R53 Mini Cooper S - front The R53 Mini Cooper S is a bit of an unsung hero of the used hot hatch world. It's more interesting than other cheap stuff from around the same time like the Suzuki Swift Sport and Ford Fiesta ST 150, and you'll be able to get a nice example for way...
While the Mini Cooper is not a spotlight-car in recent years… Minis have always been a widely-loved, classically fun hot-hatch that offer the driver a great connection with the road. What you get with Chase’s Mini, however, is all of that – juiced up with a mega-dose of steroids....
Electric Turbocharger Type:Axialflow; ETS Component:Turbine; ETS Type:Runoff; Application:Mini Cooper One R50; Brand:Garrett; Car Model:Citroen; Type:ETS Exhaust-Gas-Turbo-Super-Charger; ETS Component:Turbine; ETS Type:Runoff; Craft P/N:753420-4; ...
Chipping a Mini One to Cooper spec costs c£300, and fitting a smaller supercharger pulley to boost the Cooper S is a cheap job, too – but servicing the car well to cope is vital. The supercharger has its own oil and few get serviced as they should, which involves taking it off ...