JCW ID help
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JCW ID help
I'm looking at an '05 Cooper S and in the pictures it has a JCW intercooler cover and the the valve cover has the JCW sticker on it as well. Could this mean that it was changed to a JCW and not reported on the VIN? What else would be signs of it being real? I can't just run down and look at it since I am 700 miles away.
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Appears to have the CAI and the silver intercooler cover. 1.) Mufflers would be twin tips with angle cuts that say JCW on the top. 2.) The injectors would have a blue cap (380s). 3.) There should be JCW badges front and back bumpers. 4.) There should be a JCW sticker on the back rear left corner of the valve cover. The sticker would have serial number of the JCW kit that was installed. 5.) The supercharger pulley would be smaller as stock S is 2.565 inches while the JCW is 2.285 inches in diameter.
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The JCW Tuning Kit wasn't a factory option until November 2005 builds (2006 model year).
The 210 bhp JCW Kit (with the JCW airbox and 380 cc injectors) wasn't available until October 2004. If this 2005 MCS was built and the JCW Kit installed before that date it would be the 200 bhp version.
I wonder if a dealer could identify the version of a JCW Kit based on it's serial number.
The 210 bhp JCW Kit (with the JCW airbox and 380 cc injectors) wasn't available until October 2004. If this 2005 MCS was built and the JCW Kit installed before that date it would be the 200 bhp version.
I wonder if a dealer could identify the version of a JCW Kit based on it's serial number.
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I am wondering if it was more a question of a sales person being intimidated by a customer that had more information on the car then they thought possible?
Last edited by Whine not Walnuts; 10-08-2017 at 01:51 PM.
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I would imagine that had something to do with it. I was able to find one closer to home that has some JCW goodies on it. Intake, exhaust, and the front brakes are all JCW on a 2006 royal gray with lsd I'm picking up this weekend.
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This was the deciding factor when I bought my car. I did not want another front wheel drive car with an open diff.
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The dealerships can pull the original build and build list from the dealer add ons. If it was done afterward at another shop or the customer did it themselves, then there is no way to know.
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