Engine Drivetrain 1st Gen Cooper S Time for some serious performance mods!

Discussion in 'Tuning and Performance' started by CheckersSD, Mar 25, 2011.

  1. Crashton

    Crashton Club Coordinator

    Jun 4, 2009
    19,445
    10,057
    113
    Retired old fart
    Hooterville Ohio USA
    Ratings:
    +11,698 / 2 / -0
    Seat time FTW.... :Thumbsup:
     
  2. wmwny

    wmwny Well-Known Member

    May 29, 2009
    4,048
    2,246
    113
    Male
    Retired
    Piqua, Ohio
    Ratings:
    +2,810 / 10 / -0
    I take the BMW CCA Driving Schools at Putnam Park, IN, and Mid-Ohio, OH, every chance I get, because they help keep me "in practice" for the stuff that goes on during interstate and other highway driving. Besides, since one can never be too visible in a MINI, it just makes good sense to me to take the schools so that I may perhaps be better able to avoid any potential problems coming my way. The seat time I get at the track makes me feel a lot safer on the road long after the schools are done.
     
  3. Will@ABF

    Will@ABF New Member

    Oct 5, 2010
    3
    0
    0
    Ratings:
    +0 / 0 / -0
    nice to meet you too =), glad everything is squared out with the checkmate, have fun at autocross, and be safe... :ihih:

    hope to see you more often,

    peace will
     
  4. CheckersSD

    CheckersSD New Member

    Mar 3, 2011
    129
    6
    0
    Full time student @ UCSD majoring in PoliSci, and
    San Diego, CA
    Ratings:
    +6 / 0 / -0
    I'll definitely be back up when I can afford a header. I think that is my next major mod. Head and camshaft is a little too much for me to afford at this time. My MINI is way faster now and I'm very pleased with the results.
     
  5. checkers

    checkers Well-Known Member

    Jun 11, 2009
    4,008
    962
    113
    Male
    retired
    Modesto, Ca
    Ratings:
    +1,277 / 0 / -1
    CheckersSD
    I'll be interested in your numbers after you do thr rest of your mods. The best that I have heard of is in the 20 HP range for the automatic. I have what you want and then some, but with the automatic it shifts to early and I haven't found anyone who can change that.
     
  6. CheckersSD

    CheckersSD New Member

    Mar 3, 2011
    129
    6
    0
    Full time student @ UCSD majoring in PoliSci, and
    San Diego, CA
    Ratings:
    +6 / 0 / -0
    You are correct, my redline is stuck at 6800 rpm. However that enables me to install a 17% pulley without the fear of pushing the S/C past its limits since my redline is already lower than a stock manual trans. I have spoken with someone who has a 2006 MCSa JCW tuned and they claim 210hp. A tune, pulley, plugs, CAI, IC, injectors, and exhaust can easily get more than 20hp gain to an automatic. 6800 rpm redline limits the same gains in a comparably equipped/tuned manual trans, but the auto isn't debilitating.
     

Share This Page