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 AUGUST – SEPTEMBER 2021 ISSUE

NEWS

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

WHAT’S ON? • SEE WHAT FANTASTIC MINI SHOWS AND EVENTS ARE COMING UP IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS

DRIVEN 2021 MINI • THE LATEST MINI MODELS HAVE RECENTLY RECEIVED A SECOND, MORE SIGNIFICANT FACELIFT, SO MARTYN HAS BEEN DRIVING BOTH THE NEW JCW AND LATEST ELECTRIC COOPER SE TO SEE HOW THEY STACK UP

HIS & HERS MULGARIS • FRED AND SALLY DYER MET THROUGH THE MINI SCENE, BUT LITTLE DID THEY KNOW THEIR RELATIONSHIP WOULD LEAD THEM TO OWNING A BRACE OF MULGARI-TUNED F56 HATCHES

ONE LOVE • LOTTIE ROBINSON TOOK INSTA-INSPIRATION FOR HER LOVED ONE FROM SOCIAL MEDIA, AND IT’S SET TO BE A MINI INFLUENCER

CHECKMATE • ROGER GRAY’S R53 MAY HAVE JUST ENDED THE GAME

THE DEFINITIVE DAILY • USING A GP2 TO COMMUTE? DON’T FREAK OUT:ITS OWNER, BEN, MIGHT BE ONTO SOMETHING…

PULL-OUT POSTER • ROGER GRAY’S R53 CHECKMATE

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

HAPPY BIRTHDAY • TO CELEBRATE ITS 20TH BIRTHDAY, MARTYN TAKES PROJECT COOPER HOME TO PLANT OXFORD

BASE FIGURES • BEFORE THE PERFORMANCE UPGRADES BEGIN, BEN AND THE CREW HAVE BEEN OUT GETTING SOME BENCHMARK DRAGY TIMES AND WEIGHTS WITH THE STANDARD CAR SO WE CAN REALLY SEE JUST WHAT IMPROVEMENTS THE MODIFICATIONS MAKE

IT’S ALIVE! • TODD AND THE TEAM AT ALIVE TUNING HAVE BEEN GETTING THE RALLYCROSSER R53 READY FOR THE 2021 SEASON, INCLUDING ADDING POWER!

IN THE CLUB! • LOOKING FOR A MINI CLUB IN YOUR AREA? TAKE A LOOK AT OUR DIRECTORY FOR ENTHUSIAST GROUPS NEAR YOU…

#PRINTMYMINI • SEE YOUR VERY OWN PERFORMANCE MINI PRINTED IN ALL ITS GLORY!

SURVIVAL GUIDE SECOND-GENERATION MINIS • WE LOOK AT THE MOST COMMON PROBLEMS TO BLIGHT THE SECOND-GENERATION MODELS, AND HOW TO CURE AND PREVENT THEM…

10 MINUTE TECH COILOVERS • WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR MODIFICATIONS YOU CAN MAKE TO A PERFORMANCE MINI; COILOVER SUSPENSION

MINI CHALLENGE UPDATE • THE COOPER TROPHY IS UNDERWAY WITH ACTION PROVING TO BE AS FAST AND FRANTIC AS EVER AS THE MINI CHALLENGE VISITED SNETTERTON, THRUXTON, AND BRANDS HATCH

THE KEYS TO CROFT

TRACK GUIDE THRUXTON • IT’S TIME TO HEAD TO THE FASTEST TRACK IN THE UK, AS ALEX GUIDES US AROUND THRUXTON CIRCUIT

HANDLING. STYLING. POWER • STICKING TO THREE CORE PRINCIPALS OF MODIFYING, ANDY TAN HAS TASTEFULLY TWEAKED HIS JCW INTO A MINI THAT’S GOT IT ALL

INSIDE THE OCT-NOV 2021 ISSUE… • THE UK'S ONLY MODERN MINI TUNING MAGAZINE