Anyone ever use Race Chip GTS in their JCW’s? Thinking about it, Thoughts?

 

I picked one up about a month ago. I can't say that it makes the power they claim from the old "butt dyno", but it definitely improved some. I felt like power always fell off about 4k to redline, and now it pulls hard all the way. For about $400-500, it was worth the improvement! If I get serious about power later, I'll go full tune. Right now it's a daily driver.

 

$375 For the top one on sale now!!

 

They have some different version also dependent on what you want.

2014 F56 MINI Cooper S for example

https://www.ecstuning.com/b-race-chi...per-s-b48a20a/

 

Yep, what carlj said - the power band feels so much smoother and refined and it definitely does pull all the way to the redline. I drive a fully loaded base Cooper and in full sport mode with Race Chip GTS race mode selected plus 93 octane fuel and I can attest it hits 201 HP and 228 lbs of torque based on the OBD2 dyno. It is probably not the true dyno number but, I can promise it makes a huge difference. I am also using Dinan's cold air intake as well. The only negative thing about it is, it increases the turbo lag time. Very worth the investment in my honest opinion.

 

I understand what everyone has mentioned about turbo lag with the RaceChip, but I'd like to clarify what I'm seeing on logs. It doesn't cause any additional turbo lag if you look at it compared to stock, but the "additional" boost it adds tends to come on sharply as opposed to smoothly. When you get aggressive on the throttle and it decides to up the boost, it just hits it hard. This gets more pronounced as you dial up their settings on the device.