Drivetrain Mynes Tuned... is yours? (R53s)
Nuke,
I was amazed as well! My gas mpg(which has always been low) was 27.2 fro San Antonio to El Paso. On the trip back it was 37! Talk about icing on the cake. Glad you had a safe trip back. I am loving my tune!!
I was amazed as well! My gas mpg(which has always been low) was 27.2 fro San Antonio to El Paso. On the trip back it was 37! Talk about icing on the cake. Glad you had a safe trip back. I am loving my tune!!
Well, I must say that I'm very happy with the results. I think the Dyno was reading low. Although my delta was a 40.5whp, wow! The car pulls all the way to 7500 rpm and it is very fast. I just drove from El Paso to Alpine, TX (about 219 miles) and I could not believe what my eyes were seeing. My gas mileage went up about 10MPG! 43.5 MPG Average consumption, WTF? I thought that my trip computer was messed up or something so I kept an eye on the gas needle and guess what? I used about 1/4 less gas than usual. It could have been better but the wind was wild and I kept a constant 80 mph all the way.
I seriously thought that I was going to sacrifice MPG for HP. I had a performance cam and 550cc injectors installed and tune and I gained 40.5whp.
The best of both worlds, more power and increased fuel economy! Now that is a very big and welcomed bonus!
Dr. Phil and Mbsat what was your MPG average on your trip back home?
I seriously thought that I was going to sacrifice MPG for HP. I had a performance cam and 550cc injectors installed and tune and I gained 40.5whp.
The best of both worlds, more power and increased fuel economy! Now that is a very big and welcomed bonus!
Dr. Phil and Mbsat what was your MPG average on your trip back home?
Last edited by mdbsat; Apr 12, 2009 at 02:55 PM. Reason: because im weird
Barry at MC2 Magazine (http://www.mc2magazine.com/) was kind enough to provide us a soft copy of their May/June 2007 Featured article in which one of our customers (Tex Guthrie) competed against 10 other modified Mini's at the Spring Mountain Track. Tex's car (with his son driving) got the fastest time, but when Tex drove, he got the highest speed on the track... At that time, Tex's car was pushing 228WHP on our MD and this was back in early 2007.
It's worthy to note that Tex has the stock SC and the 2nd fastest car has the M62 SC. Only his car was custom tuned by Mynes on the stock ecu, while the rest were a mixture of MTH, Dinan, Shark Injector, etc...
A copy of the article can be found here: http://www.mynesperformance.com/Home/-MC2article.html
Once again, a BIG THANKS to Barry at MC2
It's worthy to note that Tex has the stock SC and the 2nd fastest car has the M62 SC. Only his car was custom tuned by Mynes on the stock ecu, while the rest were a mixture of MTH, Dinan, Shark Injector, etc...
A copy of the article can be found here: http://www.mynesperformance.com/Home/-MC2article.html
Once again, a BIG THANKS to Barry at MC2
It's a shame Justin's not in the MINI world anymore!
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Yes Justin did all the work. Not sure if he is doing the work for Tex now. All we did at MYNES is tune the ECU to the mods.
Tex was gracious enough to bring his car back for a retune today; we were able to get 253WHP/183WTQE on our MD.
Net Gain from this tune: 253WHP/183WTQE (+31WHP / +22WTQE)
June 2008 (tune check): 222WHP/161WTQE
Originally Tuned in 2007: 228WHP/163WTQE
Net Gain from this tune: 253WHP/183WTQE (+31WHP / +22WTQE)
June 2008 (tune check): 222WHP/161WTQE
Originally Tuned in 2007: 228WHP/163WTQE
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I think his mods are listed here: http://www.mynesperformance.com/Home/-MC2article.html
The head, intake manifold, intake, pulley were done by Global Motorwerks, which most people on here have probably never heard of. The person who ran Global Motorwerks is not really in the mini world anymore, but is a friend of mine.
All of the cars that I know of which used GMW parts always put down strong numbers...especially those with their head.
All of the cars that I know of which used GMW parts always put down strong numbers...especially those with their head.
The head, intake manifold, intake, pulley were done by Global Motorwerks, which most people on here have probably never heard of. The person who ran Global Motorwerks is not really in the mini world anymore, but is a friend of mine.
All of the cars that I know of which used GMW parts always put down strong numbers...especially those with their head.
All of the cars that I know of which used GMW parts always put down strong numbers...especially those with their head.
So now months have passed, and everything around the tune has been great. Im not just saying that because I like the guys at Mynes, Im saying that because I am honestly happy with how my car performs and its partly if not mostly because of a tune.
Looking foward to some more mods now...
Looking foward to some more mods now...
My numbers/dyno sheets are posted on the Mynes Forum...
You know what..........
Ok, we can add another DOZEN tunes to the belt from our latest Socal Tuning Party... and believe me, it was a party... it was a lot of fun hanging with Socal folks... i missed cali...
the SCMM guys have their own forum so their results are posted in their regional forum:
http://www.clubscmm.com/board/index....97.0;topicseen
cheers... we look forward to doing more tuning parties in Socal... Big Thanks to Hubie for hosting the Party and Lex for organizing the party...
Mike and the Crew
the SCMM guys have their own forum so their results are posted in their regional forum:
http://www.clubscmm.com/board/index....97.0;topicseen
cheers... we look forward to doing more tuning parties in Socal...
Big Thanks to Hubie for hosting the Party and Lex for organizing the party... Mike and the Crew
We have completed our relocation to Lake Forest and are able to do more tuning 
Tuned a 2004 MCS with 15% pulley w/ header & exhaust; baseline was 162whp/161wtqe...
Final: Added the 550cc injectors and a custom tune, got 193wtqe/185whp
PM me if you'd like to set up an appt. We'll be on the road on most weekends, but we are in town during the weekdays :D
cheers.
Tuned a 2004 MCS with 15% pulley w/ header & exhaust; baseline was 162whp/161wtqe...
Final: Added the 550cc injectors and a custom tune, got 193wtqe/185whp
PM me if you'd like to set up an appt. We'll be on the road on most weekends, but we are in town during the weekdays :D
cheers.
