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Is anyone concerned about how much power/torque the engine internals can handle?
I asked Nick about that a while back. He said every thing is fine except when you run the race map. That's when the stock clutch starts to show its weaknesses because of the massive amount of torque that map gives you.
Personally going to wait to see the results with no disrespect and hats off to the guy with lots of tuning expertise willing to pay for what I view as Bata testing.
Last edited by HorseWithNoName; 04-25-2014 at 12:34 PM.
Yup. $300 for a tune is a steal for me.
$200-250 discount to tune while he is there is worth my drive from Nor Cal.
What do we get like 40 mpg highway? Haha
But when he's gone it goes back up to $500 stage 1 and $550 stage 2.
I asked Nick about that a while back. He said every thing is fine except when you run the race map. That's when the stock clutch starts to show its weaknesses because of the massive amount of torque that map gives you.
What about the automatic? What is the max torque rating of that?
I'm currently living in China. MINIs are friggin expensive here - a Cooper S ALL4 would've cost $15k US more than mine with the crippled N18! This is why I'm so interested in getting a tune.
What about the automatic? What is the max torque rating of that?
Not sure the max torque rating but the autos don't get quite the same torque as the manuals because you can't load it up at a lower rpm. But Nick says they have many many autos and a lot of their customers have autos and it has never been an issue. I believe their tuned JCW is also an Auto. Nothing to worry about.
The auto gearbox takes what it wants in power. It won't allow an extreme amount of torque but will tell the ECU to hold back until it gets a happy torque level.
i plan on being there thu - maybe not right at 11am, but at some point. prob won't be bringing the mini tho. you drive one with a JB+ everyday, so it wouldn't be anything new to you, unless you wanna drive an a/t. =)
04-25-2014, 08:58 AM
