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Thanks, I did post on the 2nd gen forum titled “Help” with a turbo issue I am currently having.

 

Damn! My car was bone stock before the turbo failed.....now I’ve been bitten by the can’t stop modifying bug! Lol!

 

I’m in trouble now! Lol.
I just spoke for over an hour with Mario Plaza from mquebed motorsports, and he is setting up a tune file for me. He is going to do an RPM tune on my car later this month! Yay! He sells Manic as well, but after talking to him he thought that it would work better for me with the mods I’ve done. And the fact that that is what he now runs in his Countryman sealed it for me. I started out thinking stage 1..... but it looks like I’m getting a stage 3.....funny how that happens, But I do want to optimize what I have in the safest way. And I’ve read many good things about Manic, but also that they have ruined a lot of engines so I was a little leery of them to begin with. And Manic doesn’t go above stage 2 anymore, I guess.
I’m excited. I’ll be able to actually take advantage of the slight turbo upgrade that I did when mine needed replaced.

 

Nice! I’m up in Marysville

 

Thank you, I’m glad I have another outlet to pick brains and look for info. I definitely need it. I have had my Mini for about 8 months now and if I had know more earlier, I would have saved a bit of $ by doing more work myself, instead of paying a shop for pretty doable things.

 

Thanks! And by the way, as to the turbo issue. I think I may have it figured out. My new turbo is just plain making too much boost! I need to adjust the wastegate to reduce the boost pressure tomorrow and see if it takes care of the problem. But the signs are definitely pointing that way. It’s amazing sometimes how something so simple can cause so much headache, lol

 

Well they seem to work better than my own does, lol

 

I hope so, since I’m not exactly a kid any more myself, but still 15 inside (heh heh). The worst is when my 17 yo kid tells me to grow up...haha...get off my lawn!!!

 

Thanks, it seems like the older I get...the more like a kid I act, lol
Nice to know I’m not alone. Ha ha