How long was the install? Looks pretty straight forward. It's nice to see all your mods coming along nicely.

 

I think it took 1.5 to 2 hours. I was wandering around and didn't keep track of time. On the 250 mile trip back from Asheville the only time the inlet air temp went over 105º was when I was stopped or in really slow traffic. Once back up to speed the temp dropped rapidly. This temperature reading was according to my ScanGauge II.
Another mod that I'm happy with. Hopefully more to come this week.

 

Looking into the benefits of having scan gauge. Curious as to how you have it setup in the car.

 

Great update @vetsvette. Looking forward to getting my intercooler when they start to ship.

 

They have F56 specific programming for the ScanGauge II. I kept mine from my R56 and sent it back to the manufacturer for the update. No charge for update or shipping back to me. I only paid to mail it to them. You can actually monitor oil pressure on it now. I use the Cravenspeed ScanGauge mount. Works great.

 

Hi rmcintos! Here is an interesting article about what intercoolers do:

http://new.minimania.com/MINI_Cooper...ooler_Upgrades

 

How is the torque steer with all that added torque?
Mine is starting to get noticeable with just the NM power module when I accelerate in 2nd gear.
Before the power module was added I hardly had any torque steer.

 

More noticeable, but easily manageable. Still nowhere close to the torque steer I had on my '07MCS.

 

vetsvette, can you please post more pics of the scangauge at different angles? Thanks

 

Something else I added while hanging out on Vendors Alley at MOTD. That place can get expensive, Fast!




More Scangauge pictures for toyopet...

 

Thanks for more pics of scangauge, Nice setup. Adding to the list of things I didn't know I needed til I got on NAM. Lol.

 

Thanks for the pics, vetsvette! I'll now be picking up a mount and stubby very soon.

 

Well, today was a busy one. Added a couple more things.

These...



The blue one...



Couple of these grey ones...



Bad picture of the adjustable rear control arms.



This shows the new rear brakes, spring, swaybar, stainless lines, and end links.



Front brakes were installed with NM stainless brake lines. I was worried for a moment that the wheels wouldn't fit over these rotors. Things are huge!



Brakes with wheels installed...




Topped it all off with a strut brace by NM.



Only downside of this work is I lost all the coding I had done at the Dragon. Software has to be updated for the JCW brakes and once the program starts to run it updates everything. Small price to pay for these brakes though.

The springs closed the wheel well gap nicely too.

Before...




After...




All this work was done by my friend Chris at G3 Automotive. Can't recommend him highly enough for anyone in the Raleigh, NC area.
This is one of his toys. If you were at the Dragon you probably saw him on Vendors Alley.

 

Looks very cool.

BTW, I noticed the CF air intake is missing.

 

There is a new version of the intake tube that is being R&D tested as we speak. After they wring it out for a couple more weeks they'll send me my new one and it'll be reinstalled. I had some warranty work being done a couple weeks ago so I pulled the NM and went ahead and swapped out the intakes while I was at it. CF definitely looks better.

 

Ahhh, okay, I was wondering where that beautiful piece of "eye candy" went. Makes sense since last time we talked you mentioned the redesign and AWE swapping yours out (free of charge). Nice!

Man those brakes and wheels look good.

 

I wanted to ask about the coding that took place when the intercooler was installed at MOTD. I see you made note to it again when the software was updated for the brakes.

What were the coding changes? Also, why was a software update required with the BBK?

Sharp looking ride! Really like the wheels.

Thanks

 

Coding, in my case consisted of adding some cool features. Ability to roll the windows up w/key fob, enabled rear fog lights, enabled fog lights w/high beams, changed the number of turn signal blinks, disabled warning message on start up, enabled tail lights w/DRLs. Stuff like that. Sadly I'm back to default original coding on those things now. I'll get it done again down the road somewhere. Might even take a ride up to Helix one weekend.

When the BBK is installed, the DSC, anti lock, and probably a couple other things have to be updated to work with the much improved braking capabilities. Problem is, when you plug in the computer w/BMW software it takes over and updates everything it deems necessary. You can't pick and choose what to update and you can't stop it until the programming is complete. Took over two hours.

 

The brake rotors are so new that they look fake

 

Damn it. You are going to force me to get the sway bar and end links done on the car and then corner balanced. I have to stop visiting your thread.

 

They do don't they. They shined up nicely after the 85 mile drive home last night. I'll post a pic of them after I get back from my alignment.

Go for it! there's no time like the present.
On the way back from my alignment I'm gonna take some twisty roads and get a feel for the new suspension.

 

Here ya go. This is with about 150 miles on them. Shiny!



Also added some go-fast decals. Suspension from NM. Intercooler from Helix. Everything but the I/C installed and tweaked by G3 Automotive.

 

What kind of difference have you noticed in performance?

 

Quicker. Goes through the turns like a slot car. Stops on a dime.

 

This is probably a stupid question, but you don't have DDC, right?