Part ?'s for those who know

[GoMiniGo]

What are the following?

A - airbox holding a restrictive air filter waiting a K&N replacement?

B - supercharger?

C - resonator?

D - CAT convertor?

E - final center muffler?

Thanks! Anything else anybody does not recognize?

[districtofc]

i think "C" is the cat not a resonator. most manufacturers place the cat closer to the exhaust manifold because its easier to burn off the pollutants and its more efficient the hotter the gases are.

[ScottyHP]

I agree C is more likely to be the cat D to me looks like a silencer.

[GoMiniGo]

Pretty samll CAT. Would you not agree? I expected something bigger. I agree it is probably that. The routing of that exhaust looks like it might be fairly restrictive. Should open the aftermarket for some nice free flowing exhausts.

[gmehall]

Its the resonator.. I have seen the car up on a lift.

[GadgetGav]

It's the cat surely...! If D was the cat it would be too cold to work properly and a "cat-back" exhaust for the Mini would consist of just that last turn on the S and just a chrome beer can on the Cooper..!!

Mini-madness should know that as they sell a cat back system. I'm sure $419 for a stainless exhaust does not include a new cat...

[gmehall]

C=resonator (you can't see the cat in this picture but its imediatly before the resonator)

D=rear mufflers, 2 of them in this Cooper S picture.

[noahe]

The catalytic converter is hidden from view in your cutaway pic. It's located right on the exhaust manifold just after the four pipes merge together. I believe it is a single part - the exhaust manifold and catalytic converter. Should make replacing the cat tough and expensive, eh?

Mind you, with just a little 1.6 and running this hot, maybe it'll last the life of the car?