Thanks Marco!

This should be pretty straight forward as there's no fabrication needed. SoFlo Motorsports will be installing the kit; not worried at all.

They built the CL

 

Ok I installed myself so the pucker factor was triple for me

 

The two biggest pieces are gonna be cooling and solid tune. Are you planning on adding methanol? Will you be running 93 octane or ethanol? A ported cylinder head would be very beneficial to you to increase flow and decrease heat.

I've read a lot of bad things about the "Full Access" Bytetronik not being very full access, I hope your tuner gets enough access to the tuning tables.

 

My mazdaspeed 3 had mad torque steer that was only 265hp

How do you feel about putting so much power down in fwd with this ? Will you upgrade clutch and trans?

 

OS Giken clutch and diff should fix it right up. Jan has built cars with 300+ wheel horsepower and torque steer was a non-issue. Some dude out of Colorado is going bat shit crazy with a stroker+turbo build, hes using OS Giken stuff. The trans is good for 500hp.

I drove a stroker MINI with 270whp, it had a Cusco diff.. applying full throttle mid-corner while in 2nd gear on a right-hand turn was pretty uneventful other than the car pulling like a freight train.

 

Not worried about cooling; going to run the front mount... we'll throw meth on there if need be.

Bytetronik was part of the kit from the previous car. I'm told the car ran with no issues for 3 years. Owner upgraded to a F56JCW; parted everything from the car... hence the sale of the kit.

My plans are still to run Vipec since the tuner is familiar with it. I'll more than likely post the byte for sale.

 

setup looks kinda funny that the blower and turbo looks bigger that the engine... In for updates !

 

My plans as right now are to bolt the kit up and tune accordingly. Should something come up (which something always does), we'll deal with it at that time.

From what I've read and vids that I've seen; I'll be fine with a very supportive wife, low boost, & conservative tuning.

Not my first dance with a boosted car... I don't have an ordinary Mini... this is so going to happen

 

I wish I had the discretionary fun for forced induction. I have a supportive wife in that she's smart and pretty and awesome and funny and doesn't let me spend oodles of money on car stuff without freaking the fuck out.

 

2 S2Ks & 1 TL, all heavily modified... I think you already do mon ami!

Don't get me wrong, the Mrs does freak out when she sees FedEx/UPS boxes lying around with car parts in them.

Wife: "Oh no...no...no... not again!"

Me: "I loooooooooooove yooooooooooooooooou!"

 

LMAO, I think it's the amount of money on one item that isn't the car itself...oh, 5K to FI this car...she would kick me in the nuts and then spit on my face.

 

Some men pay lot of $$$ for that. Consider yourself lucky getting it for free

 

why do you think I don't have turbo money...
ain't nuthin in life free, player!

 

My wife's face every time I mention a supercharger is priceless (and terrifying).

 

Bro...say no more.


FK YOU I SPEND MY MONEY HOW I SEE FIT!!
***said in car after garage door was all the way closed and I was on my way to work. Okay fine, I still whispered it***

 

While I enjoy poking the bear from time to time, the bear will eventually bite your head off and poop your remains onto the forest floor. Tread lightly my friend. Tread lightly.

 

^ Lmfao!

I lucked out with mine; love her dearly because of that.

Now, don't get me wrong - if she goes out and gets a new handbag or shoes, I stay quiet... It's either that or

 

Well, that is the thing...I give B shiet for spending money at target, then order an exhaust...

I'm a damn hippo crit.

 

Wise man once said: "Happy wife, happy life..."

 

Happy life = no wife

 

want to be happy-o?
marry a bro!

It's legal now!

 

Purse controlling bitches come in all genders

 

 

All the flooding in SC has caused several days of delay with the package...

Hope no one from AZ has been affected in any way.

Until then, we sit and wait.

 

Damn...so nice...
it's unfortunately that an M4 can spank that thing so easily though.

 

You need aftermarket wheels, Marcel...gotta find lightweight but they'd set that car off.

 

Psssssh

You're probably right, although - I'm a big fan of the stock wheels; it's a part of the car's unique identity... can't see myself getting rid of them.

 

fk it, then you're smarter than me. I often look at my stock wheels (on both cars) and wonder why I tempted fate!

 

Change of plans -

Just had a LONG conversation with Jan; he'll be here next month and can tune the car then. Cool ass dude!

With my turbo specs, his recommendation was to pull the blower off and boost no more than 18lbs; it'll make 300 to the wheels safely on the Vipec system, every pull, all day long.

Making those numbers on the twincharger is doable, but run the risk of things going south easier with more components involved... not recommended if I want to keep the car around.

Those numbers to the wheels are alright with me!

He just purchased another R53GP by the way; he now has two of them.

 

Sounds like the logical thing to do. BTW the car looks awesome! I sooooo love it!!

So there's no way to modify the stock SC to give more boost, either through tuning or pulley? Just curious as to why the turbo's the better way of going.

 

Back in 2002, we ordered/bought a cooper s. Chili red/black. 6 months later we got the dealer installed JCW package.


At that time, guy out of Denver (on Mini forums) used to do "pulley parties"


He used to come out, do a pulley/tune to get some more power out of the cars.


However, 350HP (as OP wants), its all turbo, sir.

 

I honestly am more excited about a 18 psi turbo on this little monster than the double stack royale w/cheese and extra special sauce.

Marcel...you shall give me a ride when it's done. I'd ask...but I'm actually telling you.

 

Thanks; it's a great little car that handles like nobody's business. Just needs a little more oomph in the power department.

The blower can only churn out so much air before over rev'ing / heating to where it's no longer efficient. Doing the conversion from s/c to turbo will get me the power gain I'm looking for within budget versus spending more on engine parts such new head, pistons, rods, cam, pulley, etc.... running +/- 5k

I'm good at 300 as a daily driver; 350 is a wee bit much for my use.
Consider it done mon ami!

 

Sounds like a fun project. But I'd miss the SC scream.
I remember test driving an '04 Indi Blue S that had some work done to it, a little over the top as the SC whine was quite noticeable at cruise around 70mph, but it screamed at WOT.

 

but the turbo spool feel though...

 

I've had my share of blower whine; love the sound of it at WOT.

Looking forward to the spool & bov

 

 

awesome stuff, curious to see how this comes out. good luck

 

So glad you saw the light

Jan is a super stand up dude. Glad you got in contact with him.

Did Jan end up getting that GP with the blown motor? Colin tipped me off on it too, but I don't have the coin/time to move all my parts to another chassis.

 

He mentioned the motor was toast, but planned on rebuilding and possibly reselling since he already has one.

You should totally hop on it!

Spoke for quite a bit; very knowledgeable dude. Kudos to him and all the innovation RMW has provided to the Mini community. Only downside to it all is that he is basically a one man band and primary projects prevent him from wrapping up side projects such as the RMW turbo or Rotrex kits... Either way, they'll both be awesome products once completed.

Look forward to meeting him next month and getting this kit tuned.