R56 ra2fanatic's R56S build
#26
so i assume that will require a couple of separate visits to the dyno. i wouldn't mind doing my own dp install, but i moved out here from the east coast and don't have the same access to tools as i did back east. that and it would require me to drive out to the dyno on a couple of different occasions. i guess that might not be a bad thing as i should prob let the car "learn" to run the new part(s).
#27
Starting to wonder if my 5k is pushing it...hmmm
#28
so i assume that will require a couple of separate visits to the dyno. i wouldn't mind doing my own dp install, but i moved out here from the east coast and don't have the same access to tools as i did back east. that and it would require me to drive out to the dyno on a couple of different occasions. i guess that might not be a bad thing as i should prob let the car "learn" to run the new part(s).
Yea, every 3k, which is probably premature, but I've always done that, even though I've received a lot of people tell me it's synthetic and can last much longer. I think 5k is good, but you run your MINI harder than me, so I'd say check your oil level around 4k to see if you need to top off, other than that, you're probably alright.
#29
after the dp and fmic, i will get custom tune. I am sure plenty out there in southern california that can help us. Currently it's not on my todo list..right now the todo list is to get the dp and fmic
i am sure that alta have a clause in the agreement with cobb saying that in an event that we stop selling, no one can use it. Now i don't think it's so much as Alta that doing it, i think more like their parent company doesn't want any competitor to get hold of it and start making money out of it. This off course me thinking out of my ****
i am sure that alta have a clause in the agreement with cobb saying that in an event that we stop selling, no one can use it. Now i don't think it's so much as Alta that doing it, i think more like their parent company doesn't want any competitor to get hold of it and start making money out of it. This off course me thinking out of my ****
I don't even know how any legal issues would arise out of this. Alta initiated by contacting Cobb to create an AP tune for the MINI and Alta decided they weren't making a profit with it so they essentially dropped the program. Anything that Cobb would provide is out of question, so it is our own mission, if we choose to take it, to find support through the AP Pro Tuning networks.
#30
after the dp and fmic, i will get custom tune. I am sure plenty out there in southern california that can help us. Currently it's not on my todo list..right now the todo list is to get the dp and fmic
i am sure that alta have a clause in the agreement with cobb saying that in an event that we stop selling, no one can use it. Now i don't think it's so much as Alta that doing it, i think more like their parent company doesn't want any competitor to get hold of it and start making money out of it. This off course me thinking out of my ****
i am sure that alta have a clause in the agreement with cobb saying that in an event that we stop selling, no one can use it. Now i don't think it's so much as Alta that doing it, i think more like their parent company doesn't want any competitor to get hold of it and start making money out of it. This off course me thinking out of my ****
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true...
i am waiting for your tune. So basically are you using the access port and tune it according to your liking? or tuning without access port?
i am waiting for your tune. So basically are you using the access port and tune it according to your liking? or tuning without access port?
#34
I try not to beat on it haha. Only time
to really get on it is on-ramps to get up to speed, gotta drop the clutch on every shift to make it last with aggressive driving lol.
Definitely need to consider track time one day.
Can't wait to see that shifter installed, gonna be *****in
to really get on it is on-ramps to get up to speed, gotta drop the clutch on every shift to make it last with aggressive driving lol.
Definitely need to consider track time one day.
Can't wait to see that shifter installed, gonna be *****in
The CAE shifter is currently going through customs in Germany, so hopefully the update says it's on it's way soon...
Yes I will get an AP and get a custom tune. Don't know when that'll be since I have to time it right that someone sells their AP when I'm ready to purchase, but I'm in no rush. I start work next month, so it's not like I'll have a ton of free time like I do now. Early mornings, and super late nights ahead at work for me, so weekends are kinda filled with the fiancee....
#35
Well here's an update. Possibly/contemplating a sponsorship for a turbo back exhaust system so I may end up returning the Akra and then selling the Evolve decat dp. So hope to know more tomorrow as that's when they sai they'd call again. Not sure if I want to do it. It really is a badass system but Akra isn't a slouch either. Anyways more news tomorrow.
#36
Well here's an update. Possibly/contemplating a sponsorship for a turbo back exhaust system so I may end up returning the Akra and then selling the Evolve decat dp. So hope to know more tomorrow as that's when they sai they'd call again. Not sure if I want to do it. It really is a badass system but Akra isn't a slouch either. Anyways more news tomorrow.
#37
#38
So I am officially making the biggest update so far on this build. I received my sponsorship for a new exhaust, I won't say what it is, but it'll be the first of its kind in the US.
So I have to sell my Evolve Catless DP. Akrapovic just going to be sent back to sender. I won't say what exhaust system just yet, but you all will see. It's one of the baddest systems out there. Way more hardcore than Akra. Akra is amazing, but this has been on my radars for a long time now and is definitely in it's own league.
So I have to sell my Evolve Catless DP. Akrapovic just going to be sent back to sender. I won't say what exhaust system just yet, but you all will see. It's one of the baddest systems out there. Way more hardcore than Akra. Akra is amazing, but this has been on my radars for a long time now and is definitely in it's own league.
#39
congrats!!! let us know how it sound once your sponsor is okay to reveal their name.
So I am officially making the biggest update so far on this build. I received my sponsorship for a new exhaust, I won't say what it is, but it'll be the first of its kind in the US.
So I have to sell my Evolve Catless DP. Akrapovic just going to be sent back to sender. I won't say what exhaust system just yet, but you all will see. It's one of the baddest systems out there. Way more hardcore than Akra. Akra is amazing, but this has been on my radars for a long time now and is definitely in it's own league.
So I have to sell my Evolve Catless DP. Akrapovic just going to be sent back to sender. I won't say what exhaust system just yet, but you all will see. It's one of the baddest systems out there. Way more hardcore than Akra. Akra is amazing, but this has been on my radars for a long time now and is definitely in it's own league.
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It'll be a fun ride back home. My sponsors should have their videos of my system sometime this week so it should spread pretty quickly on youtube and such.
#47
Officially the first iPE exhaust system in the USA. The iPE Innotech system is made in Taiwan and is the best valvetronic exhaust system that is now readily available for the R56/R58 platform.
The drive back from SF to LA was amazing. No drone and on full WOT it sounds so clean. Blows the Akra outta the water. My MINI is happy to spool quickly and the growl is intoxicating....
The drive back from SF to LA was amazing. No drone and on full WOT it sounds so clean. Blows the Akra outta the water. My MINI is happy to spool quickly and the growl is intoxicating....
#49
I'll probably mess around late today with my buddy who has a Liberty Walk M3 and he has an iPE system too, so we'll do a revving video later