this should’ve been posted in the non jcw area- sorryi installed mine yesterday and it’s really nice. Smooth all around without any inconsistent turbo surge or areas of less power. The exhaust low tone burps between shifts and the turbo noises are really nice. The bpv seems to work with more intensity. I removed the engine cover and have an intake with active sound off. Before the elite, the cai alone made sucking/hissing way more pronounced than stock and the bpv noises became really apparent. With the elite, all of this is more focused. The hissing from the filter comes in first, at mid to top of the gear, the turbo whistles. Not obnoxious either but definitely can hear it. The the bpv at load really sounds a bit more like a bov. With just the filter, it sounds similar to bubbling pressure cooker.

(Pls keep in mind, our F54 is a station wagon, however small and my performance opinions are based upon this opinion) regarding power and acceleration: wow! Mind you, I have an automatic. It’s fast off the line and really fast passing cars now with pedal feel being that the car needs very little input from me to get going. It makes the car feel extremely light. Off the line, it takes of and shifts from 1st to 2nd in a blink (at about 40mph) and unlike a manual, I’m not winding up the car- hold the brake, mash the gas pedal and go! Enough tire slip noise to know there’s plenty of power but not enough to hurt the launch. The oem run flat aren’t very good. Torque steer is def there now but it’s also 15 degrees here. However, it’s very manageable.

I’m very happy with the elite and have no qualms about the cost to benefit ratio or comparisons to other good tuner products. For me, peace of mind down the road is worth more than saving a few hundred bucks today. ( a few dinners out with the family? Really?)

Installation took about 40 minutes tops with careful routing and securing connectors. I lost the lock tab on the tmap because it was 22 degrees out. Other than that, there weren’t any hitches. Even without the pdf, layout the harness- big square plug matches with square female on the box, 4 wire connecter to tmap (before throttle body), middle connector to map (center front beneath the canister purge solenoid) and last conn to the fuel rail sensor. If getting it installed is your choice, the paper in the box says 1 hour of labor.

I was was disappointed about not having a Bluetooth app but after finding out it only does map 1 or stock, it’s a non issue. I’m sure Dinan are hard at work even with their coming move with scheduled upgrades and functionality. It would be totally cool to have gauges! Boost, water temp, oil pressure, afr- read codes!

On a final note; imho, I agree with one of the above posters, that the sport mid modes on the mini are kinda wasted. I’d love to have the steering of sport mode all the time and the sport gearbox setting when I shift over to sport manual on the automatic gear ****. Non jcw’s don’t have a flap and popping sounds are , I think, from leaning out the fuel, I haven’t noticed more or less but the exhaust note seems a bit deeper and richer in the stock muffler- I put porsche 911 tips (the oem Rounds stain pretty bad) from ebay on mine and they fit the oem bumper indents perfectly - at least until Dinan makes a free flow for the F54-S!

Thanks to Dinan for offering this product for our mini’s and thanks also to Brandon for suggesting i look into it.

I am probably going to get it this year...I was wondering why you said you wouldn’t get it again?

Had mine in 3-4 mos and been happy with it - no issues and smooth power throughout the entire rpm band . Dealer installed mine and had no issues doing it

op, the elite is awesome and the warranty also, the jb4 is amazing and gives more functionality. Gauges, code checking and clearing in the fly and flexibility for future upgrades. I will agree that the peace of mind the elite provides is awesome however, imho, adding any tuner or mod will increase the likelyhood of a cel or code turning on, even with the elite. It may be wise to at least invest in a code reader/ clear

Also, a boost gauge/device that is oem or obd2 connected should be wrong because that’s what the ecu/dme is reading or at least what the tuner is Sending to the ecu. Actual boost should be higher.

Imho, The jcw retrofit on the s model upgrade tune and exhaust seem pretty lame because the elite plus exhaust is about the same cost with a lot more gains. The jcw edition has a lot additions plus the b48 motor if that’s important to you but also has ALL4- which I don’t care for. If you go the jb4 route, it’s only about 150 bucks cheaper than the elite minus warranty because you still need/should get the Bluetooth add on and app. -however, the jb4 offers ALOT of features that perhaps Dinan can’t provide due to warranty restrictions? Idk, but I’m pretty certain bmw/mini don’t want owners scaling boost maps.