yeah even worse if you try a mini dealer and check the price. but ill look around, almost cheaper to buy a car from germany, use the engine and sell the parts..

I almost bought an s a couple years ago with a blown engine,but that came to a hault when i started pricing those engines.I was surprised at how much the yards were getting for them,shoot i could have bought a used car for what they wanted,just don't be surprised.

Minsuki.

Hi!

Thanks for the reply! im having issues finding an engine, does anyone know a good place in europe/UK?

"all minies with the 1.6 engine use the same engine, ..."

NOT true! The base for the 'S' engine was the same as the plain Cooper, but the 'S' version was beefed up considerably to handle the pressure and stress increases of forced induction (supercharging). You'll need to source an 'S' engine, then transfer the 'Works' stuff.

Hi

I have a 2003 mini cooper S that has been rebuildt into a works, but this week the engine died. We checked and found out that oil had come into the 3rd sylinder and blew a hole ( im not kidding ) threw the engine.

I checked around and it seems that all minies with the 1.6 engine use the same engine, so i can buy a regulare cooper engine and just replace the works parts from mine to the new one.

Does anyone here have any experience with this?