eBay HOBO Intercooler Installation on a Mini Cooper S R53 JCW John Cooper Works

eBay HOBO Intercooler Installation on a Mini Cooper S R53 JCW John Cooper Works - tuning

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2 ай бұрын

A simple modification with good gains. Swapping the stock intercooler for a bigger and thicker intercooler lowers your IAT and gives headroom for a smaller supercharger pulley and/or bigger crank pulley (like the oversized ATI Super Damper 2%).
The intercooler is very cheap, but is well worth the money. Fitment is 99% as you will see.
I fitted this to my 2006 Mini Cooper S R53 John Cooper Works (JCW) edition, with 211BHP stock from factory.
#intercooler #minicoopers #ebay

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@stevene5194 11 күн бұрын

Note: You must also remove the plastic on the top of the hood or the first 4 rows of that intercooler will not get any air to it. The hood is designed for that smaller intercooler. I removed mine and added a 1"x1 1/2" piece of dense foam rubber to channel the air to the entire intercooler. This also gives you a larger amount of air from the hood scoop as well.

@NDPhotonl 11 күн бұрын

Awesome tip Steven, I never knew that!

@Hosteggy Ай бұрын

I put a larger Ebay intercooler on my r53 as well, but the airflow is not as smooth. The stock intercooler uses a tapered inlet/outlet and the Ebay intercoolers just have a flat edge leading into it. I also have an aftermarket TPE supercharger intake so I will loosen the throttlebody bolts and loosen the intake manifold horn to slide it over on the studs a bit. Really helps with getting the intercooler correctly seated and prevent damaging the boots.

@NDPhotonl Ай бұрын

100% correct, that is the tradeoff of this cheap intercooler. I never saw pictures from the other intercoolers like Airtec, but I can imagine they have a better internal design. Thanks for your message Hosteggy!

@Hosteggy Ай бұрын

@@NDPhotonl I'd be curious to know what the more expensive ones look like. Mine only cost me $65 so I am completely happy with it for that price, did you notice a decrease in your boost pressure though?

@NDPhotonl Ай бұрын

@@Hosteggy Yes, there was some boost pressure drop. I cant remember exactly, but should be somewhere about 0.1 - 0.2 BAR. I have a lot of info in my old build thread: www.northamericanmotoring.com/forums/mini-mini-builds/349228-nd-s-mcs-r53-jcw-build-progress.html

@stevene5194 8 күн бұрын

@@Hosteggy the boost issue is due to the aftermarket intercooler not getting all the air to it. with the piece of plastic on the inside of the hood it blocks off 4 rows of air to that bigger intercooler. To solve this remove that piece and use 1x1.5" foam rubber to direct all air to it. Also by doing this you also open up the scoop inlet by a inch top and sides. You would have a throttle body that only opens 75%. Your doing the same thing for the intercooler with all the air getting to it.

@pa1ntjepeenstra109 2 ай бұрын

Mooie duidelijke video , dank voor het delen

@NDPhotonl 2 ай бұрын

Bedankt voor je berichtje 😇👍

@garydavies3984 2 ай бұрын

What was quality like? And how much was it.

@NDPhotonl 2 ай бұрын

@@garydavies3984 @garydavies3984 Quality was very good for the pricepoint. I paid about 115 GBP (about 135 euro today), which I think is a steal. Fitment was about 97%, very small modifications needed. You can also go for something like Airtec, but it comes at a higher price point off course. Thanks for your message 👍!

@garydavies3984 2 ай бұрын

@@NDPhotonl great have you noticed any difference in performance.

@NDPhotonl 2 ай бұрын

@@garydavies3984 It lowered IATs over the stock intercooler, but took a bit longer to recover compared to stock. See my old build thread on NAM: www.northamericanmotoring.com/forums/mini-mini-builds/349228-nd-s-mcs-r53-jcw-build-progress-4.html#post4562198