Hi everyone, I have just odered a new John Cooper works which arrives in March. Im looking at ways of increasing the bhp. Need some ideas. Thanks

Take a look in the section below, plenty of stuff in here:

Second Generation Works - MINI2 - MINI Forum (http://www.mini2.com/forum/second-generation-works/)

P-Torque remap
CAI (DDM or M7)
Resonator delete pipe
Forge Intercooler

Good for a start...

Thanks. What about having the car lowered as I dont like the height. What springs would uou recommend.

I would recommend you live with the car for a few months and see how it goes, you may find you are happy with it the way it is, or wish to alter something else.

Iain

I would recommend you live with the car for a few months and see how it goes, you may find you are happy with it the way it is, or wish to alter something else.

Iain

Yes...agree. One thing you will find is that the JCW is quite a handful on uneven surfaces under heavy acceleration with a stock setup. I have posted about this and am looking into improving this aspect of my car.

You naturally need to make your own mind up but i think some sort of suspension mods may be a good start.

I am looking at possibly tuning my JCW but i wouldn't even attempt it with the stock setup. Given the current setup i would only see positive gains from a remap from when the car was already at speed.

I have owned the R53 JCW, a GP and now the R56 JCW. I love it to bits but it does not provide me with the same level of confidence as the other two cars did...particularly the GP which was sublime under heavy acceleration.

Before increasing the performance spend some money on the handling ;)
The JCW is powerfull enough to start with, only upping the power will lower the driveability (less traction, more torque steering, etc ...)

I have a 2009 JCW, and the most rewarding mod was the suspension!
Billstein PSS10 + JCW front & rear stabilisor + JCW strutbrace

Incredible the amount of grip/traction gained ... let alone the fact that when pushing realy hard (in dry conditions) understeer is almost completely gone.

Cu,
Wouter