Hello everyone ive been a Mini Owner for just over 2 months and have wanted to join a forum for some time now. I have an 05 MCS looking forward to sharing my future mods

 

Hello and welcome! When you have a moment a basic description of the options and mods on your car others will find interesting. And pics are always nice!

 

I got an 05 MCS grey with black top, sports package, HK sound, i have swapped out the cooper s side markers with the black jack side markers, painted my mirror cover black and my gas cover black, also put the jcw black grille in, lastly the K&N typhoon cold air intake.

 

Sweet! I love the supercharger whine of the 1st gen! My R55S may be efficient but the engine sound is quite dull compared to the '06 R53 I had!

 

Yeah I love the "whine", its even louder with my intake on it. My next mods I'm planning on is the 17% pulley and exhaust. But still debating what to do with the exhaust.

 

Put a different intake on it.

 

Any specific recommendations? I'd settle for the thing not to sound like a sewing machine. My old R53 had a nice raspy note even excluding the supercharger. The R55 just .,, whistles, don't know how else to describe it!

 

That I can't help you with lol R53 yes but not a second gen intake. Search on the second gen threads for information on that.

And this whistling, does the car sound like this going down the road?

 

Hah! Not quite, but definitely cheerful!