jan do his work....besides hp doesnt get u off the line...its torque and im fine where i sit

 

[quote=DR FUH;2721600]
The point is, your MINI is the same, the only thing that is "hurt" is your ego and hopefully you will think twice before making statements like "...thats kinda weak.." "....you should be pulling..." and ".....on average the numbers are..."

All our MINIs are unique and the only people we need to impress are ourselves.[/quote]

This post wins. Thank you Fuh.

 

Glad to see that you understand it's not just about the number...

 

im going to continue to be skeptical until i see a consistant body of work...i know jan's products work and i know he has an impressive resume and tuning ability...which is why i trust him and his work...im not going to swing to an upstart and start singing his praises just because he tunes evo's and other imports...those tuners are a dime a dozen...there are only a handful of mini tuners so consistency and quality are key

 

Then have your skepticism... no one is stopping you from that... just watch out how hard you push it... skepticism has the ability to be shown another way... criticism is the careful questioning with knowledge and care, but outright attacks are a different realm Have your skepticism, just remain teachable

This thread is mainly for people who have a Mynes Tune... there are plenty of other threads out there... Ask yourself if you are posting in here because you want to learn, or you want to bash...

 

Stick around and join the party then.

Mynes are good people and have a very knowledgeable tuner.

If you are happy with RMW then there is no need to shop around though right?

 

Mynes is not new to the MINI and definitely not new to tuning cars. Note, they are teamed up with Hubie who has been around from the start. If you don't think what they have done on the EVOs, WRITING their own tuning software for the R53 and creating their own standalone ECU for the R53 isn't an "impressive resume" then idk what you consider "impressive." Come out to the tune party in Orlando if it happens.

 

Look in his sig Hubie. He's from Florida not SoCal.

Longboard

 

yeah, but he WAS in socal not very long ago.

 

yea i was in san diego....the install was done at minicorsa and jan did the tuning at churchs...

lol in fact LB if i remember u posted in the thread i put up about my numbers and i suggested if i remember a RMW owners club run lol