Engine Drivetrain 1st Gen Cooper S Most liked posts in thread: First Mods-Milltek, JCW Strut Brace

Thanks , my pleasure. Love the forum

 

Thanks for the info. Mark. I was hoping someone could provide that. Makes you feel even better about the upgrade.

 

HaHa...not sure my wife would agree, but thanks for the clarification

 

I've had it on there for a about two weeks now. After roughly 1000 miles it sounds even better.
It's hard to keep your foot off the go pedal...you want to hear sing

 

Update-15% Pulley

WHOO HOOOOOO...the sound I was making pulling away from the garage

I recently ordered a 15% pulley package (pulley,belt,colder plugs and tensioner stop) from Way Motor Works. I liked the design of this pulley being all stainless steel. It's also great to be able to speak to the man himself, great customer service While on that topic, I have to get a shout out to Chad at Detroit Tuned for getting me the tensioner stop shipped in time for the install after being without power for a few days...thanks again! Here's a few pics of the install:

This is a beautiful piece all on it's own...too bad it gets hidden


Pulling the stock one off-


New pulley installed-



A little testing before we fire it up-

Butt Dyno says Yesss. This really woke up the little 1.6 litre. It's pulling nice and hard with the sweet spot on the tach 3-5k rpm feeling really strong. Now I'm waiting on one last piece, the new intake to bring these performance mods together. Stay tuned

 

Thanks Jeremy. I was only watching and learning on the pulley install. Not really something I wanted to take on myself without the right tools. We did not tune the car, mechanic was simply checking codes before we fired it up. I'm still researching a tune.

-Steven

 

No tune yet, still need more info. on that. I'll probably be picking Way's head for ideas on what is next. What are your thoughts?

-Steven