anyone know any how-to's on how to install this thing?! I have the IC horn off and have the BPV installed back onto it but I cant get the horn back on lol.

 

HOORAY!!!!!!!! MY CAR HAS POWER!!!!! IT WAS THE BPV!!!! THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HELP WITH THIS!!!! heres some pics!

1)Old OEM BPV (closed, as much as it could with a broken spring = NO BOOST!!!!!)

2)New OEM BPV (closed)

3)BROKEN SPRING!

4) What I had to take off to put the new one on!

 

congrats! So glad you got it figured out. At long last we help a person in need on NAM with no argument!

 

Good to see this had a positive outcome!

 

Congrats... now make sure you check the AFR before you drive the car hard. . .

 

well according to Jan i'm running rich (before the BPV swap) so im thinking i SHOULD be fine? no one in my city has mini software to tweak it.

 

"Never assume anything" I sprayed that on my mates workshop wall when we were told the cam that he was fitting didn't need the valve to piston clearance checking by the porfessionals who sold him the cam. All the brand new expensive valves bent

Go back to the dyno and check the A/F, we dont want you to come back on here and say that you seem to have lost power and no compession on a cylinder.

So cruise around on light throttle until re-dynoing as your road tune has obviously been done with very little boost

 

i dont think anyone where i live has mini cooper software what should i do if i cant find anyone with software? reset the ECU? try and get the dealer to flash the JCW map on my ECU?

 

Dont forget Jan can do remote tuning now

 

True, and if he has any sense of integrity he will do it at no charge or at least severely discounted. What is being said about the possibility of leaning out is very possible given that you now basically have a fuel map that has NO compensation for boost. Be careful, dont run you engine too hard or too fast.

 

Yep... what he said.... better to be safe than sorry

It's just sad that it took almost 100 posts on a forum to get this problem figured out; whereas any good mechanic would have been able to figure this out in about 15 minutes... I guess you live and learn

 

haha yep. but hey, i love doing this kinda stuff, the end result is THAT much more rewarding, not to mention I saved myself prolly ~$300 in labor lol

 

There are quite a few "good" mechanics here on NAM who only deal with MINI's and despite comments like yours chose to help vs. passing over the topic.

 

geesh buddy, learn how to read... passing the topic...ur funny. The last person that touched the car is the one 'passing the topic' LOL

this is the 2nd car (that i've heard of) that RMW has tuned even with BPV issues... o sorry, i forgot, he's not a mechnic

 

as i recall bpv was brought up fairly early but the op was vasilating . and this is not a professional repair site but a bunch of enthusiasts trying to help each other .even though it may take longer;it keeps some from being raped by the stealers. that's worth a few posts i think .

 

this thread was amazing, thanks again bros

 

 

It's sad . It's awesome the community helped to fix his problem and he saved money.

The sad part is finding a good mechanic .

Just Me,

LB

 

Jan did a tune 'n' dyno on my car as well, i did it down in Austin during late spring early summer( so low to mid 90's) i got 174.73 whp with tune, exhaust, headers, 15% pulley, coil and wires, intake. He told me it that the reason of lack of power is because the supercharger was running hot and that it needs to be rebuilt. but i honestly believe it was my intercooler that was suffocating my car.

 

Dynoed and remapped yet? Can you beat your friends car now?

 

Reviving the dead I see? Anyways unless your stock IC is damaged or leaking it'll be fine all the way up to at least 225hp without major heatsoak, even more if you use a PWI..

If your SC is failing it will run hotter than usual and not even a damn GRS FMIC will help you.