1320 Mini ECU remapping but WHAT actually happens

[@BALTAZAR6174]

I do not understand why this 1320 video collection is not viewed by more people or not having more thumbs up. It is loaded with solid information backed by solid experienced technician. These are a MUST WATCH videos for any R53 owners who are planing mods or have already done so. I see so many mods that do not increase performance but empty the wallet. GEM FILLED !!!! I watched them multiple times and each time I pick up more valuable information. Thank you!

[@DamoDrives]

That’s really kind of you too say…. Unfortunately that’s KZbin for you , so much harder for videos to do well and no way of working out what works. I found it interesting going through it so thought others would As well

[@markymarktrigg]

Love that place. Tom’s a legend and all round decent guy. Glad you got it mapped at last

[@DamoDrives]

They are a great bunch and enjoy sharing what they do and why you should go there. Not people saying they are great but you can see it

[@benvankoningsveld]

Very interesting video! I had no idea there are so many parameters built into the ECU software to monitor and protect the engine. I've got a completely stock 2002 MCS JCW and seriously thinking of getting it mapped by Tom. Would be great to hear his thoughts on getting the best out of stock, unmodified Minis.

[@DamoDrives]

Watch the next video as we talk about this sort of thing

[@benvankoningsveld]

@@DamoDrives Nice one, I will, thanks!

[@SAVING_ICONIC_MACHINES]

Enjoyed the upload keep it up mate ❤

[@DamoDrives]

Thank you 🤜, glad you enjoyed the video, part 2 next week having a chat about mods

[@MCS4FUN]

Excellent informative video, Damo! My 2006 R53 was highly modded when brand new (now 7k total miles), however essentially no records furnished by the original owner substantiating what was done (particularly WRT cylinder head/cam). So, I had the mentioned Adrian in Romania perform a remote tune which worked out quite well with my objectives of peak efficiency vs peak power. OTOH, I'd have much preferred to have eyes-on with dialog such as you were able to do at 1320 Mini. Also noting, I just now posted a new topic on North American Motoring (NAM) with links to this and your follow-up on-the-road drive video with 1320's lead tech.

[@DamoDrives]

Glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for sharing it. I did not really know what was involved before doing this an surprised how Much is involved. I think a hands on tune must be so much better for the car and performance. I would think the same components on a similar r53 would have different characteristics so being able to make lots of small changes must be the better. 1320 are very very good but guessing from the NAM you are US based so a bit of a long trip to bring the car 😂

[@Roomsaver]

I’m so jealous that you’re able to just drive to 1320. Here in the US (at least on the east coast) there’s basically no one that tunes these cars and even less that’ll tune them with the stock ECU. The only person I’ve found that’s willing to touch it will only do it if I have a Link ECU

[@DamoDrives]

I suppose as it’s a British car a lot more of them over here (guessing though)

[@500bht]

Brilliant video thanks.. Inlet temps are hard to lower on a r53 best way is to fit meth injection 2x nozzles 1 In the left intercooler horn and 1 in the manifold after the bypass valve works bloody great I never see higher than 34 degrees when meth is on. Before with 17 pulley and grs it was in the high 40s.😊

[@DamoDrives]

Glad you enjoyed the video , was more technical than videos I had done before so was not sure how it would go down. Might consider meth injection next year but not just yet 😞

[@alexfluxx3358]

Amazing, detailed and structured video. This is worth watching and rewatching many times. Plenty of useful info. As far as I’m not a native speaker, I am not sure that I understood correctly the part about front-mount intercoolers (FMI vs normal TMI). Does FMI provide less torque because of its volume? Is it overall more efficient to use an OEM GP TMI on track than a FMI? I would much appreciate if you bring little more light to that point of your conversation. Thank’s in advance! And best luck to you! Subscribed.

[@martynvenus-smith1343]

Enjoyed that , nice to see Tom the gooner doing what he does best 👍

[@DamoDrives]

You need to drive the car again and see what you think. I agree Tom is a wizard when it comes to doing this

[@kevwilliams1]

Hi Damo what intercooler would you advise me to go for? I’m new to this with a newly bought r53 Thanks

[@DamoDrives]

I have an airtec intercooler on mine which seems to work fine, afraid I cannot comment really as it’s the only 1 I have experience with. Have a few other r53 videos which might help

[@darrencottrell5541]

Looking good Squire. Nice one. 👏🏻

[@DamoDrives]

Thanks Darren, has really improved the car and so worth the money.

