Does anyone know if they make a Turbo Charger for the Non-S model? Ive been looking for awhile now.
Thanks,
John

 

To my understanding they do not. You can build a custom setup but the problem that you run into on the Cooper is that the engine is not designed for boost which means you would have to rebuild your whole engine with stronger internals to safely run a forced induction setup on it. With the S all you really need to do is put some stronger pistons in. In the Cooper also, I dont know how the transmission and drivetrain would stand up. It would almost probably be cheaper to actually get rid of the Cooper, get an S and strap a turbo or twincharged setup onto it.

BEATNUT

 

Im with ^

only they actually do sell these kits for the cooper: http://www.nolimitmotorsport.com/prod/MC2501-X

but, youll need:
- stonger cooper s crankshaft
- cooper s pistons to lower the compression from 10: to 8:1
- cooper s pistonrods (is that what you call em?)
- stonger (cooper s again) gearbox which requires a different flywheel
- custom chiptuning with help of a dyno

so, the best option is to buy an s engine, strip it down incl the sc, put a turbo on it and install it in your car.

total estimated cost WITHOUT labour is around 5000USD without the s-engine (which you can find for around 2-3000 these days)
Above will require at least 50 manhours.

so... dont.

 

But it would be pretty damn cool.

 

Are you talking about retro-fitting an S engine and tranny into a cooper? If so its not possible without alot of custom fabrication which when all is said and done would probably run you a hell of a lot more than buying an S and twincharging it.

BEATNUT

 

Talk to George at Mini-Madness about Turbo's I was at the Pacific Raceway on October 2nd and got to check out the prototype Mini Cooper "T" He is loaded on info....
Happy Motoring!

 

There is also this:

http://www.bishopmotorsports.com/product_id/13/

Uses a small snail so maybe the boost levels are low enough to remain on stock internals....? But you are not going to get much power out of it. (Your "goals" in your other thread would be more easily reached going turbo, but you'll need to throw some money at it if you use as a daily driver. MC turbo on stock internals = mess waiting to happen.)

I like the nolimitmotorsport kit, but one has to be quite creative to fit a front mount IC.

 

"Generic install instructions"... run away!