we sorta had a go from standing start was quite even, but he is abit hesitant to push it past 5500 as hes only done 900k's

, another reason for backing off at ~85, thats why im hoping he comes to byron bay, rack up afew K's, noone makes FMIC's for r53s :'( Mini madness do water to air IC although for the kinda money 1395 euros
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im sure you could spend it on a good TMIC maybe the alta v2 ? and some shiney new extractors ? or maybe even get some port and polishing happening ?