OT: Mini cooper equivalent of 914world?, Too used to rare cars... |
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OT: Mini cooper equivalent of 914world?, Too used to rare cars... |
emerygt350 |
Jul 17 2024, 07:45 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,403 Joined: 20-July 21 From: Upstate, NY Member No.: 25,740 Region Association: North East States |
So I picked up an r50 mini for my 13 year old son for nothing and I need 914world quality information to get it all perfect. I am used to very small communities... There are so many mini groups... Anyone know of a group that's as useful as 914world? Tall order, I know.
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L-Jet914 |
Jul 18 2024, 07:12 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 265 Joined: 24-October 12 From: Davis, CA Member No.: 15,080 Region Association: Northern California |
If memory serves me right the 1st gen new Mini Coopers has strut tower cracking issues and there was a update that installed reinforcement plates either on top of the strut tower to increase the bracing for that area of the car. I remember working on the S and non S R50/52/53s. I hated where they placed the oil filter on the 1st gen new Minis. The coolant bottles against the firewall always cracked after a short amount of time. The supercharged versions had supercharger issues. The 1st gen new Mini Cooper 1.6L Tritec (Chrysler/Rover partnership (which was a subsidiary of BMW at the time)) engines were plucked from the Chrysler PT Cruisers/Neons hence the Dodge/Plymouth Neon ignition coil pack as BMW did not have a small 4 cylinder at the time. The second generation new Mini's (08 up) ran the Prince engine manufactured by PSA Peugeot/Citroen to verify @technicalninja post.
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