They told me they would not have anything 4 the 2012-2013 untill late Spring

 

I ordered mines off the same site and paid the same amount.. How long did it take for you to get yours?

 

Ordered the afternoon of the 16th, received yesterday 22nd so not including the weekend, 4 business days. Interesting as well I had really good timing because my kit was boxed and labeled on the 15th by AEM. I'm assuming it was drop shipped directly by AEM via AutoAnything, I don't see how the would have received it and sent it back out in 1 day.

 

Oh ok I order mines on the 21st so I'm guessing Friday or Saturday would sound about right...

 

Recieved mine today, if interested and not in a big hurry we can meet at my house(heated garage) and do dual install. Usually work Mon-Sat and going to Chicago MINI meet this Sun Possibly Sun. Feb.3rd let me know if interested

 

Thanks for the awesome offer. I hope to have this installed as soon as the weather breaks, but if it stays bad, Ill get in touch with you closer to next week. Gonna be tough to plan around the Super Bowl thou. LOL

 

I got the kit installed. It really wasn't that much effort. I did have the boost port adapter interference big time, but this was easily solved by the ol'e heat gun.



Seems that the air box plastic is not that resistant to heat. With just the right amount of heat in the right places to soften it up and then a good shove with a block of wood you can reshape it around the MAF sensor.
The only potential problem is it also bends the nearest mounting peg in about 3/4 of an inch, which I fixed by some more heat nearer the mount.





I never got the plastic hot enough to melt, just soft enough to bend. It wants to immediately bend back so while holding in place I poured cold water to re-freeze the new shape. I know Iv'e probably horrified some but I'm not giving up my boost gauge for this, and trust me there is no distortion to the top flange.



Then when I'm ready to torque the box down I see there is interference with another stock dohicky on the valve cover?? Come on AEM.... do a bit more homework, there is no reason the box had to be so big. Oh well a little more heat and shove with a socket solves this annoyance too.



The important thing is the performance really does feel stronger at the high end, and there is a subtle whine that pleasantly comes on to let you know its above 4Krpm.

So now this is my second AEM experience and quite consistently :

1) More apparent power and a better sound
2) Some fit issues
3) No CARB number for something that could easily pass a smog test

 

Are you talking about what I have circled? If so this gets replaced with the AEM piping anyways and don't see how it would be a problem. It's definately hard plastic.



The AEM directions: http://www.aemintakes.com/instructio...1-699_inst.pdf

 

Yep that pipe. The metal pipe included with the AEM kit does not accommodate that sensor bundle located on the right side of the stock pipe about halfway up in your photo, the older n14 intake did not have that extra sensor.

 

I'm thinking Mcgyver lol......oooo that makes me so sad :(

 

Thought you guys might be interested in the following provided by mini specialist Lohen here in the UK

Here's a copy of the Dyno result from the JCW with AEM installed.

Run 1 didn't record (for some peculiar reason) but the car was running 204bhp with the OEM paper filter.
Run 2 shows the JCW airbox with ITG filter - 208.4 bhp, a gain of around 4 bhp.
Finally we tested the JCW with AEM intake - 225.4 bhp average, a gain of 21bhp.



Sadly we sold the JCW brace so didn't have one in stock to test - will aim to do it in future, we've got another 3 AEM's on order.

 

Seeing as I have the JCW airbox which I believe is standard as the MCS over in the US plus ITG Panel Filter, I was led to believe that this was the best up for the mini until this test.

I also have the M7 J Brace and since having this removed temporarily for some work on my car I notice the difference so did not want to plump for this if it was not that good as brace is important.

Damn I have to change both now for all AEM set up !!!!

 

And here I was contemplating selling my AEM setup. Not now.

 

What could you possibly want besides the AEM?

I went with the DDMworks race intake since the AEM wouldn't fit my car. Did you install the heat shield? If not I would be happy to purchase it from you :D

 

I was considering going back to stock.

 

Heads up folks, just got the call from AEM, will go in for test fit sometime this week.

They have already test fitted on an N18 auto and now need to test fit on a 6 speed.

 

Update: Have an appointment for next Monday!

Keep in mind the current offering is for N14's atm.

The one they are working on right now is for the N18, along with a compatible strut bar.

http://www.facebook.com/aemintakes#!...type=1&theater

 

Hey MattyHKZ, I found it on their Facebook page here. You have to be logged into Facebook to actually see the dyno chart:

http://www.facebook.com/LohenMINI?re...type=1&theater

 

Just bought one of these from e-custom hitch for $253 as Autoanything seems to be out of stock (had to pay $31 postage however)

Australian and European owners; I am quite certain after doing a search around on various forums all we need to make this Kit work with our MAFless setup is a 2.75" (70mm) intercooler joiner peice such as this for <$10:

 

They have or they will be releasing a euro spec soon. They used my car install it to take pics for the instructions. They being AEM.

 

2011+ Intake is in the works. I'll post some shots tomorrow. I have them in my work email.

Also, a recent jcw just dyno'd a 22whp gain with this intake. I'll post the link also tomorrow.

 

I've already posted that link above

 

Well that's good news. Glad they got to it so quickly. Not quick enough for my money but still relatively fast considering it's only mid February of 2013

 

Alright folks, I dropped the car off yesterday.
They are going to test fit the prototype to make sure it fits on a manual without any issue.

Here are the photos they sent me of the prototype.....

 

very nice. I wonder if this strut bar works with the ddm race intake system.