Engine Drivetrain 1st Gen Cooper S Most liked posts in thread: Mynes tuned....is yours? Mine's broke!

Since I know this will come up....

Before the first tune at 85K was the health of the engine checked?

Ya know Alex, I've been on drives with you and well, neither of us are shy when it comes to exercising the go pedal.

 

I don't think you should have to be shy about the way you drive your car. especially when its a built motor.

 

No you don't. My point is that at 85K and driven with verve the engine may have been tired.

 

Its possible, but mines got just over that and i still pull 267. Its probably just a really subjective thing. I think the point is that its slightly nefarious that the engine blew 5k after a tune when it was subject to the same amount of abuse before hand on the stock tune.

 

First time or not, the second one was a freshly rebuilt motor done by and too the specs of the tuner. And if the motor were weak the first time, wouldn't that have shown up on the dyno?

 

So I ask again....was there any data logging done?

 

Maybe the OP did not do any data logging but I think the Tuner would have / should have. At least when the Tuner built and tuned the 2nd motor.

Also I am not sure if logging would have showed incorrectly installed oil squirters.

Just saying.... my $.02.

 

For $14k that should have been a pretty stout motor, IMO. I'd have expected much more from people who so strongly touted their abilities to build & tune performance MINI motors. I have a hard time believing that if they were even mildly competent that they didn't build with the owner's intended use in mind.

The other thing I haven't seen pointed out is that the OP was a fanboi of the builder's & tuners prior to this going so wrong. I'm not trying to toss stones at him. I just think it puts perspective on his experiences.

 

The OP did not live near the tuner......so was he or was he not data logging?

 

Regardless of the Data logging being done or not it ultimately is the responsibility of the tuner to insure that the motor is tuned in a safe manner so as not to blow up the customers existing or built motor.

 

Well if he was having problems....data logging may have prevented more serious problems arising. Well there are ALWAYS two sides to every story....I just feel in my gut that there is more to this story than what is being said here. Yea it's definitely a bummer to what happened to him, but to say Mynes/ABF is the only tuner builder to have problems is stretching it.

 

He never said that Jim, he is and has been merely stating his experiences and the facts as he knows them.

This mess is purely between him and the tuners that actually worked on his car. Please leave any others out of the conversation.

Thanks

 

I'm fairly certain Jiminni works for mynes/ABF. And Op sorry about your situation. I came from Subaru where there are so many stories and shoddy tuners that stories like this never stop, but at the same time I always feel sorry for the victims. Good luck with getting everything resolved.

 

Jim, its not like he did not contact the vendor, Thats listed in the timeline. I wonder if we will ever be able to figure out what came first in this case the chicken or the egg, and by that i mean the tune or the build causing the problem its so difficult to say after the fact.
I wonder if this series of threads on all the boards has gotten back to the vendor or builders in question and if it has spurned them into taking care of this mess.

and Paul, It would certainly seem that way at times. but I guess we can just chalk it up to a Zelot reveling in the glory of his chosen product.

 

Incredible.........

 

Oh! So how can you say, "or through bytetronik you better save up for a new motor because your going to be needing one."?

So you never had the ByteTroniK....but you can talk crap about it?

 

So name any other company I have mentioned? Yep....none.

 

:lol: If I do they owe me a bunch of back pay :arf: