Drivetrain The Always Up-to-Date Thread on Tuning 2011+ (N18) MINIs
#1676
07-20-2013, 04:46 PM
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Fantastic, I have an auto and wouldn't mind a mild bump with out getting crazy about it. Can't wait to hear more!
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07-20-2013, 07:54 PM
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i hope what you're saying here is that you guys will be able to remap the flash file so the tranny can properly "handle" the increased torque.
#1679
07-20-2013, 09:58 PM
Gotta say, something about other MINIs' clutches and mine. Everyone else's clutch seems so mushy and soft. The other day when I drove Terry's MINI, I stalled. Embarrassing since that's the first time I've stalled in years! It was a combination of the clutch stop installed and mushy clutch. I got the catch point but nonetheless, embarrassing. Then today when I went to pick up my MINI, I pushed my clutch in and it felt like it was heavy as hell! Leaving Terry's I think I rev'd the **** outta it before I found the catch point. Took a bit of a drive to find my catch points again. Embarrassing again!
Anyways, driving home felt rather bland, 80 feels like the MINI has to work hard to maintain while the tune makes 80 feel like a walk in the park.
Anyways, driving home felt rather bland, 80 feels like the MINI has to work hard to maintain while the tune makes 80 feel like a walk in the park.
My car also has the mechanical factory LSD.
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07-21-2013, 05:12 PM
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07-21-2013, 09:20 PM
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07-22-2013, 09:05 AM
My clutch was very heavy right before it wore out. Got it replaced and it was a light as a feather.
#1683
07-22-2013, 04:36 PM
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Flash tuning is all about finding the proper tables to perform certain tuning objectives. For example if you want to run 300# of torque instead of 200# of torque you need to find every table that references torque and adjust it to match. Or things won't work right. Piggyback tuning is all about finding the proper way to manipulate sensor inputs to achieve the desired tuning goals. Which has its own special challenges (that we've made a nice business of solving), but fortunately torque limiter table mismatches is not something that is even an issue for piggyback tuning.
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07-22-2013, 08:41 PM
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Are the MINI_S_Factory #'s your stock baseline #'s? Just curious because that is way higher than any others baseline #'s that I have seen.
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07-22-2013, 09:39 PM
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That was the best of 3 stock runs. Lowest was 188rw IIRC. The power delta between stock and tuned is the main thing to look at as all dynos will read differently.
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07-22-2013, 09:45 PM
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07-22-2013, 09:48 PM
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For comparison mine baselined at 172 hp and 184 torque on a dynojet. Thats 21 hp and 33 torque less than you showed. I know different dynos at different times will read different but that is a huge difference.
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07-23-2013, 07:53 AM
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That's mighty impressive to see such uniform gains across the entire power band. Well played. Sign me up as soon as these become available.