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2013 Mini Cooper S

The story

Hello! I am Blake and this is my 2013 R56 MCS, I have had it for about 3 years now as my first car, it is the car I learned to drive stick in and have driven for 20k of the 120k miles currently on the clock! I love my R56 and I have done all the maintenance on the car myself and it has taught me alot about this car and the R56 platform as a whole. Well maintained R56's are becoming hard to come across so my goal is to keep this one as well kept example for the years to come as my daily driver, and some autocross and track time in it. Alot of future-proofing and maintenance to come! Performance as well :) So what mods can you expect in the future? My next planned mod are Bilstein B16 Coilovers and Powerflex Bushings but here is the roadmap ahead of us! RPMPowered R300TS Turbo, OS Giken Superlock LSD, Supertech Valve-terrain upgrades, ZRP Rods and Pistons, Darton MID Deck Sleeves, Ultra Racing Chassis Bracing. Main goal is to add engagement and performance without taking away from the comfort or stock character of the car, and also to iron out the several flaws the N18 has when it comes to longevity so this car can last a loooooong time.

Current mods

11 parts installed
Helix Stepped Core Intercooler HMS 3022Intercooler
NMEngineering Hi-Flo Charge Pipes NM.488855 and NM.488856Intake Charge Pipes
NMEngineering NM.308856Catback Exhaust
DDMWorks Race Intake System DDM-07-RIS-BLKCold Air Intake System
SPEC Stage2+ Carbon/Kevlar SB003H-3Clutch

Updates

  1. BlaKe_C006 started this build

    9/27/2026
    BBS R112 MINI Challenge Cross Spoke JCW · 17 x 7 +48BFGoodrich G-Force Comp-2 A/S Plus · 205/45 R17OEM/StockJohn Cooper Work Aero Package Body KitJohn Cooper Works Steering Wheel, Shift Knob, Door Seals, Floor MattsHelix Stepped Core Intercooler HMS 3022NMEngineering Hi-Flo Charge Pipes NM.488855 and NM.488856NMEngineering NM.308856DDMWorks Race Intake System DDM-07-RIS-BLKSPEC Stage2+ Carbon/Kevlar SB003H-3NMEngineering NM.258856
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