MINI ONE Acceleration & Lohen ECU Upgrade Questions
Discussion
Hi,
I have a Mini One and wondered if anyone could help me out with a number of things. Firstly, to pull away without stalling, you seem to need to give it an awful lot of revs?? Is this common with most mini's/mini one's??
Secondly, has anyone used Lohen and purchased the ECU Upgrade?? Just wanted to know if this product actually does what it says? Does it invalidate the warranty? Is it harmful to the engine etc... Any information regarding it would be much appreciated.
Tom
I have a Mini One and wondered if anyone could help me out with a number of things. Firstly, to pull away without stalling, you seem to need to give it an awful lot of revs?? Is this common with most mini's/mini one's??
Secondly, has anyone used Lohen and purchased the ECU Upgrade?? Just wanted to know if this product actually does what it says? Does it invalidate the warranty? Is it harmful to the engine etc... Any information regarding it would be much appreciated.
Tom
t4tom4 said:
I have a Mini One and wondered if anyone could help me out with a number of things. Firstly, to pull away without stalling, you seem to need to give it an awful lot of revs?? Is this common with most mini's/mini one's??
I only find I have to do this if Air Conditioning is switched on.
My old Mini one suffered horribly if the Air Con was on. If it's on tick over then I found that I could pull away normally. Anything higher and the car really did struggle to pull away. The same applies to my Cooper S so I think it's a generic 'Mini' thing.
According to a friend (don't wholly believe him), the air con is bolted directly onto the engine and small cars suffer as they don't have enough power to drive the AC while the car is pulling away. Hence the battle between pulling away and the AC dipping in performance until you have motion. But take that with a LARGE pinch of salt.
According to a friend (don't wholly believe him), the air con is bolted directly onto the engine and small cars suffer as they don't have enough power to drive the AC while the car is pulling away. Hence the battle between pulling away and the AC dipping in performance until you have motion. But take that with a LARGE pinch of salt.
Hi,
Yeh I've heard a lot of good things about them which is why I was a little disappointed... though also heard that from time to time, the wrong map is programmed in so just needs superchips to sort them, but otherwise once it works its meant to make a hell of a difference. Going up there on Monday, so will def report back. You get a full refund within 7 days, so if worse comes to worse I'll just get my money back and look into other options!
Cheers
Tom
Yeh I've heard a lot of good things about them which is why I was a little disappointed... though also heard that from time to time, the wrong map is programmed in so just needs superchips to sort them, but otherwise once it works its meant to make a hell of a difference. Going up there on Monday, so will def report back. You get a full refund within 7 days, so if worse comes to worse I'll just get my money back and look into other options!
Cheers
Tom
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