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ste_uk · Feb 6th, 2003, 02:48 PM

Have many people on here fitted a superchip or similar to their cooper? The one on newminisport.com claims a 15 bhp increase - how much difference will this make to the feel of the car?
Are there other ways of getting more for similar money?

Paul · Feb 6th, 2003, 03:26 PM

Hello,

I see you're a new member, so probably not experienced in the value of the 'search' button.

If you try a search for superchip* (including the star) you will many threads on this subject, mostly in the performance and tuning section.

Good luck!

Paul
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ste_uk · Feb 6th, 2003, 04:23 PM

thanks, will do...

retroom · Feb 6th, 2003, 09:07 PM

Any updates for Superchips? All the stuff that came up in the search is pretty old.

retroom

ste_uk · Feb 6th, 2003, 11:02 PM

Most of the stuff I found was about the mini one, has anyone here 'chipped a cooper?

Paul · Feb 6th, 2003, 11:10 PM

Most of it does relate to the MINI One, purely because more people get the One Chipped than the Cooper, due to the bigger performance boost.

A chipped Cooper will not be the kind of 'jump' but you should feel the difference.

I'm not sure if anyone has recent;y had a Cooper chipped or not!?

SRRAE · Feb 8th, 2003, 12:14 AM

Well consider the MINI ONE and MINI COOPER have virtually exactly the same spec engine, the only real difference between the ONE performance and COOPER performance, is the ECU.

When the ONE came out I read on a web site who make performance chips that they safely chipped a ONE to 10BHP more than a COOPER but they could only get another 12BHP safely from a COOPER which made them thing the engines are the same and the ECU is the only performance difference between the cars.

Stuart

Paul · Feb 8th, 2003, 12:27 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by SRRAE
Well consider the MINI ONE and MINI COOPER have virtually exactly the same spec engine, the only real difference between the ONE performance and COOPER performance, is the ECU.

When the ONE came out I read on a web site who make performance chips that they safely chipped a ONE to 10BHP more than a COOPER but they could only get another 12BHP safely from a COOPER which made them thing the engines are the same and the ECU is the only performance difference between the cars.

Stuart

In engine terms it is the only difference. We broke the story on SuperChips here before anyone else anywhere, so you may have read that here.

They downloaded the two programmes, compared, changed the one to match the Cooper, and Voila, their stage 1 chip tune was done. Then they added a little to that, and voila, tuning for the Cooper, or 'stage 2' tuning for the One.

Feb 6th, 2003, 02:48 PM	#1
ste_uk MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: manchester Local Time: 09:22 PM Posts: 25 Offline	superchips Have many people on here fitted a superchip or similar to their cooper? The one on newminisport.com claims a 15 bhp increase - how much difference will this make to the feel of the car? Are there other ways of getting more for similar money?

Feb 6th, 2003, 03:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
Paul Trained Monkey My Classifieds Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Bedfordshire Local Time: 10:22 PM Posts: 41,220 Offline	Hello, I see you're a new member, so probably not experienced in the value of the 'search' button. If you try a search for superchip* (including the star) you will many threads on this subject, mostly in the performance and tuning section. Good luck! Paul www.mini2.com There aint no party like my nana's tea party

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retroom MINI2 Senior Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Sunnyvale, Ca. Local Time: 01:22 PM Posts: 559 Offline	Any updates for Superchips? All the stuff that came up in the search is pretty old. retroom 2003 MC,LY/W, sport package, wht wheels, cruise, chrome, Kaleido cloth/black, OB computer

Feb 6th, 2003, 11:10 PM	#6 (permalink)
Paul Trained Monkey My Classifieds Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Bedfordshire Local Time: 10:22 PM Posts: 41,220 Offline	Most of it does relate to the MINI One, purely because more people get the One Chipped than the Cooper, due to the bigger performance boost. A chipped Cooper will not be the kind of 'jump' but you should feel the difference. I'm not sure if anyone has recent;y had a Cooper chipped or not!? There aint no party like my nana's tea party

Feb 8th, 2003, 12:27 AM	#8 (permalink)
Paul Trained Monkey My Classifieds Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Bedfordshire Local Time: 10:22 PM Posts: 41,220 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by SRRAE Well consider the MINI ONE and MINI COOPER have virtually exactly the same spec engine, the only real difference between the ONE performance and COOPER performance, is the ECU. When the ONE came out I read on a web site who make performance chips that they safely chipped a ONE to 10BHP more than a COOPER but they could only get another 12BHP safely from a COOPER which made them thing the engines are the same and the ECU is the only performance difference between the cars. Stuart In engine terms it is the only difference. We broke the story on SuperChips here before anyone else anywhere, so you may have read that here. They downloaded the two programmes, compared, changed the one to match the Cooper, and Voila, their stage 1 chip tune was done. Then they added a little to that, and voila, tuning for the Cooper, or 'stage 2' tuning for the One. There aint no party like my nana's tea party

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Feb 6th, 2003, 04:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
ste_uk MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: manchester Local Time: 09:22 PM Posts: 25 Offline	thanks, will do...

Feb 6th, 2003, 11:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
ste_uk MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: manchester Local Time: 09:22 PM Posts: 25 Offline	Most of the stuff I found was about the mini one, has anyone here 'chipped a cooper?

Feb 8th, 2003, 12:14 AM	#7 (permalink)
SRRAE MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Nov 2002 Local Time: 09:22 PM Posts: 20 Offline	Well consider the MINI ONE and MINI COOPER have virtually exactly the same spec engine, the only real difference between the ONE performance and COOPER performance, is the ECU. When the ONE came out I read on a web site who make performance chips that they safely chipped a ONE to 10BHP more than a COOPER but they could only get another 12BHP safely from a COOPER which made them thing the engines are the same and the ECU is the only performance difference between the cars. Stuart

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