I am thinking of buying a new 07 Mini S and mod it.

Has anyone modded theirs yet with bolt ons, boost controller, bigger turbos? etc?

Thx

Sam

 

how could they it doesnt come out til febuary? They are taking orders now thats about it.

 

Unless I am completely lost the 07's are not available in the US until 2007, sometime around March I read?

Don't know about the UK though....

 

oh my bad as i sold my 04 loaded with parts 6 mths ago and havent been following the new model to come out. Got myself a 07 997tt with mods up to 600hp and now looking to get back in a Mini for a daily driver. It would be cool if we can make 300hp in that lil beast!

 

Okay NYMINIME... no MINI for you... as I'm drooling over your 997... my dream car!!! Well, correction, the GT3 being my dream car... but I'd gladly take any 997 model... even the lowly Carrera!!! *bows to your eternal greatness*

GotMINI

 

Man, where in the US are they oficially even taking orders?

I've been asked to send in my preliminary specs... but that's about it. No build slot yet. I'm jelous!

 

Yea i really missed my Mini as I did a **** load of work to it and it made 215whp. (do a search on my old car...)

Yea i love my 997tt as it is a freaking beast now just made 520 to the wheels when i dyno'd it last week. Diff car so no point to even compare the two.

GOnna stop by the dealer this week and find out details...

 

 

I talked to someone at Bob Smith Mini (Calabasas) today and they said 'come on in and order one'.

JohnG

 

Yeah... that's kinda what my local dealership sayd, too.

You can put down your deposit and give some initial specs... but the official "order" where they give you a build number, producation week and VIN just isn't hapening. That's what I meant by "order one".

Give 'em a call... and if they say different TELL ME WHERE THEY ARE!!!

 

Whoaaaa, slow down there Skeezix-- the 07s havent even been out in the UK for a month, and not available here until Feb-March, and you're wondering about mods already? Even after the cars are here, it's still gonna take a year or so for companies to devise and produce R56 mods for consumers. Other than maybe cosmetic stuff, like color-coded arches, even the UK'ers haven't had enough time yet.

 

Given all the various OEM performance options/buttons (which most of us have little direct knowledge of) and engine software (which BMW is apparently being pretty secretive over) I'd not be getting over anxious about mods until I've had a chance to drive/study it...or risk screwing up a perfectly good car. More news will be forthcoming in the months ahead, no doubt, and we'll know more about just what kind of beast we're dealing with. Watch the tuners abroad...they already are getting cars and will have a jump on introducing useful mods.

My R56 Cooper will probably remain unmodded as is my current R50...save a few simple things. I've managed to re-direct my nervous energy into other endeavors, thankfully...so I'm in no rush.

 

GKR U have nervous energy? No!

 

Has anyone seen any discussion of what kind of horsepower the new turbo might be capable of with reasonable mods?

 

My 2007 Mini Cooper S is at 4000hp right now! I did some serious mods! =P haha

 

WOW THATS CRAZY

 

Yep! Come to the Track! Ill race you for Pinks Its Quad Turboed

 

997tt ay?? I met a guy who had a 996 turbo techart gt-s, took out the stock turbo replaced them with two GT35 turbos, the suspension from a porsche cup car, along with a s.h.i.t load of other modifications, the mods alone on that car cost him 200,000!! And he burned Enzos...

Anyway I love Porsche!!

 

This has to do with the 2007 Mini How?

 

The only thing I've heard so far is H&R has a set of springs out available for the European production models....th U.S. models should be the same.

H&R model # 29090-1, lowers front and rear 30mm

 

It doesnt!

 

YAY!!! That was one of the first "must do" mods as the R56 seems to be riding a little high as stock.

Is that pic your photoshop work? Or from an H&R ad for the springs? It looks perfect!

 

Wow that is a huge turbo for twins. You sure he wasn't running a GT3082r? If he was really running twin GT3582r.... That would deffinately be a lag monster.

 

hamann and AC-schnitzer have stuff out too

 

No engine / drivetrain modes yet (its only 4 days old). Only modes so far are to replace the front, side and rear turn signal bulbs with silver bulbs that flash orange. Well worth doing as it looks soooo much better.