[Greendevil]

These are the thoughts I had regarding the Cooper S and new Peugeot motors put in the Australian Social section yesterday "Yeah, no s/c ain't good. The proposed new motor for the MCS has LESS torque than the current 1.6L 200NM vs 210.. If you go to the JCW site, you get some clues about modifing normally aspirated engines by seeing what they have done to the cooper. New cylinder head, air intake, exhaust & chip for a pile of money and gain 11HP!! If BMW dump the s/c for the new model Cooper S then they will effectively kill off any seriousness to the that model. 7.3 for 0-100kmh is simply not sporty for 2005/6 and with no easy path to increase performance a large number of current MCS owners won't be upgrading to it. I don't know how firm these engine plan futures are but I am feeling disappointed. Real disappointed." I guess my question is the proposed new motor definitely not going to be supercharged for the Cooper S model? Because if that is the case, performance mods will be expensive with relatively small power gains. Already the proposed new "S" motor rated at 130KW is weak in today's market and will be even more so by 2005/6 with less scope for effective tuning unlike the current forced induction "S" engine.