Mini Cooper Engine Swap?

[BoostyMINI]

Definately not POS cars, BUT they do tend to have horrible gear boxes .

And Mini was made by BMW but broke away to form its own company in 2003 i think.

The Minis are great cars, its just the gear box that is a huge weakness.

[JennB]

Definately not POS cars, BUT they do tend to have horrible gear boxes .

And Mini was made by BMW but broke away to form its own company in 2003 i think.

The Minis are great cars, its just the gear box that is a huge weakness.

Not the 6-speed GETRAG's. They are great. I had two of them. The CVT's (only in non-supercharged MINIs) are crap but I wouldn't own anything automatic anyway. The 05-06 6 speed tranny was the best.

The S model always had a GETRAG. The regular Cooper had midlands 5 speed and that was switched to a GETRAG 5 speed in 05. It also had an available CVT (yuk). Until 06, you could only get a supercharged S model in a fully manual 6-speed. They now offer a 6 speed auto with paddle shifters. I have heard very, very little complaint about this tranny.

They are not POS cars by any means. There is a reason why they have been in the top 2 or 3 for lowest depreciation for years. They are consistently very highly reviewed by just about any media source.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11962665/



MINI is very much owned by BMW. Ever look at any of your parts? Where are MINIs sold? If you buy a MINI who finances it? 1) They all say BMW 2) BMW dealerships 3) BMW Financial Services

The engine's from 02-06 were the Tritec motor built in Brazil. It's not the Neon motor. It was used in non-US built PT Cruisers. It's realted to the 2.0 in Neon's but it's not the same. Neon's don't even have a 1.6L. (read the link in the post above)



ETA: I'm right here... hahaha. I as typing and being constantly interrupted by coworkers.