You always have to give something in return in order to avoid the wife's moaning :lol: That's what I've been doing all along with mine. Plus, I gave her three children to take care of so she wouldn't notice the differences. :lol:
I just tell her to look at her ring finger because she had to have 3 diamonds in her engagement ring. That was before she got her diamond wedding band. I tell her that's a MINI on your finger. Plus I am the one that cleans and waxes her car.
:cornut: thepenl I'm happy that you're having so much fun with your R56. I too love my R56 MINI Margi (08 R56 MCS/JCWm) and have great fun with her. MINI on thepenl, MINI on....................and we R56 people are especially glad that you're here. Jason
The upgraded wedding ring thing, and anniversary bands.... It's God's gift to man. Otherwise I'd still be stock and suffering miserably.
When they say "You have to pay to play" it does not specify who you have to pay. Sometimes it's Helix or RMW but most times it's the wife.
The thing is I don't know yet if I want to just run water/meth injection to curb engine knocking after getting a tune or forget the tune and go all out on just water/meth injection to increase pressures...
A properly custom tuned car done on a dyno by a knowledgeable tuner will not leave the engine knocking when everything is in the correct working order. Can tunes can not account for problems that are already present and can not be seen in person while the car is on a dyno doing base line pulls. Examples of possible issues could be: Very worn tensioner (R53) old belt, old crank pulley, boost leaks, bad plugs, wires, coil, poor fuel, dirty fuel filters and air filters. etc.. 100 % Meth will keep everything cool and clean. If you are tuned to run Meth all the time you will also get a small performance boost.
FWIW, here is an owner with Meth with shots of his intake valves after some time: North American Motoring - View Single Post - ra2fanatic's R56S build
So the first couple of pic's of the valves was the result of after walnut blasting and 25K with meth being used? View attachment 6694
He ran Water Meth which is not the same. Either way why should we care? Why not ask him about his Meth kit on the NAM?
"We?" I know you don't care, haha. I care because it's a data point more substantial than "I run water/meth and it works great!" Take from it what you will.
I liked to put my two cents in. I've only had my R56 (n14) almost 2 years. What I have done has cost me just above 5k. The best and over all is my turbo. It's a Franken turbo f21. This thing is a beast, well that and the fact I have a great tuner from Etuners. I'm running 250whp and 285ftlbs. I have a 250% bigger intercooler which I got off eBay from a dealer in China, which the helix is made and 1/3 the price. A CIA using the scoop, race cat with full DP exhaust, and full suspension from eibach. Also, I'm running 24lbs of boost with out any issues, and a gallon of e85 to every full up. I've had the is set up for 8 months and 35k miles. Hope that helps. The turbo was 1200 but I got it for half price because I was doing data for Franken turbo.