I'm sure someone has asked this, I just can't find it.


Anyone have a list of the models and the available engines?
I see a number of performance web sites asking for the engine number (N14, N18). How do I know which one I have? How does this relate to the "R" lettering?

 

There are quite a few engines MINI has used over the years. If you have a 2013 Paceman, you are sporting the N18 JCW-variant engine. The "R" lettering refers to specific MINI models, which may have different engines used within that model. For example, the R56 came in Cooper, Cooper S, and JCW trims and used 6 different engines between the trims throughout it's life.

Here's all the engines I can remember sorted by model. I generalized a lot to keep it simple, which engines came out when and to what is...complicated, but this will give you a good idea where the different models and their engines line up :

1st Generation (Tritec Engines):
R50 Hardtop/R52 Convertible/R53 Cooper S Hardtop: W10 (Cooper) / W11 (Cooper S)


2nd Generation (Peugeot Engines):
R56 Hardtop (all trims)/R57 Convertible: N12 (Cooper) / N14 (Cooper S/*JCW)
2nd Generation LCI (Peugeot Engines):
R56 Hardtop/R55 Clubman/R57 Convertible/R58 Coupe/R59 Roadster/R60 Countryman/R61 Paceman: N16 (Cooper) / N18 (Cooper S/*JCW)

*JCW engines were technically the same engine with some slight modifications (different pistons, bigger turbo, different tuning)

3rd Generation (BMW Engines):
F56 Hardtop/F55 4-Door Hardtop/F54 Clubman/F57 Convertible/F60 Countryman: B36/B38 (Cooper) / B46/B48 (Cooper S) / B48M (JCW)

 

Thanks!!