Hey, I was just wanting to find out wheres the best the place to get a cold air intake for an '03 Cooper S? I was looking for one here in Aust. but would i be better getting it from somewhere like mini mania?


THanks Blake

arent they inetrcooled anyway?

speak to steve (brickworx) hes now solely runninga s a bmw mini workshop, and is an agent for overseas companies!

i made mine from some intercooler pipe and sillicone hoses, not very affectice though, the airbox will be going back on when i remember where i put it!

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-jamie-
1963morris 850
1965 solid side van
1994 rover racecar

From past experience you are best buying from overseas, even with postage it was cheaper than anywhere within Aus. This may hopefully change with the brickworx guy, we definately need a decent supplier here in Aus.

I have found www.outmotoring.com very good, even their Alta products were cheaper than off the Alta website.

In my opinion the best CAI is the John Cooper Works one, roughly the same price as some of the aftermarket ones though maybe a tad more expensive to have installed as it has a flap on the rear which opens at 4500rpm (to suck more air in) and requires proper BMW install - think you need a reflash of the ECU.

I have removed the flap off the rear of mine so the supercharger whine is louder and best performance all the time. If you go this way you dont need the BMW install. (personally I wouldnt know one end of a srewdriver form the other so always use BMW anyway.) You could then add some orciari hood scoops to push more air into the back of it, depends how far you want to go and what you want to achieve.

The JCW filter is also very good, I have tried aftermarket filters with dyno tuning and lost power with them, JCW performed the best.

Whichever you go for will be better than standard, while you are at it get a smaller supercharger pulley, 15% is most common. The JCW one is 11%, i removed my JCW and fitted an alta 17% and made a huge improvement....but i digress now!

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1965 Riley Elf
1974 Ex Army Moke
1997 Rover Cooper
2002 JCW Cooper
2003 JCW Cooper S

Hi all, i own an 03 cooper S and am looking at putting a JCW CAI on it to give it that extra bit!! However, finding one in Australia, at a good price has been hard, so i have had to expand my search to america, were i have found one in my price range. Just wondering, and it probably is a stupid question but never the less, Americans, being left hand drive, does this mean that if i buy an intake from over there, it will be made for the opposite of the car??

An American JCW airbox should fit, but you'll need a 710 cap to go with it.
Ring Steve at Miniworx, he should be able to help you with one.
08 8374 1299

It is winter. All you get is cold air.

and living in the country you get frost, and very hard boosting

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-jamie-
1963morris 850
1965 solid side van
1994 rover racecar

Just a thought , check with the original supplier as to whether there is a different unit for northern hemisphere as opposed to southern hemisphere . Low pressure air flows in the opposite direction here to what it does in the northern hemisphere and using the wrong one (if there is a difference , some manufacturers change them , some don't depending on the design) and it could upset the air flow .

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thanks sports850, it was actually the mini dealer that brang this question up, i was asking about them fitting it for me, and they said to check out whether or not one from the states would fit[/quote]

yes it will fit, get the flap removed ta the back for a bigger grin factor

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1965 Riley Elf
1974 Ex Army Moke
1997 Rover Cooper
2002 JCW Cooper
2003 JCW Cooper S