Are there any shops in the bay area that specialize in Mini Peformance/ Tuning?

I know there are Mini Tuners down south, but I want to stay in the bay area.

TIA!

 

Bay Bridge Motors in Oakland. Several of us have used them with great results. What area are you looking at?

 

Anywhere in the Bay Area..

Do they dyno tune Mini Coopers?

 

BR Racing in Los Gatos does http://www.brrperformance.com/

 

any other experienced & reliable MINI shops in the bay area? all i could find was a place callled 'german motor specialists' in Sunnyvale.

i'm looking for a place that'll do a aftermarket clutch job for me.

 

Check out Bay bridge Motors in Oakland. I've used them for several things and was happy with everything. They are on Mandela Parkway.

 

German Motor Specialist is an excellent shop. They have serviced my Mini's for 4years. They wil treat you well. Also BRRacing in Los Gatos is excellent. They race a couple of R53s so they know of what they speak.

 

Bay Bridge Motors got back to me with a 13.5 hours of labor quote to do my clutch. yikes. i'm gonna call German Motor once i get a chance to (at work right now). one of my co-workers says she goes to a place called 'Eddies German Auto' in Fremont, but i have no clue if they've ever worked on a MINI before.

 

Try Edge Motor Works in Dublin. 925-479-0797 ask for Gordon and tell him Randy (Checkers) told you to call.

 

just left a VM with Edge. hopefully Gordon calls me back. thanks.

EDIT: got a call and a e-Mail back from Edge. i've narrowed it down between them and the place in Fremont. thanks guys.

 

How Much Did These Places Charge For A Clutch Job?

 

Ditto for Edge Motor Works. Check out their feedback on Yelp.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/edge-motorworks-dublin

Jim

 

Im gonna need a clutch soon as well. I was told by a friend of a co-worker who works at a bmw/mini shop that he charged 3500 for the one clutch they did on the mcs. what have people here been charged for an aftermarket clutch/flywheel job?

 

Any new info to report back? I am looking for the best place to take my girl friends mini in for recommended service intervals. I would rather go to a privately owned mini specialist shop rather than spending the same or more at a dealer any day.

 

I think that's pretty standard for a clutch job. I talked to Bruce and BR Racing and he mentioned it took 14 hours. I just had my supercharger rebuilt and had BR install it and put an Alta 15% pulley on. They did an awesome job.

 

i ended up having the OEM clutch job done at the East Bay dealership once we negotiated a fair price for everything.

 

Hi. I want to have my rear sway bar, control links/arms and shocks/coil replaced (cooper s 2008). Any of of you have any experience with the following shops: Edge or Bay Bridge Motors.

thanks

 

I wouldn't hesitate to recommend either shop. They are both excellent.

Jim

 

We've had good dealings with Edge as well. As a benchmark, we charge $850 labor to do a clutch (that's labor only). Philly is a bit cheaper than the Bay area, but that's a fair price here.

 

Bay Bridge is very good.

 

Back to the topic of "tuning" if you can't a find a shop up there check out a company like Mynes that does remote tuning.

 

They charge you 13.5-14 hours, but trust me, if it takes them that long to do a clutch job on a r56 or even an r53 whoever is doing it is sloooow. I've personally done a few without a lift in far less time.

As for BRR tuning MINI's (actual re-mapping of DME/PCM) i don't believe they do that as they do not have an in house dynometer or tuner on site. They do have good relations with DINAN, but even then I think all they serve is base/shelf map tuning.

That is a fair price. I bet you might work on a package deal for customers who also purchase clutch kit and flywheel through you if they choose to do install with you.

 

would you do mine if i paid you?

 

Edge motorsports just opened another shop in mountain view

 

Bay Bridge Minis did some work for me. Great service with good pricing. Can't beat that.