On April 24th, 2010, Defenders of Speed will be hosting a dyno and tuning day in Saint Louis. There are two options for those interested in attending:

1) Come and have your car dyno'ed to see how much horsepower and torque your MINI actually puts to the pavement. Your car will get 3 pulls on a Dynapack Dynamometer for $80.00 to establish your car's performance baseline.

2) If you feel like you'd still like more our of your MINI after your baseline dyno, have Clint tune your ECU to reap more performance out of your little beast. He will be tuning all supercharged and turbocharged MINIs from 2002 and onward to improve power delivery, overall horsepower, and torque output. Pricing is $80.00/hour for dyno time and $250 for tuning.

The Details:

Saint Louis MINI Club member Elizabeth Hileman is a friend of the dyno shop owner. She has helped to set us up with a reduced dyno rental rate of $80.00/hour (instead of the normal $100.00 per hour that the shop normally charges).

Clint will only be coming to town if at least 4 cars are signed up for a tuning session. If we can get more than 8 cars signed-up. we may be able to get the dyno rental rate down to an even lower rate (TBD). The maximum number of MINIs that Clint has agreed to tune in one day is 8. This ensures that he has adequate time to carefully tune your MINI's ECU for safe performance on the street and track. If enough interest is generated, we are considering adding another day to the calendar adjacent to 4/24/10.

Please email Clint at DoS directly to let him know if you're interested in attending this St. Louis MINI Club event and for more information concerning the event. He can be reached at clint@defendersofspeed.com .

 

Saturday April 24th, 2010

8:00am -- G. Bridwell -- Tuning

9:30am -- D. Travis -- Tuning

11:00am -- D. Huebener -- Tuning

12:30 pm -- S. Roemmel -- Tuning

2:00pm -- D. Harney -- Tuning

3:30pm --

5:00pm --

6:30pm --

 

I would love this but think it is useless until I get my pulley done.

 

does the tuning include any parts? software? what does the tuning involve...sorry if this sounds elementary...never had a tune done on Windy before...sounds like fun though...

bryan

 

it is a ECU flash that matches and maximizes the performance of your car based on the mods you have. If you don't have any mods, pulley, exhaust, intake i.e. it is not really worth it. from your list you would probably benefit from a good tune...

 

ah, thank you and sorry again for the question...I do have pully, exhaust and intake...would it also be worth injector upgrades? and or are any other mods being done that you know of?

bryan

 

Hi Bryan,

I would recommend an upgrade to larger injectors (380cc is fine for most street driven/daily driver MINIs).

If your complete list of mods is not below, please email me so that I can get your complete performance picture.

-Clint

 

Agreed.

I have not booked my flights yet, so I might be able to do it and installs of other parts on the Friday (4/23) before 4/24 session. We just need someone with a nice home garage or other shop space to lend the club some time & space for installs that day.

If anyone in the club can lend space, definitely shoot me an email.

-Clint

 

I have too much money going out this time of year to do anything extra right now. I had to cancel my trip to MOTD this year and have been rethinking the family vacation. It figures there is a tune party when I am on a budget

Just curious, i have done a lot of research on the injectors and from what I gather the stock will work fine with 15% pulley exhaust and intake and you may want to upgrade to 380 or 400 when doing the 17%. Can you give me a little insight on this?

 

I don't like going higher than a 15% pulley. The Eaton supercharger just starts running too hot to get a dense enough air charge to the engine, as that unit is now beyond it's optimum thermal efficiency. You can make some corrections with intercooling, but it's a battle to keep the charge air temps down.

I used the stock injectors when I put a 15% reduction pulley on my R53. I went to 380's after I upgraded my cylinder head. I'll be running 400's or 440's this summer after I modify the current tune on my car.

 

Mr. Travis, you are on the list.

 

Can you tune an 03 Justa. Has a Way/DDM intake, and a Megan Racing exhaust?

Mark

 

Hi Mark,

No problem. It's not often requested from me, but I can tune your Cooper.

 

Same price for the tune on a Justa?

Mark

 

Yes it is. Whether it's an 'S' or a 'Justa,' quality takes time.

 

Thank you Mr. Huebener! (Looks like there may be more than one Justa at the session.)

 

The need of 4 new tires outweighs the need of 1 tune, at this point for me

I think Dan could use a tune though, maybe he will turn on his brake lights

Mark

 

Mark, definitely come by and visit if you have time.

-Clint

 

What software do you use?

 

I use Dimsport software for tuning.

 

Mr. Cope, I can't wait for this event, I hope we get the amount of tunes you need, and I don't mean i-tunes.
Cheers

 

Mark would love to get Poco tuned but unfortunately Uncle Sam is taking his pound of flesh the week before. The US gov thinks it's a great idea to tax unemployment!! But I do hope Clint gets the amount of tunes he needs. And perhaps we can stop by for a visit.

Lois

 

Thank you Mr. Roemmel!! The quota is met. Time for me to book some plane tickets!

 

Don't miss your chance to catch Clint in Saint Louis. One of the west coast's premier tuners, isn't in town often, get a tune or see just what you car does on a chassis dyno, this opportunities don't happen often in the gateway city.

 

I just talked to Clint and he is giving away an Auto Art MINI Model to the car that puts out the best HP on the dyno. So if you just want to schedule time to see what you car really puts out contact Clint and schedule some dyno time. You can just come by any watch and see the operation.