Did the early JCWs have upgraded software or just boltons? I know hey did not have upgraded injectors.
Not only did they not have upgraded injectors but they did not have the CAI either. I would be interested on the software question also,I would hope they at least had a JCW ECU flash.
John Cooper Works - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Only difference between the initial 04 offering and the 05 year and later was the injectors. All JCW's got different tunes.
Hrmm. I was looking around at the programming in my Mini today and the only options I had for retrofit were... retrofit chrono pack retrofit facelift xenon retrofit facelift taillights retrofit rear fog light sadly nothing for a jcw anything in my dme. I know on the 2nd gen cars we have to get Mini to send us the software and upload it to our programing station. Wonder if the 1st gen is the same.
My car is so old... there wasn't even a JCW option! It started being available at the end of CY 2002. And yes, I did have to walk uphill both to and from school.... The early JCW package was a bit of head work, a pulley, and I don't remember if it had a different SC rotor coating from the get go.... That's about it and some badges! Matt
The uprated/coated SC came with the 05 model JCW. And the JCW option for the S was available starting with the 04 model year.
Professor can you pass along those codes ? (if they are early JCW) my JCW is a 2004 but build date was 10/03.
You already have the JCW tune on it. All JCW cars, whether dealer or factory, had a JCW specific tune.
I cant say that I feel loads of power, but with the injectors and tune the Mini runs much smoother and maybe a bit stronger mid-range.
Some MINI dealers have been doing this for a while...IF they were liberal, and you had lots of the "upgrades" that a JCW car would have had..even if not JCW parts... The tune is different....but there is also different software packages depending on WHICH ECU version is on the car....there have been 2 (pre and post 2005) that were different.....similar but still had different programing...and now a 3rd one is appearing on replacements...it appears to be 100% compatible to the 2005+ ones software wise. I can say I know somebody who had their ECU swapped out...from the 2003 version to the newest one (straight from Germany last week) and his car is like a different beast!! He was also getting the "boot-leg" JCW flash....this week. One note...JCW cars that were upgraded to the JCW 210 kit, got a new upgraded tune. The kit, sold by mini had the JCW injectors, and the JCW air-box...and a "CODE" to use to get the all important JCW software...the installer would type it in...and the code was the "authorization" to do the flash. I've been told the JCW tune is not great (but better than stock), but with custom tunes being so common, I would not spend much $$ on getting a JCW tune on a non-jcw car... But if you have a "friend" who know how to work the MINI computer system for a 6 pack....