2nd Gen R56 Cooper S Most liked posts in thread: Installed the AEM Intake

Don't have a turbo, but if I did I'd not be running the heat shield that would melt a valve cover. That is a good way to burn ones MINI to the ground. Yikes!

Is it only certain brands of shields that do that?

 

Soooo..... You think the factory knows about this issue as a result of the R56 Challenge racing series? Think they are adding additional cooling air through the fake hood scoop, and dumping it on the leading edge of the plastic valve cover? Hmmmmmmm?

This is my "knock off" to their racin piece.... Real simple part you can make out of light gauge aluminum.....

 

Look at the WMW Turbo Wrap.

 

Nice job

 

Whoa, what happened there? That could dissuade me from getting one of those. I've been looking at it, thought the price is a little steep. I had an AEM on my Del Sol, and it made a wonderful mod. Though obviously that one was drastically different.

 

Agreed, I'm all about burnig up the twistys in the MINI, I just don't want it melting around me while I am doing it. If there was even a chance of that happening I don't think I would have made that purchase. :nonod:

 

The most effective thing you can get for your hood scoop is to buy the shield that mounts to the underside of the hood, after long drives the plastic hood scoop is barely warm and I live in a hot climate! It's dirt cheap also, my ex AEM heat shield didn't perform half as good as the scoop heat shield!

 

Here, this is the only heat shield you'll ever need for saving your hood scoop from warping and it keeps the area around the scoop pretty cool!

 

True...

Just saying it probably showed up as an issue with their racing series and they developed a cooling solution to deal with the problem. It wouldn't have been a very good marketing point if the Challenge cars couldn't finish a race......They added cool air.... Those aftermarket heat shields simply contain the hot air off the turbo housing and simply direct it straight back to the plastic cover....

The stock intake system does a fine job of bringing cold air to the stock filter....

Pick your poison.....

 

I'm installing mine next week. I'll use the heat shield until I have some spare cash to buy the WMW Turbo Wrap.

 

Any chance you can show a closer pic of that sheet with all your dimensions on it? :aureola: