im selling my turbo kit for my old car and should have around 1200 to spend on the mini. i have an intake and all ignition upgrades.
i was thinking about the forge motorsports/mymini front mount, and probably mymini/borla exhaust...i hoping to get the pulley this week by the way.
what do you guys racamend?
thanks

 

Since you are thinking a pulley I would suggest... a different forum... Seriously, this is a Mini (non-S) performance forum and we don't need no stinking pulleys.

 

Exhaust and pulley seems like a good combo. Unless you track or drive in the canyons alot, then I'd recommend a set of coilovers

 

I say if its an MC not MCS, go a head and do the suspension make the car that much more nimble (rear sway bar perhaps). If its an MCS move your post but do a pulley then suspension and exhaust. And ECU might help you get better use of the power the car already has. Could also do a Big Brake Kit. But I have an unatural aspiration so I'll get out of her before they flame me.

 

Go to AMVIV and put the 1200 on 37, black and see what happens.

 

haha. what is you guys thoughts on larger intercoolers? could money be better spent. im really just a driving around town guy, the only racing i do is drag racing with friends at the local track. but i do ilke the car to fast. i want to eventually beat my friends r32

 

For less than that $, i'm doing a pully, cai, rear sway bar, short shift kit.
I'm skipping the exhaust... don't want to risk any droning.
Next will be injectors and GAIC.

 

Save the larger IC for last. The stock one works well until your posting a lot of boost.

 

i thi nk im gong to get the exhaust....and maybe the ic. i dont know what else. other tha the rear sway bar. but i dont do much auto croass/ road racing... so i dont know how much oof an increase il feel

 

If I had 1200 I would buy coilovers. Probably kw's or spax

 

Save the money, buy a house, invest in stock, don't throw it away on a depreciating asset

 

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pfft, as if!!

 

never understand the fascination of throwing money away into something that ends up in a junk yard.

 

It's more fun to do it step by step, so you enjoy the mods individually for a while. First mod I'd do is rear sway bar. Second is pulley (15%). That's about $600 and that gets you the biggest bang for the buck. if you have heavy s-lites, get light rims and then performance tires (non-runflat). You'll have practically a mod-free car and no downside but lots more performance and fun.

 

It is an appreciated asset though

 

Appreciated ... yes. In the End ... most likely shipped to Mexico

 

 

haha, mine's not going into a junkyard, it'll live in a shrine when it dies

 

That's what they ALL say until ... you start having "eyes" for another ... and then ...

 

Malcon,

15% pulley, MTH software and Borla street exhaust (quiet) or Borla Race/Sport exhaust (nice growl). That would be plenty.

Later on, lighter rims and non runflat tires. Use up the runflats first.

No need to go with larger intercooler if doing only street driving.

 

yeah thats more along the lines of what i was thinkgin about doing. thanks for the input!

 

it seems to me as if you have to many options...just give me the money and i'll take care of it for you

 

haha, yeh....only time will tell :D

but as for the Borla Exhaust, i've driven directly behind an MCS with the Borla Sport, and i loved it....bloody loud, and every backfire was like more like BOOM BOOM vs my oneball's pop pop

 

invest it and then use the proceeds to buy a twincharge kit lolol