I bought the little piggy back from Burgertuning the first week it became available and yes the car felt much stronger than stock. Today I have taken off the little black box and bought a real turbo for my Cooper S. The new turbo is a Garrett gt2871r with specs of about 450 whp. Custom turbo manifold complete and bolted in along with larger intercooler. Full 3" exhaust with Borla Pro Xs 40474 muffler. Will post pictures in next post. *

 

What is your plan for tuning the car?

 

^That^ was my first question as well. Way to go, OP, I'll be following your progress. I'm not aware of any larger turbo upgraded F56ers yet.

Eric

 

My mechanic who is making all the mods is working with a German tuner who has tuned for him before. I met the tuner and I'm confident that I'll be running a comfortable 350 when it's done. This dude knows his stuff. Limitations will be the plastic intake plenum and the stock bottom end.

 

We need pictures!!

 

awesome! what are the specs on the stock turbo? I still don't even know what snail is hiding in there...

 

I'll post a picture of the snail and garrett as soon as I can. Look in my gallery I have a few pics there.

 

Don't know what the specs on the stock turbo is but it's a funny little thing. The turbine housing and the exhaust manifold is one piece. If you look in my gallery you'll see how really small the stock turbo is. I'll post a schematic of the stock turbo.

 

Cool. This will be interesting!
If anything breakes, please tell us, so we know the real-life limitations.
The engine was engineered to be able to handle up to around 275hp when it was designed (stated by an BMW-executive in an interview).
Will you upgrade the clutch?
Will you upgrade the engine cooling?

 

The cool thing is that my Cooper is my second vehicle so if it breaks I'll just replace as I go. I'll be sure to let you know the real limitations of the engine, transmission and the ccooling system.

 

note the difference between the stock turbo and the new garrett turbo for those who have been longing to see the "snail" and I quote according to R99

 

manifold and turbo in car perfect fit

 

lots more pics to come

 

Damn baller.....
Im curious on how the stock block would hold up lol

 

I guess we'll soon find out.

 

So, with all the mod.
You already have a folk who is able to tune the Mini?

What else is on the car atm? Downpipe?

 

Not sure what an atm is but here is the downpipe

 

 

atm = at the moment

and hurry up and do some testing! with vids...lol

 

gotch ya. In time. Still need to complete the exhaust, add surge tank with 044 Bosch fuel pump and regulator, boost controller and a few more items.

 

Larger throttle body inlet

 

what shop/company is fabbing all this?

 

OP is dropping big bucks in this Mini....

So what made u decide on upgrading the MINI vs. something more performance?

 

To Randomquickness' question, The shop is AutofaB in Sunrise Florida. In a few weeks we'll have the numbers to decide if the return was in fact worth investment. To fenderpicks query, I could have done a Supra with lots of hp but there are lots of those around. Lots of Hondas, Evos, Lexus and the list goes on. Initially I just wanted a small car just for work and for round town driving. This project was never in my plans. But, this little car begs to go fast and it's different so I've chosen to take on my personal Mini challenge. This B48 motor pulls the larger and heavier BMW 528i so I expect to have a big smile on my face when I take the whip to the unsuspecting. With just the piggyback the car ran past a GTI at 141 mph with more mph remaining and the car felt solid. I do have the DDC suspension so that does contribute significantly to the stable ride. The plan is to get the car to 350hp on stock internals and that's great considering power to weight ratio. Videos will be coming soon.

 

U beat a GTI with a stock mini with a tuner?

Which piggyback was it? Burgers?