Any R56 with M7 Vortex Scoop, can show the pic here?

 

this is the first time ive seen it...



http://www.altaminiperformance.com/p...Hood-Scoop-R56

it looks nice but for the price i think i would rather get something in CF.

 

I believe they come unpainted also... anybody have a picture that shows how the car looks overall? I've only seen close-ups of this scoop.

 

it says they come unpainted... i think that black is the color it comes in. i would probably just leave it black.

 

I would like to see other pictures, maybe a little further away. I'm not totally sold on the look.

I do like the front view, the 1st pic in Alta's website.

 

HMMM...I was wondering when they were going to come out with this for the R56. I also would like to see some more angles and further away shots. It would be really sweet looking in CF also. It's tuff because I just bought the JCW CF scoop.

 

What the??? Alta selling M7 stuff??

 

I was thinking the same thing, and was very surprised to see that. Not that it's a bad thing, just unusual.

 

I'm sure ALTA wants to provide MINI owners with every part they possibly can. M7 carries top quality parts so naturally ATLA will carry them. It looks like they only offer a few of the same parts(control arms, intake) where the rest of their product line seems to compliment each other.

It's not like the Honda world where everyone and their mother is making and selling parts, that usually suck anyway.

 

Agree with you, that's why I wish someone can provide us pics of their Mini with this installed. Not just the close-up pics.

 

you're new to the MINI world, aren't ya?

 

We just got back from AMVIV and finally had some time to take a few snap shots . Hope this helps give you a better idea of what the scoop looks like .

Randy
M7 Tuning

 

Very Nice Indeed!!

 

yah. M7 car with Alta exhaust. Surprised yet?

 

i think i read somewhere that you have to drill holes! poor poor mini...

 

that is one sexyy r56. jcw kit color coded rocks.

 

did you leave it unpainted? i want one, but i dont know what to do about the color! =[

 

I believe that one was either un painted or done in flat black. I think that they come from the shop in black.

Randy
M7 Tuning

 

it says something about unpainted and comes with aerogel... what is aero gel? I want to make my ab mini look pretty =p

 

Aerogel is a low-density solid-state material derived from gel in which the liquid component of the gel has been replaced with gas. The result is an extremely low density solid with several remarkable properties, most notably its effectiveness as a thermal insulator. It is nicknamed frozen smoke,[1] solid smoke or blue smoke due to its semi-transparent nature and the way light scatters in the material; however, it feels like expanded polystyrene (Styrofoam) to the touch.

Actually the aerogel is used by M7 in their heat shield. Little overkill in my mind, but then I want to shed heat... not trap it next to the turbo.

But actually that is a completely different thread, and product.

The intake is just a piece of plastic, that replaces the current one on the hood.

 

not areo-gel. This seals the plastic, and allows for some light sandling etc prior to priming and painting. It also smooths the surface. If they are flat black, maybe it's something else.

FWIW, Aero-gel can have different density, depending on the cell size (% free space). It can be made extremely light, such that you can't really see it unless it's a big piece (the smoke reference).

Matt

 

A bit of an update on the scoop finish. It comes in a black gel coat which can be left as is or easily painted over . The one on the yellow car has a black textured finish. BTW thanks to DR. O and Jacemin for the explanation on the aerogel, saved me some typing

Randy
M7 Tuning

 

I'd love to see the scoops come stock (from you, even as an extra $ option) with that textured finish so that it closely matches the wheel arches/side skirts/etc

The nose of the car picks up so many stones/chips.
Something like the Wurth bumper coat, it's cheap, easy to apply, looks great, protects from rocks. If I had to, I'd go out & buy the applicator gun & do it myself, but it's messy, smelly, & overly expensive for a single tiny application.

any similar pictures of the Ram-2 for comparison ? & how do the openings on the backside of the scoop compare with stock ? do they have a larger opening to the engine bay, or just a bigger set of lips for grabbing air ?

 

any pics of this on a laser blue? thanks.

 

Does anyone have anymore pictures? any color. i'm really torn between the jcw carbon fiber and this one. jcw looks awesome, and this one looks cool too, and possibly adds some small amount of functionality. anyway, pics please.