Its been a while since we had a new Mini part to dyno test and tune and this part is well worth the wait. The ALTA JCW Catback (fits Cooper S as well) replaces the entire exhaust system from the downpipe to the back of the car. This means you keep your stock downpipe which is the ONLY downpipe that ...
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There seems to be a cyclical debate about 3" exhaust on the 1.6L Mini Turbo cars being too big, or too heavy, or not "Needed". My favorite argument is "its not needed so why do it?" That could be said about any aftermarket part. None of these things are needed so why do it at all! Simple, people...
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Until now, there have have not been many options for upgraded turbos. The newest and best option for a turbo upgrade is the new ALTA Billet 56 MCS Turbo. This has the benefits of the stock turbo in that it bolts on with no additional parts or modifications to parts. It makes more HP than the JCW...
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Cold Air Intake System Design and Testing
Our intake system started out simple using a combination of silicon steel and some other sheet metal parts. In dealing with other cars with MAF (Mass Air Flow) sensors we knew it was important to keep diameters and orientation of the sensor similar to stoc...
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Evolution of the ALTA R56 Intercooler
ALTA was the first to bring you a larger front mounted intercooler for your R56 and JCW, we were the first to bring you proven dyno performance, we were the first to being you solid temperature data, and the first R56 to break the 280WHP mark with our intercool...
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This all-new R56 Turbo Inlet Hard Pipe replaces our all-silicone turbo inlet hose which was a staple of our R56 parts line up. We have taken our old version and stepped it up a notch by making it out of combination of CNC'ed aluminum and mandrel bends to create and even bigger and better, not to m...
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We finally got around to retesting all our parts on the new 09 JCW. WE have very good results on our 07 and 08 R56 Minis when we tested every single ALTA part back to back. To this day we have proven these results over and over again with customer cars and new R56's we purchased. You will see bel...
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It was inevitable that we would get one of the newest coolest Mini coopers out there. Some might think we just do this for fun, but don't forget our fun is also our business. Getting the newest coolest cars is important for us to develop new parts and prove our existing parts on. Our business do...
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