Super chip v JCW
I believe that we nned to see the head to head between the two cars, as someone else suggested, we can talk figures until we are all out of breath, the proof as they say is in the pudding, or in this case in the engine.
I still think that the works car is not good value for money, you may get fancy badges, and nice car mats, but you can get those from Halfords, I have changed cylinder heads, and other bits on many cars, and have never gained such a low increase in power as they have managed to achieve. It is possible of course that BMW have given them directives as to what they can and cannot do.
This would make sense as why would BMW spend millions on fitting the Supercharged engine in the S just to have a small british performance company upstage them by introducing a 150BHP kit for the cooper for £2,500??!!??
The superchips car may invalidate the BMW warranty, but at the moment the works car could well do the same thing, and at the end of the day if you spend £250.00 on the chip and gain the same performance then you can save the other money for other goodies like exhaust and air filter from auto fashion, who are also cheaper than john cooper works, double savings to be had!!!!!!!!!!!
If you want to put the car back to standard, isnt it also easier to get the chip changed? As they do give you the original chip back. Where as do you get your original cylinder head back in the works deal?? I doubt it, in fact does it not got to be machined and upgraded to make another head to be re-sold as, oh no it cant be, a John cooper works kit well now wouldnt that be a suprise.......
