bought a r50 mini with supercharger help
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bought a r50 mini with supercharger help
well i bought this mini in a insurance auction its a r50 5 speed with a supercharger and it had fire damage. the engine bay lit on fire from a loose fuel line. most of the engine harness melted and a couple of vac hoses. i replaced everything all the vac hoses and harness . now the only way i could get the car to start is if i put two map sensors instead of one tmap and a map. it starts just fine with two map sensors it revs normally but dies on deceleration. also when i put it in gear and drive it, it has no power and of course i get a error code for no air temp. but when i put the tmap in front on the manifold and a regular map sensor in the back it doesnt even start? i get error code p1106 when i do and i bought the tmap from the dealer. the hugest problem is i dont know if it ran well before.oh and i just realize that the ecu could be a problem because its a regular r50 ecu (matches the vin) but maybe it was reprogrammed with progman? i really need to get her up and running right i have alot of money invested this car. i didnt know this car was going to be a pain in the butt.
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You bought somebody else's project car....
Been done before....somebody always wants to prove it can be done...
Hate to see how long a 5 speed will last...they fail fast with just the r50 HP...mini changed the trany in 2005+ coopers due to this issue...
My suggestion...
Cut your losses, and sell it before you sink $$ to get it running...then have the tranny fail...then fix that to have the weaker r50 internals fail....
The bodies of the r-50 and r53 are the same, and drivetrain is similar...but different for a reason....
Been done before....somebody always wants to prove it can be done...
Hate to see how long a 5 speed will last...they fail fast with just the r50 HP...mini changed the trany in 2005+ coopers due to this issue...
My suggestion...
Cut your losses, and sell it before you sink $$ to get it running...then have the tranny fail...then fix that to have the weaker r50 internals fail....
The bodies of the r-50 and r53 are the same, and drivetrain is similar...but different for a reason....
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