MSD Ignition Coil Pack - Gen 1 BMW MINI Cooper

For those customers that are undertaking a winter project on your BMW MINI; a part often overlooked is the ignition coil pack. These are notorious for failing either completely or intermittently resulting in misfires and rough running or idle. We supply the MSD Ignition Coil Pack with all necessary fasteners supplied enabling an easy install. More information on the MSD Ignition Coil Packs can be found here. 

Help Your BMW MINI Cooper and Put A Stop to Those Winter Blues

We carry the complete range of Mintex pads for the BMW MINI line up. Now is the time to be checking your BMW MINI Coopers vitals. With the cold icy nights closing in extremely fast and lasting substantially longer now is the time to check your brake pads. The Mintex range of M1144 compound offers all the benefits of a standard OEM pad with all the advantages of a premium fast road track pad. Best of both worlds!

Vecchio Engineering Magnetic Oil Drain Plug for BMW MINI Cooper S Supercharger

Apologies we have not updated the blog much of late. We have been mega busy here at Vecchio Engineering sorting through a plethora of products and new product ideas! Exciting times shortly ahead! What we did want to show you today is our new magnetic supercharger fill/drain plugs. As we are rebuilding our charger I’d though it most appropriate to show these now; especially if you are planning to change the M45 supercharger’s oil. Highly recommended! A picture speaks a thousand words! Well here are two thousand words! If your are interested in these please contact us here.

Vecchio Engineering Magnetic Supercharger Drain and Fill Plugs

Standard Eaton M45 Supercharger Drain and Fill Plugs - Nasty!

Self Adhesive Round and Rectangular Reflectors – Vecchio Engineering

For those of you that are not aware we carry a large selection of self adhesive reflectors to suit a wide array of vehicles. Our reflectors are available if round (80mm) and rectangular (100mm x 45mm). Colours are as follows:

• Amber (Rectangular)
• Red (Rectangular)
• White (Rectangular)

Supercharger Rebuild Update - Small PTO Gear Now Removed

Work is now slowly progressing rebuilding the supercharger we have now removed the small PTO gear on the back of the M45 Mini Cooper supercharger. The strip down in well under way! Follow us for more updates on the rebuild. Don’t forget we can be contacted through our website.

Springing into Action Here At Vecchio Engineering with the Help of Eibach!

Whilst going through our warehouse undergoing a stock check we have now realised that we pretty much carry the entire stock line from Eibach for the BMW MINI models. This is great news for all of you out there; it means you can get your parts within 48 hours tops! For those that don’t know Eibach is considered one of the top manufactures for springs and anti-roll bars, supplying lots of tier 1 teams including many of the F1 starting grid. We have Eibach Pro-Kit Lowering Springs Gen 1 R53 in stock and Eibach Pro-Kit Lowering Springs Gen 2 R56 in stock. We carry Eibach anti roll bars for both models as well. These make a night and day difference.

Eibach Pro-Kit Lowering Springs Gen 1 R50 R53 R52

Eibach Pro-Kit Lowering Springs Gen 2 R56

ARP BMW Mini Cooper Rod Bolt Kit BMW MINI Cooper

Vecchio Engineering highly recommends the use of these ARP BMW Mini Cooper Rod Bolts whenever replacing the original items. These are a proven insurance policy for very little outlay. These can also be puchased through our online shop here.

ARP Fastener Benefits:

•     Forged in-house at ARP using only the finest quality materials.
•     Heat-treated using special vertical racks to assure complete 360° penetration.
•     Threads rolled after heat-treat to provide up to 10-times longer fatigue strength.
•     Precision CNC-machined to exacting specifications.
•     Specially designed for optimum reliability in each application. 

Brembo GT 328mm 2 Piece Big Brake Kit for BMW MINI Cooper

Following on from our preparation of a clutch install we will eventually be installing these massive Brembo Gran Turismo brakes which use 2 piece 328mm discs. These are absolutely massive brakes. They will make you eye balls pop out when you hit the middle peddle! They are paired up with Brembos 4 pot red calipers. Notice we chose the slotted option rather than the drilled for serious track action! More to come; follow us here.

If you require any more information on these brakes click here.