Hey everybody! Living the MINI life once again. Picked up a 2012 Cooper S. Looks like there's no noisemaker thingy for the N18 engine. How can I get some sweet turbo soundz? Intake? Intercooler resonator delete? Both?

N18 doesn't have a noise maker so no worry there.

If you want the Whoosh sound an intake is the most cost effective way to get that sound. check it out.
https://www.waymotorworks.com/ddmwor...et-intake.html

An intercooler won't change the intake sound, but I do notice after installing them that the exh tone gets a very slight change.

Intercooler resonator delete, DOS intake, and an atmospheric BOV is what I did. Just recently added a Borla Sport exhaust and straight-piped the resonator. I think it sounds great! There is even a bit of turbo noise out of the exhaust when I am on it hard. Which is almost always.

How do you like the Borla Sport Exhaust? I'm going back and forth between something like that or a fJCW muffler. The JCW muffler is inexpensive and typically gets good reviews.

LOVE the sound of the Borla. At first, I was a bit unhappy with it, and wished I hadn't sold my Remus Powersound muffler. Then, I had the Borla resonator removed. Sounds much more like I want it now! I have a vid/sound clip on my phone if you want to PM me your text number.