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[Jack Nicholson]

I realise I am probably preaching to the choir here, but....

- you know these things have i-Bus, and the i-Bus app can do all the same cool shit as in your L322... and handle the SWC integration to an Android head unit

- there...

[Jack Nicholson]

I'm hooked on the torque steer in mine now it's got the full retard tune in it.

There's various fixes to reduce torque steer, but I can't imagine why you'd want to, it's so entertaining!...

[Jack Nicholson]

Some inspiration for you

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[Jack Nicholson]

Looks not bad at all mate but holy shit those tailpipes look like a pair of drinking straws compared to the R56's

[Jack Nicholson]

Don't get too cocky. The last one of these I did the thread on the lower ball joint of the ARB link was so fucked that it destroyed the nut as I cranked it off, which fucked the thread on the ball joint in the process.

The nut was not round,...

[Jack Nicholson]

2mins of googling "Spectune" tells me that it's a sub-brand of Tarmac Engineering (not that I know who they are either!), and they are using Alientech equipment, as their vehicle list is the Alientech list with their logo on it, and their handheld...

[Jack Nicholson]

The read & write process itself is as simple as can be, you see how accessible the ECU is in the car, with the right tool it's just a matter of connecting some wires to the pins in the sockets, no opening up the ECU or any shit like that.
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[Jack Nicholson]

Okay so I spoke with Russian #2; he's the one who tuned my MINI, and has done a lot of other MINI's with the 1.6L motor, as well as the AMG's that i've supplied tunes for.

- he hasn't done a tune on a 308 GTi 270 before
- 270hp is...

[Jack Nicholson]

Okay I'll ask the Russians

EDIT

Ha just saw the engine bay pic, looks very much like a MINI motor....

Can you take a photo of the label on the ECU & post it up?

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[Jack Nicholson]

Superglue, just a little dab at the interface on the outside once the bolt is in position. Easily broken when you put some torque on the bolt.

[Jack Nicholson]

I couldn't think where else to put this

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[Jack Nicholson]

oh you poor thing

[Jack Nicholson]

Fixed

[Jack Nicholson]

I had the headlights on mine done, and about 9 months later they were back to yellow cloudy shit.

Then my mate Dave had them done again, he "knows a guy" who does a full mechanical polish and then puts some special clear coat (with...

[Jack Nicholson]

MINI Cooper bandwagon is rollin' yee ha!

[Jack Nicholson]

The Quaife for my XKR cost me $3.5k landed at the time, a complete diff assembly just swap it over.

Not cheap, but worth every penny, the first time I put my foot down and it just hooked up and went, made it all worthwhile.

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[Jack Nicholson]

My internets fuckered, the skid pics are not loading for me

[Jack Nicholson]

So you could see the seam open up on the outside, and it was the same on the inside?...

[Jack Nicholson]

That is sexy...

[Jack Nicholson]

Out fucking standing