Performance MINI

Performance MINI is the UK’s only modern MINI tuning magazine! In addition to the latest and greatest feature cars, up-to-date show reports, and all the latest news and reviews from the new MINI scene, Performance MINI also offers detailed advice on buying, owning, and tuning a MINI. Whether it’s step-by-step fitting instructions, product reviews, comprehensive tuning guides, buying advice, regular maintenance tips, or showing readers the best upgrades to make for their budget, Performance MINI will bring the very best knowledge.

PERFORMANCE MINI

WELCOME • TO THE DECEMBER/JANUARY 2022 ISSUE

KREME OF THE CROP • LOOKING AS DELICIOUS AS THE DOUGHNUTS WHOSE NAME IT BEARS, THIS BOLD COOPER S BUILD IS ONE SERIOUSLY SWEET ATTENTIONGRABBING MINI

NEW GEAR • CHECK OUT THE LATEST TUNING PRODUCTS FOR YOUR MINI…

STREET FIGHTER • BUILT TO BE THE ULTIMATE TRACK-SPEC ROAD-GOING PERFORMANCE MACHINE, THIS FULL-ON, WIDE-ARCH R56 JCW SERVES UP A HUGE HORSEPOWER HIT WITH THE VISUAL MUSCLE TO MATCH

R53 COOPER S WITH JOHN COOPER WORKS GP KIT • MORE POWER, LESS WEIGHT AND EVEN BETTER TO DRIVE: THE ORIGINAL R53 GP IS ALREADY A HOT HATCH ICON AND, AS SUCH, VALUES ARE BEGINNING TO FIRM UP

A QUESTION OF SPORT • EVER WONDERED WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE IF MINI HAD CAMPAIGNED THE R56 IN THE WRC? JAMES BROOKS WAS CURIOUS AND CREATED THIS STELLAR TRACK BUILD TO DEMONSTRATE JUST WHAT AN EXCELLENT IDEA THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN™

MINI CUSTOMS MOTORSPORT • WE SIT DOWN WITH MATT GREENWOOD, OWNER OF NORTH YORKSHIRE-BASED MINI CUSTOMS MOTORSPORT, TO FIND OUT A BIT MORE ABOUT THE COMPANY

TRACK GUIDE BRANDS HATCH GP • THE FULL GP CIRCUIT AT BRANDS HATCH ONLY HOSTS TRACK DAYS A FEW TIMES A YEAR, AND THIS CHALLENGING AND TECHNICAL CIRCUIT ISN’T AN EASY DRIVE, BUT IT’S FAST, THRILLING AND INCREDIBLY REWARDING WHEN YOU GET IT RIGHT. ALEX NEVILL TAKES US ON A HOT LAP

THE KEYS TO BRANDS HATCH GP

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CYLINDER HEAD 101 • WE TAKE A WALK THROUGH THE WORLD OF PORTED HEADS AND THEIR BENEFITS

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON • MEET THE ELLISES – BONDED THROUGH BLOOD, 99 RON AND THEIR PASSION FOR R56s

WINNING FORMULA • VIKKI AND LEE CAMPBELL BOUGHT THIS EX-MINI CHALLENGE CAR TO FUND THEIR RACING, BUT INSTEAD, THIS MINI HAS INSPIRED VIKKI TO TAKE ON THE FORMULA WOMAN COMPETITION

JCW NATIONAL DAY 2021

MINI Y REGISTER 20TH ANNIVERSARY PLANT OXFORD MEET

PROJECT GARAGE • SEE WHAT THE PERFORMANCE MINI PROJECT CARS HAVE BEEN UP TO THIS MONTH...

MARTYN’S R53 JCW GP • CHARLIE THE GP IS ROAD LEGAL AGAIN – JUST IN TIME FOR A PETROL CRISIS!

MARTYN’S R50 COOPER • A BUSY AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER AT CAR SHOWS AND MINI EVENTS FOR PROJECT COOPER

TODD’S R53 RALLYCROSS CAR • AFTER A ROUGH START TO THE 2021 RALLYCROSS SEASON, THINGS GO FROM BAD TO WORSE FOR TODD

BEN’S R53 COOPER S • BEN’S TRANSMISSION UPGRADE ADVENTURE CONTINUES WITH AN UPRATED CLUTCH AND FLYWHEEL COMBO

NEIL’S R56 COOPER S • WITH THE FRONT SUSPENSION ON HIS R56 SORTED, IT WAS TIME FOR NEIL TO ADD SOME UPGRADES TO THE REAR

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