Hi All!
I recently installed the Racechip GTS on my 2015 base model Mini with an automatic gearbox. The results are pretty good and I'd say the product was worth it. I conducted 2 tests, both with and without the Racechip. Before I installed the Racechip I could do 0-60mph in 7.6 seconds. The way I conducted the test was by simply "flooring it" from a standstill on a straight road with no upward or downward slope. I had driven around for 25 minutes before hand to make sure the engine and tires were relatively warm (the RIMS I'm running are the original 15" Heli Spoke 492s and the TIRES are Sumitomo HTR Enhance LX2 that are about halfway through they're lifespan). I did this three times and the best result was 7.59 seconds.
The next day, I fitted the Racechip GTS onto the car and the best 0-60mph I could achieve was about 7.16 seconds. I conducted the same test (same road, same warm up drive, same tires, same outside temperature) and did it three times just like before.
7.6 seconds versus 7.16 is almost half a second faster, which is about what I was expecting. HOWEVER, there's one thing that I believe might have held me back. The three times I conducted the test without the chip, my tires were fine. But when I conducted the test with the Racechip, the tires lost traction all three times. I believe that if I had a better tire and wheel setup, I wouldn't have lost traction, and could have potentially got the time down to sub-seven seconds. Let me know what you guys think in the comments, I'm really really curious to hear what you guys say about the loss of traction. Down below I will post the graphs comparing the best accelerations of the three runs with and without line-of-best-fit and the data table. (The plot point 7.16,60 is derived from 1/3rd the difference of 7.01 and 7.48. This will be shown on the bottom of the data sheet in red).
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I recently installed the Racechip GTS on my 2015 base model Mini with an automatic gearbox. The results are pretty good and I'd say the product was worth it. I conducted 2 tests, both with and without the Racechip. Before I installed the Racechip I could do 0-60mph in 7.6 seconds. The way I conducted the test was by simply "flooring it" from a standstill on a straight road with no upward or downward slope. I had driven around for 25 minutes before hand to make sure the engine and tires were relatively warm (the RIMS I'm running are the original 15" Heli Spoke 492s and the TIRES are Sumitomo HTR Enhance LX2 that are about halfway through they're lifespan). I did this three times and the best result was 7.59 seconds.
The next day, I fitted the Racechip GTS onto the car and the best 0-60mph I could achieve was about 7.16 seconds. I conducted the same test (same road, same warm up drive, same tires, same outside temperature) and did it three times just like before.
7.6 seconds versus 7.16 is almost half a second faster, which is about what I was expecting. HOWEVER, there's one thing that I believe might have held me back. The three times I conducted the test without the chip, my tires were fine. But when I conducted the test with the Racechip, the tires lost traction all three times. I believe that if I had a better tire and wheel setup, I wouldn't have lost traction, and could have potentially got the time down to sub-seven seconds. Let me know what you guys think in the comments, I'm really really curious to hear what you guys say about the loss of traction. Down below I will post the graphs comparing the best accelerations of the three runs with and without line-of-best-fit and the data table. (The plot point 7.16,60 is derived from 1/3rd the difference of 7.01 and 7.48. This will be shown on the bottom of the data sheet in red).
