R50/53 Custom Tuner Northern New England

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Dec 10, 2011 | 04:11 PM

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cmt52663

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Originally Posted by AirBoston

Turner Motorsports as posted above is a BMW shop but has worked on MINIs./ I think they may have evened campained a MINI race car at one point. I just droped of a car there this week and they has an older Cooper S on a lift.

I have been doing business with Turners for many years, and recommend their services without qualification.

They use Shark for tune work however, which does not cover the Works R53.

See here for my thoughts on Turner...

Cheers,

Charlie

Dec 12, 2011 | 08:34 AM

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I'm driving down this coming Saturday to have the tune done. I'll post my results!

Dec 18, 2011 | 07:43 AM

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Had the tune done yesterday in Ayer, MA at Bren Tuning. Extremely pleased with the quality of the tune, now making 190 WHP. My mods are 15% ALTA SC pulley, K&N air filter and NGK BKR7E plugs gapped at .28. It took them 20 runs on the Dyno to get the tune dialed in right. First drive thoughts, great torque, excellent power, no dead spots, it just pulls hard. Also the car seems to run smoother all around. When I brought the car in it was pinging, the tune also took care of that. I highly recommend Bren Tuning, I am very happy. Check out the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=witP8aGSz4s

Dec 18, 2011 | 09:31 AM

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Delighted to hear that - I will follow in your footsteps in January...

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Charlie

Dec 18, 2011 | 09:41 AM

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Excellent to hear and again glad I could help.
I forgot that he used Scot's (Kaizen) new Dyno for tuning. Great results and video.

Now stop tempting me! I want to keep my warranty!!!

Really though, I think I'm going to have a 2.75" to 3" Down Pipe exhaust made this spring and then take it to Bren too.

Dec 18, 2011 | 11:20 AM

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Excellent -- and right down the road, too!

Thanks for the update!

Dec 21, 2011 | 06:52 AM

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Now that I've been driving for a few days the tune has really taken hold, it feels like a different car. Never thought a tune could make so much difference.

Dec 21, 2011 | 07:50 AM

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Now that I've been driving for a few days the tune has really taken hold, it feels like a different car. Never thought a tune could make so much difference.

thanks for the update...

Mar 4, 2012 | 10:54 PM

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Bren Tuning - very highly recommended.

Folks, I would recommend Bren's work without reservation. Feel free to contact me for any questions you might have.

The results below effectively added over 20% more torque across the useable rev range, and did so with a richer A/F ratio than the OEM tune. In a nutshell - safer, and a LOT stronger!

Just bloody marvelous!

Kind regards,

Charlie