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 R56 Hesitation Help

 Created by: 1Marine
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Mar 13, 2018 07:35AM kenatminimania  
Mar 13, 2018 07:15AM 1Marine  
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 Posted: Mar 13, 2018 07:35AM
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Originally Posted by 1Marine
Hello All,

 Long time lurker first time poster...... I recently became fed up with the cost Mini dealerships are charging, so I started making repairs to the car on my own. While I'm not unfamiliar with cars, having restored my 69 Z/28 however I am very unfamiliar with newer imports.....oil changes have been my limit up until this past weekend when I changed the motor mounts, turbo oil line, oil filter housing gaskets, turbo hoses & cooler hoses.  I own a 2008 Mini Cooper S R56. I recently upgraded the plugs & coils to Brisk Racing plugs & IP Performance Ignition Coils. I thought I would see that crisp acceleration like when the car had a few less miles on it however it bucks & hesitates badly on acceleration..... I spoke with Brisk and they said set the plug gap to .028. The car is stock, the only mods are a K&N filter, upgraded turbo hoses & plugs & coils....

Any advice...
In order to eliminate some potential causes, I might recommend the following:

Try installing your old plugs to see if the condition changes.

If not, try installing the old coils to see if the condition changes.

This will help removing these items as potential causes....

Ken

 Posted: Mar 13, 2018 07:15AM
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Hello All,

 Long time lurker first time poster...... I recently became fed up with the cost Mini dealerships are charging, so I started making repairs to the car on my own. While I'm not unfamiliar with cars, having restored my 69 Z/28 however I am very unfamiliar with newer imports.....oil changes have been my limit up until this past weekend when I changed the motor mounts, turbo oil line, oil filter housing gaskets, turbo hoses & cooler hoses.  I own a 2008 Mini Cooper S R56. I recently upgraded the plugs & coils to Brisk Racing plugs & IP Performance Ignition Coils. I thought I would see that crisp acceleration like when the car had a few less miles on it however it bucks & hesitates badly on acceleration..... I spoke with Brisk and they said set the plug gap to .028. The car is stock, the only mods are a K&N filter, upgraded turbo hoses & plugs & coils....

Any advice...