Mini friends:

My 2006 MCS has eaten its #1 piston. (See details of the saga here: http://r53mini.blogspot.com)

I plan to replace them all with forged aftermarket ones. I am looking for suggestions. If you have experience with pistons for these engines, I'd love to hear from you.

I see Wiseco and CP as options. Others?

The engine has a 15% pulley and is otherwise stock. Now, I'm not going to lie. I run the car mercilessly at drivers' schools every chance I get and that is quite often. I'd like for the pistons to last longer than the 30k miles that this one lasted.

What do you suggest?

 

CP

 

If you have seen the Wiseco's you may also want to look at the thread about them breaking.

 

I'm going with custom JE pistons, the Wiscos didn't work out too well.