#1- $$$
#2- I don't have a prior dyno run, so I have no numbers to compare the results to..

 

The only tune I found for the N18 was from PAW motorsports in miami, (reviewed by another member here) you have to send them the ecu, and the tune needs new spark plug and fmic.
regards
diego

 

Wow... I guess my NM tune is nonexistent... Luckily I have the colder spark plugs and FMIC so I'm 2/3rds there!

 

I don't know if you read the entire thread or not but I believe that was mentioned.

Also, RennTech is available but a little more than PAW's tune. Both give you spark plugs.

 

gods!!! You guys still talking about this Jags guy?

 

Who's talking about Jags?

 

Sorry, hit wrong quote... I'm old, give me a break.

 

There it was!!! Seriously, would not let that man touch my MINI! Of course there are still people who want to load their MINIs up with cheap no-name eBay crap....

 

Hi Scott,

Thanks to THETA CMS JCW. Here's a dyno tuned done on 2013 R60 CMS JCW 4ALL in Florida hot humid day (this update give 145whp/liter... makes it a bit more over the previous tuned 2013 R56 GP N18). Relative stock with just added HiPower ign plugs (CMS JCW stock intercooler seems to do a good job =)

Also, the N18 it's a good overall engine over the previous N14 when done right.

 

Very impressive, Lenny. Assuming a 15% drivetrain loss, that's roughly 268 HP and 266 TQ at the crank in less than ideal conditions on a stock car.

Would be interesting to see what you can squeeze out with a 2.5" high-flow exhaust, a downpipe, and a larger intercooler. I'm guessing ~240 whp/wtq, maybe ~250 whp/wtq with meth.

 

if this were available at hg motorsports, I'd be all over it. I just don't feel like begging and pleading with a shop to get the capabilities to do the tune.

 

Damn, I wish I lived in Florida now lol.
These numbers probably wouldn't be possible unless the car was dyno tuned vs sending the ECU correct?

A bit sad that none of the Mini vendors on here are capable of tuning these things. At least that's what I'm seeing.

I have almost everything done aside from the tune, and hooking up the meth.

 

I hear you. But I don't get the impression HG is looking for people to grovel and plead. I think they are legitimately trying to gauge interest.

Mods/tuning is a bit of a chicken-or-egg problem. There isn't a lot of money being spent on Countryman parts, for example. But is that because Countryman owners aren't inclined to mod their cars or because there are precious few mods to buy?

A company runs a big risk in offering products where there may not be a market for them. I can't blame a shop for wanting to gauge interest before they spend a lot of money on software if there is a real risk it might be put to use. I'll tell you this: If the cars could be OBDII tuned, HG would probably have started offering MINI tunes like yesterday. The need to bench flash is a huge PITA especially when remote tuning. They would essentially have to leave the car on the dyno all day, which would mean they wouldn't be able to tune anything else for long stretches. They could probably tune a half dozen other cars in the time they'd need to do one MINI.

 

I think HG was trying to tie in with RennTech and this was a PAW tune...which may or may not be the same or close.

 

There's isn't a big difference between them anyway, is there?

 

Anyone that's in Michigan or the Midwest interested in a tune, PM for information about a gathering Detroit Tuned is hosting for a tuning party this summer!

 

How is the dealer updating the software on the post 2/12 N18's? Are they pulling the ECU's?

 

I am guessing DT will have the same issue with the autos?

 

Because there are precious few mods to buy! Pretty much did every mod out there and not having anything else to do is pissing me off.

 

Too few mods to buy!! Pretty much done every mod available that I wanted to do that is available and it pisses me off that there is not a big focus on the CM. In my opinion, most CM owners have bumped up from a previous mini due to space constraints due to an increase in family size. At least this was my case. Does not mean we still won't want to spend some money on it... Just my $0.02.

 

Maybe it is time to start doing true custom mods, I know a good CNC guy

 

RMW is doing the tune, so I would venture, no.

 

I know I reached out to jan with the question about the surging and be thought it might have been due to the car running lean... Jan remotes tuned my R53 over 10-15 times as I added mods. Back in the good old days when files could be emailed and flashed to the ECU.

 

Yeah Chad said they(RMW) did some N18s at the dragon. He said my car will take about 12-15 runs to get it precisely right.

 

What a PITA! ECU in, out, in, out...