Looks badass! Now all you need is a real turbo!!!

 

ME thinks we have a MAD genius on our hands
keep up the good work.

 

yeah, but it was easy for the R56 with the larger front overhang required for the pedestrian safety regs. This is far more impressive. . .

 

ditto on all of the above

 

eh, it's the norm for turbo cars with FMIC's....MINI people don't see it that often because few people even put turbo's. not to make light of the fab skills needed (I don't have them, that's for sure), but it's old hat for some of us

 

It appears that the bumper cover covers a large portion of the IC.
How does this affect performance?

In the stock car, the bumper cover covers part of the radiator. I have wondered how that affects cooling.

 

Insane! I love it.

 

Nice work Tuls!!!

Nik

 

Hahaha. His I/C still has probably 1200% more area directly exposed to oncoming air than the "almighty" DFIC. I wouldn't be too worried about efficiency.

 

To be honest, not that I'm a safety freak...But I would be concerned about the integrity of hacking up the bumber...I would think it might add some body roll as well...I don't know...But I do like your "outside the box" approach and you not one of those guys who just talk either...Cheers

 

Very nice work Tuls. I like it a lot. Now you just have to get rid of that pesky M45 lol..

BTW, where could one source a big intercooler like the one you used. I'm considering piecing together a custom twincharge "kit" as I come across money. FMIC is definitely the route for me if I ever do go twincharge or turbo.

 

http://www.bellintercoolers.com/

 

Great job but you are still not as smart as SG!

 

I know nothing about this stuff, so pardon my ignorance - for those of us (most of the free world) who don't have the genitalia to cut up the front bumper, could you get by with a core that sits just below the bumper? Seeing as how that area of the core is covered by the bumper cover anyway, this way you retain the structural integrity of the front end, while still getting the benefit of a FMIC. Again, I know nothing about this stuff but even a nimrod like me can see that what you accomplished here is !

 

That is one hot mini. Jealous

 

Actually, quite the contrary. If you go too big you will have a bigger pressure drop...thus affecting performance due to lower boost pressure. The intercooler should be suited to the turbo. Go too small and it does nothing for heat.

 

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This might be the coolest thing i've ever seen.

 

I have a sketch and the dimensions from the front mount on FBT's drag car.
I got it from a guy at Bell Intercoolers.
If you want it, let me know.

 

Tuls, do you have some sort of a diagram as to how you ran the charge pipes? Or pics that show where you ran them through? I was just outside looking at my engine bay and it looks tricky.

 

OK so where does the ordering line start???
I would like to buy one kit please with extra bling.

But in seriousness are you going to post a complete DIY guide with all measurments and everything alone with piping instructions or are you going to sell this yourself, because man consider it sold to quite a few people.
Thanks for being the out of the box kid!

 

I agree!! Pleaseeeee make a kit or post a DIY

 

And to think I was there at the birth, how lucky am I.

 

The end tanks are not bell intercoolers. They only used bell's core.

 

but how's the efficiency between the CFMIC and the aluminum one?

Matt