Hello. I'm a new Mini owner & new member. Can someone please tell me what differences, if any, there are between the heads of a 2002 Mini Cooper and an R53 s/c 'Monte Carlo'? I'm assuming that the different compression ratios are achieved by using different pistons.
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What is a Monte Carlo? Never heard of it here in the UK. Pretty sure the heads aren't interchangable.
I'm guessing it is a special edition, like the R56 "Goodwood" edition.
Can't help you much about heads but should be some thread like this one
Can't help you much about heads but should be some thread like this one
What are the cylinder head differences s vs. justa - North American Motoring
R50/R53 :: Hatch Talk (2002-2006) - What are the cylinder head differences s vs. justa - What are the differences. Is there a way to tell them apart.
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Nigel & KNT, thanks for replying, The Monte Carlo was a special 'S' released in '04 to commemorate Paddy Hopkirk's victory in that rally forty years earlier. They are dressed up accordingly, only in red with a white roof & with and an extra white stripe above the sills and a not too obtrusive number 37. Fog lights, sport pack etc. Mine has a JCW muffler & twin tailpipe setup. I don't know if it came with this or it's been added. A sticker on the steering wheel reads "number 8 of 40" but I think this only refers to the cars marketed in Australia as I read somewhere that a thousand had been planned.What is a Monte Carlo? Never heard of it here in the UK. Pretty sure the heads aren't interchangable.
With regard to my head query, a friend just down the road has a 'dead car' collection business and recently
acquired a '02 Mini Cooper. The motor had been rebuilt five weeks before the car was written off. He offered the wreck to me at a very attractive price but it was a 5-speed, not 6 and being unsupercharged, I thought that it would have different pistons and only the head might be of interest. I decided against it and it's now been sold.
From what I've been reading people are saying the heads are interchangeable and only the internals are different.
Thanks.From what I've been reading people are saying the heads are interchangeable and only the internals are different.
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