2nd Gen R60 Countryman Turbo Upgraded Countryman Review

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  1. kconner5

    kconner5 New Member

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    Hi Countryfolk!

    For those of you who are not in the Countryman Lounge on Facebook here's a little update on my 2012 Manual R60 S ALL4, Kowalski. :Thumbsup:

    Most of you probably know I've been modding this thing since day one and we've designed a lot of the Countryman parts off of my baby. This past week we bit the bullet and sprung for the JMTC 47mm Dominator Turbo with a Manic Stage 3 tune.

    It took about 9 hours to do the install (my friends Doc and Richie Burgess in NC did the work). The parts that we installed on that day were a Forge Atmospheric Blow Off Valve, a VIP catless downpipe (we previously had an Akrapovic on the car), the 47mm JMTC fully ported and polished turbo, and all of the new gaskets etc. Most of the bolts holding the turbo in were a pain to get out as the car has 70k extremely rough miles on it. It's surprising how well the stock 37mm turbo has held up due to being tuned way past what it should have been its whole life. I assume it doesn't hurt that I always let the car warm up before getting into boost and cool down after driving hard before shutting off as well as oil changes every 4-5k miles.

    Then it was time for the test drive after everything was bolted up... First thing I noticed was the sound difference... exhaust sounded a tiny bit louder but definitely throatier (not to say it wasn't already ridiculous before), but you actually hear the turbo spool through the exhaust like on a big diesel in a truck. Then once you get into boost the thing just digs and pulls like nobodys business. They say my car has a little over 300hp at the crank and I have no reason to doubt that. We did a pull today with a moderately tuned 335i and it was nearly dead even.

    We are going to do some data logging and tweak the ECU a bit as there is a case where it misfires in the highest setting of the tune when the outside air temp is below 30 degrees F or so. Aside from that no issues to speak of. Not too much lag at all and the blow off sounds are immense.

    Here's my first impressions video:
    [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZvSPR2mMJY&list=UUmvWo_ehW2tXPmaotPtl8TA"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZvSPR2mMJY&list=UUmvWo_ehW2tXPmaotPtl8TA[/ame]

    Also... Yes... The car will drift on power now. Will get a video in the dry soon. here's a video of it drifting in the rain:
    [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75VxwDg76bE"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75VxwDg76bE[/ame]

    Happy motoring!
    Kyle :biggrin5:
     
  2. TheModFather

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    Hmm... Possible future upgrade for the Porker... :) Got to finish the Rat-MINI first.
     
  3. Dave.0

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    Dick you absolutly DO NOT NEED this since you already have (1) broke MINI and Kyle just blew CM his up.
     
  4. N2MINI

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    Where is that story?
     
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    #5 Dave.0, Dec 25, 2014
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  6. ColinGreene

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    No one ever talks about when they break the car.
    If the car was tuned past where it should have been wouldn't that mean its not a safe tune.
    And since the motor lasted a month like this its obvious its not a good thing to do.
     
  7. Mr. Jim

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    He blew it up in Canada this part week, oil on the ground. Have not heard the damage yet. He's saying timing chain, between the larger turbo and that tune with no logging, hmmm I guessing it wasn't a faulty timing chain....
     
  8. Dave.0

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    No way it was the timing chain. The reall issue is a poor tune running too much boost and a bad driver.
     
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    ^^^ What he said.
     
  10. ColinGreene

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    Guess this wont be getting a update anytime soon then.
     
  11. Mr. Jim

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    Here's the latest...
    <<Jason, we are going to keep the daily tune around 350hp at the crank and who knows what it'll be on the race tune. There's definitely a lot left in this motor, with the right tuning if it was setup for drag it would do probably 10-12 runs at 650whp. We have a race clutch and flywheel on it and ALL4 should handle the power just fine.>>
     
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  13. Mr. Jim

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    Ok, so here is the latest from our favorite expert kid....

    I just don't know what to say, except what the f^€£ is wrong with people....

    http://www.gofundme.com/teamkowalski
     
  14. TheModFather

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    And people are actually paying for this? WTH! I need an RMW stroker!

    I would never ask other people to pay for my hobbies though...

    What a scumbag. :(
     
  15. Dave.0

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    D-bags know no limits.

    Will he crash it or blow it up again first.
     
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    Sigh! Rich kid asking for money! :eek:
     
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    I just don't get it, the GoFundMe is for people that need help with medical bills or surgeries and the like. People are just stupid actually donating money to him, wtf.
     
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    Looks like I need a go fund me page to recoup my investment in my R56 so that I would have enough money to get a R53
     

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