Remap +50% gains?
Discussion
Having a look round and noticed this website does recaps for,the Mini Cooper s and the JCW.
Stage 2 remap below gives 50% gains to the cooper s
https://www.celtictuning.co.uk/services/performanc...
At first I thought this seemed pretty excessive and must require some serious hardware upgrades too. But this gives the same gains as JCW stage 1 remap.
What's people's views on this? Does it seem safe? Is it even realistic?
Stage 2 remap below gives 50% gains to the cooper s
https://www.celtictuning.co.uk/services/performanc...
At first I thought this seemed pretty excessive and must require some serious hardware upgrades too. But this gives the same gains as JCW stage 1 remap.
What's people's views on this? Does it seem safe? Is it even realistic?
smithyithy said:
aka_kerrly said:
1.6 engine in the MINI, shared with the Pug 208GTI
The new (F56) Mini uses the BMW 2.0 engine that features in a lot of their model range.Redddraggon makes a good point that it seems low powered for the size etc, but I'm still unsure about Celtics high claims.
Upon a bit of reading up on the B48 BMW engine it seems that it is also available in the 7 series BMW with 254hp/400nm (295ft) more torque than the Celtic Tuning Stage 2 map so the engine clearly has the potential!
If I was planning to keep mine longer than I'm obliged too, I'd definitely be looking at the tuning route, I think with a few hardware upgrades and a well configured map, 300bho shouldn't be out of reach. Might be interesting trying to get that sort of power down though
I might pick up a 'tuning box' yet though, an extra ~30bhp would be nice for a bit more straight line pace, plus I can keep it and sell it on when I get rid of the car..
I might pick up a 'tuning box' yet though, an extra ~30bhp would be nice for a bit more straight line pace, plus I can keep it and sell it on when I get rid of the car..
smithyithy said:
I'd take that with a massive grain of salt, Celtic's estimates seem to be miles higher than other tuners, so they're either turning everything up to its limit or they're just spouting rubbish.
This.Running 50% extra power over standard with no supporting mods is not a recipe for reliability.
Reading this:
http://www.motoringfile.com/2015/07/20/bmw-now-has...
It sounds like the engine itself may have been altered slightly rather than just a simple remap change? Perhaps this is why other tuners know the limit to be lower than what celtic seem to think is possible from the B48 engine family
http://www.motoringfile.com/2015/07/20/bmw-now-has...
It sounds like the engine itself may have been altered slightly rather than just a simple remap change? Perhaps this is why other tuners know the limit to be lower than what celtic seem to think is possible from the B48 engine family
kayzee said:
Plenty of people on MiniTorque are running 275bhp(ish) on their Minis no problem and I know of a particular person running just over 300bhp... it's worth remembering as well that most Minis (MCS/JCW) come with an LSD.
I have driven one with 275bhp and it struggles on wet tarmac even with a LSD and the tyres die fastGassing Station | New MINIs | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff