Hey Everyone.

Last month I was given(yes for free), a 2005 Mini Cooper S. The previous owner didn't have time for it anymore, and had been letting it sit in his drive way for about 4 years. It has the Alta twurbo kit, Alta top mount intercooler, Alta hpfp, 3" Alta exhaust, apex neo system and 540cc injectors.

Getting a new battery this weekend, but dont want to try and turn it over right away, figured all the fluids are either gone or sludge at this point. So that will probably first, fluids and plugs.

New to the Mini scene, any other ideas that I should look at before I try and turn it over.

Thanks.

 

What is a 'twurbo' kit? Gen 1 Cooper S were supercharged.

I would think as long as all fluids are changed, you're good to go.

 

Alta made a turbo kit that can be added to the supercharger system, keeping the pulley and adding the turbo

http://www.customminishop.com/product/alta-twurbo.htm

And fluids first for sure! Thanks.

 

Wouldn't that be a Superbo?



I wonder how well it works - and if it adds much stress to the engine.

 

That would be better known as a "Twin Charge" kit.

They were notoriously hard to tune with the OEM ECU and in reality not as good power wise as a straight turbo swap, the S/C ended up being a bottle neck in the intake system.

To the O.P., as far as the fluids, 4 years isn't really that long for synthetic fluids, I would just change the oil, antifreeze and gas, and replace both the fuel and oil filter of course.

 

If it was mine, the first thing I would do is a compression test to make sure the motor was ok.

Then I would post up pics for everyone on NAM to see the motor and how it's all setup

 

+1 on compression test - Then I'd:
1. Check spark
2. Check fuel pressure at rail
3. See if it works


You got it for free - if it doesn't work and doesn't look like a simple fix, I'd rip every bit of the Twurbo, header, etc and replace with mostly OEM to get it working(maybe keeping injectors & exhaust). Then consider ebay'ing the removed stuff to recoop money. Unless you just enjoy pain.


Good Luck
Bruce

 

Here are some of the pictures when I picked it up, gonna start with fluids and filters tonight.

Hopefully plugs and compression testing this weekend.

Thanks so far guys

 

very interesting, like it has been stated, fluid that old isn't terrible, but should be replaced, the biggest thing would be when you do the checks, when running keep your eye on that AFR meter....