[@stef01885]

What was the cost of the map?

[@DamoDrives]

Around £500. They have to buy a licence for the software (per ECU) then an hours time on the rolling road. Once you have the licence you can go back and just pay for the rolling road and Tom’s time

[@jackredmond601]

I had my car in for work 2 weeks ago from ireland, met tom and he done a catcam 461, 550 injectors and a remap and my car is lighter now on fuel than it was orgnially i find driving it as normal, great lads couldnt recommend them enough

[@DamoDrives]

The fact you came from Ireland shows how good they are. Done an amazing job and had a really enjoyable time learning about what they are doing and why

[@jackredmond601]

​​@@DamoDrivesil be back again next summer for abit more, i had 461cam, 17% pulley, grs intercooler, timing chain, clutch, all oil seals that were leaking, front bushs, subframe powdercoated all in 2-3, days serious work they do, there is no were in ireland that can do as good of a job as these lads can 10/10 for them 👌

[@DamoDrives]

@jackredmond601 what did you make on the dyno ?

[@jackredmond601]

​@@DamoDrivesour problem over here is we dont have any shell v power so were limited to run on e10 petrol, they did mention its a small lose of bhp there, but i made 218bhp at around 6950rpm and 188whp, hesding over next year for a janspeed manifold and tomcat maybe few other goodies hopefully

[@MitcyDupres]

I want Rob Becket to do my W11

[@craigconway7508]

I just came to comments to see if anyone else saw Rob Beckett 😂

[@Jonathan-qz9kd]

I think I guy called Adrian mapped that car before 1320 using a flash but he is the daddy at tuning that’s why you only gained 8hp good thing tho least you know it’s all setup correctly

[@DamoDrives]

It’s not just the power gains (it was more than 8hp - 186 to 200) the number you are probably comparing was when it was on the dyno on Feb which was 192 but air temp was a lot colder (the dyno does compensate but will be a slight difference) beat numbers are the dyno run before any changes which was 186whp and after the time 200whp. Previously it was not done by Adrian but was a Haywood map. You are never going to get as good results with a simple flash map over a rolling road map as you can make lots of small changes to match the components you have in the car. Even identical parts can have different characteristics or different readings. we flow tested by injectors last time and although they are 440cc they did not output 440cc and each injector was slightly different (sorry cannot find the exact numbers but hopefully it makes sense) I have also found the power curve is smoother feels like it has picked up power around the 3k mark. The only thing as well if Adrian had mapped it some of the settings were not quite correct BUT it was running on the safe side and running a bit rich so no damage done to the car

[@Jonathan-qz9kd]

@@DamoDrives dunno if it was Adrian was a guess but as you said won’t get as much gains with a flash. I had mine flashed and ended up getting a dyno tune also to make sure it was running optimal

[@craigconway7508]

Tom 100% looks like Rob Beckett 😂

[@VinceBShad]

A LOT of people will tell you that remapping a non-turbo car, to try and get more power, is kind of pointless. And that includes supercharged engines. What would be your comment on this?

[@DamoDrives]

Turbo cars you will get the most power gains certainly but certainly with my car with larger injectors they have to be remapped to do anything or the fuelling table would be wrong and not using the extra capacity (I might be wrong but I think fitting a larger injector and not remapping will mean it will use the capacity of the original injector) I have a different cam which changes other parameters , cooler air temperatures mean pushing more etc etc. I’m certainly not an expert (that’s why I go to 1320 who are 1 of the very best mini runners : especially the R53) in the UK. Plenty of other things that can be done as well with a remap as well

[@jimsshed2587]

Your going to blow the engine in that car if you keep interfering with it

[@DamoDrives]

Complete opposite with this remap as it has resolved the issue with the engine running rich unless you think there is another issue ?

[@martynvenus-smith1343]

How’s he going to blow the engine by having it correctly mapped 🙈🤣

[@MB3DPRINTSGB]

Fanny

[@Jonathan-qz9kd]

You are clueless

[@DamoDrives]

Is that to me or the original comment about the engine blowing up