Lol...touchy subject with me at the moment. I would seriously love to upgrade cams but I don't see it happening on an N18 any time soon. Valvetronic uses an electric servo and eccentric shaft to vary valve lift through a set of intermediate rockers. That's why there's no butterfly in the intake on them. Consequently if you increase cam lift by say .020, the valves will be opening .020 more even at idle unless you reprofile the eccentric cam. Without that the ECU will try and compensate with the result being one very messed up idle.

 

And thought the n14's were a pain the ***. I wouldn't buy another. I'll go back the old v8 next time. Hell, something happens to this one, I may just cut it up and roll cage it to rear wheel with a v8. Lmfao

 

That head looks sweet BTW but if anyone sends you one from an N18 just do yourself a favor and do like the commercials said back in the 80's. "Just say NO!"

In the last Modern Mini magazine I got there's a loon in the UK that built a Mini Jet car. I'm not making this up seriously...full on jet engine sticking out the back. Reminds me of those famous last words "Hey ya'll watch this!"

 

I ain't getting involved with any work like that. It's time consuming and you break thru the port and you bought a head. Yeaaaa no thanks

 

Supertech valve springs ordered. Arp head studs, main studs and fel pro head gasket ordered.

 

Arp studs for the heads and mains on order. Fel pro head gasket as well.

 

Somebody asked what the port looked like as far as smoothness. Here's a photo of how they are.

 

The looks anything but smooth, are you sure it's the right picture?

 

😕😶

 

Sorry bout that. That's my small block.

 

Here's a port job, looks like a golfball.

 

I'm trying to keep this simple so people don't have to search thru 10,000 pages to get part numbers facts. I'll just delete. I don't need be here.

 

Huh?

 

Here's what the new rods look like and the p/n's from the box. They were ordered thru autoplicity for $1,037.00.

 

WOW !! Trying to pay for a tune with an SPS switch isn't going to well so far. So far it not as easy as it is said to be. Can't seem to get the switch with a basic stage 3 or 4 tune on it. I'm being asked to bring the car or ship the ECU which is not what is advertised.

 

The switches are just switches. They don't contain any tunes. Some Manic customers don't even own the switch.

I'm not sure what you are referring to as "what is advertised". They advertise as being "flashed thru the OBD for N18" which was not available to the N18 market prior to Manic. It is loaded from a laptop using software that only Manic dealers have.

But yes the ECU needs to be shipped in or the car needs to be plugged in to laptop. The flashing cables are only given to dealers.

 

I want flashed thru the ECU. I seen that's what's done some I can get it to a dyno. I don't have a tow truck or the money for one.

 

So I can get a switch, loaded with a stage 3. Reflash the ECU. Then drive it to the dyno ?
I've started this car Before with Less mods. And that turbo did not like it at all. It was hot as hell. Then it cooked an exhaust valve. Not happening again.

 

What does remote mapping
Mean then

 

Switches don't hold any data they are just a switch. Like a light switch in a sense.

If you want stage 3 then it would be loaded into the ECU on a bench or thru the OBD port in your car.

Once flashed you can use the switch to switch between the 3 different performance maps that are stored in your ECU.

Or you can pick a Map when it is being flashed and leave it there.

 

Give us a call if you want. More than willing to chat with you and give you the full rundown.

 

Ok. I was under the assumption it could be done thru that switch. Please send me a pm with a number. I'm on lunch

 

Your mailbox is full but our number is (480) 656 0341.

 

A Cobb Accessport would work for tuning your N14 engine, they are often for sale here in the Marketplace. You could then bring your MINI to a custom tuner who has a Cobb Accesstuner for MINIs and get a dynamometer tune specifically for your car with all it's unique mods.

You wouldn't want to put a canned tune on a car like yours, with it's mods.

Dave

 

Thank you for the phone call. VERY informative. Look forward to that kit that you can break the news too. I'll keep in touch. Love intelligent conversations.