There have been a lot of threads recently on chipping the OneD. Hardly supprising as a lot of them are now coming out of warranty, and a lot of us are three years older as well, and want a little more zip in our lives What I would like to is create a single thread, with the experience of others. I and others have the same questions.
Is / Was your Mini a 75 or 88 BHP version
What remap did you go for ?
What were the improvements ?
What happened to fuel consumption ?
What effect did it have on your insurance ?
Any resale experiences ?
What was the cost ?
This would be a tremendous resource for all Mini OneD'ers keeping this thread clean and chatter free would be helpful for future searchers (yes I have - I read everything). It may be prudent to create a tuning chatter thread to keep this one clean. (Now there is a thread for chatter)
Anyway, I gratefully wait for your responses.
Last edited by jongar; Apr 26th, 2007 at 09:53 AM.
Reason: updated questions
What were the improvements ?
113mph top speed, not tried 0-60, but in gear speeds are tremedously better. Would say it is just a bit quicker than the 88bhp OneD, so is probably approx 90-95bhp....
What happened to fuel consumption ?
Stayed the same. Although just got 602 miles before I had to re-fill, with 52 miles remaining on the range, this included two 150 mile trips on the motorway, and 20 mile each way journey to work, with air-con for 60% of the mileage, so it might be getting better as the mileage increases, been installed for 4k miles now after its first service, where the remap was installed for 5k
What effect did it have on your insurance ? +£70
Any resale experiences ?
I purchased USB cable and had the tuner file issued to myself, so the remap is reversable (Can return my car to standard '75bhp'). Not resold yet, but car will be returned to standard if I do.
What was the cost ? £245
Any Issues?
It smokes a little when you boot it now, but with a derv, no smoke = no poke. It doesn't smoke any more than VW 2.0L Tdi's though if not as much!!!
Hope this answers the questions, any queries please detail below
What happened to fuel consumption ? Same, although dropped when I put 17 inch bullets on to about 45 mpg
What effect did it have on your insurance ? Pass
Any resale experiences ? Nope, someone unknowingly got a very faster ONE D
What was the cost ? As above
Definitely recommend an engine re-map over a simple plug and play chip, Ray claimed my car was about 105bhp, certainly did shift. Have always wondered though what would happen when it comes to MOT time, what with the extra smoke belting out?
I have now MTHed my OneD (03). A lot more grunt, 0-60 sub 10sec, possibly sub 9. Only had 20 miles to play with it, so will see how it fares this weekend on a 600 mile trip to the lakes for sisters wedding. Missus is very unimpressed with the idea of me fettling with the car, but in the end, i pay the bills, the insurance et al and do 90% of the miles.
Nice one. The CooperD didn't feel any faster than mine, but then I did have a passenger in the car, and a passenger in mine dulls the response somewhat, let me know how you go on. Did you do it yourself or at a dealers?
Mini1d oct 2005 from new . 1.4D with tunit chip 107bhp top speed 115mph 0-60 11secs
car weight 1480kgs ! I carry alot of tools as it is turned into a van
milage 100,000miles todate
had a remap off derv doc got 115bhp on rolls ..... but smoked so heavey 1 police stopped me !
life is simple with aplug in avg 48mpg with 17" wheels
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Tuning the OneD - your experiences 
What I would like to is create a single thread, with the experience of others. I and others have the same questions.
