In reply to David S. Wallens : one thing that would really help is if you listed years. I’m sure the insiders who know the code understand that a 53 is from——- to ——- and the 56 was from —- to —-
but if you’re an insider then you likely know all this.
” Many second-generation MINIs are being sold with high-flow downpipes. The problem is that all of them will produce a fault code/check-engine light. The solutions are O2 sensor spacers or a $300 OBD fault code canceller. “
I’m wondering if I can get the same thing for a Fiat 500 Abarth? I’ve been looking at catless downpipes but like not having CEL’s.
In reply to phaze1todd :
While I don’t know of many power adders for the R56 “Justa”, the R50 can benefit some from a intake, exhaust and ECU re-flash by a company like RMW. It’ll never match the factory forced induction cars, but it can still be fun. There were some early attempts at turbo kits for the R50, but they proved unreliable and in the end less powerful than factory cars. In most street driving situations, an R50 can hang with a R53, but you’ll have to keep the engine in the upper end of the rev range.
For anyone who cares: the 02-06 base Coopers were code R50; 02-06 Cooper S (supercharged) is code R53; the 07-13 base Coopers and turbo Cooper S models were the same code R56 (no idea why). All…
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