motor swap?

[chickentoe82]

I'm thinking about buying an 02 mini cooper s that needs a motor. the one thats in it now is locked up... if i buy it should i rebuild the motor or should i swap it out? if i do a swap how hard would that be? any help is appreciated. Oh the car has 91k on it, let me know what you think. Thanks!

[MINIGURU]

I can get a new motor for $5k, but we also build full race motors for a bit more with a bunch of HP upgrades.
The actual swap isn't too bad, just time consuming. Just take the whole front end off the car.

[chickentoe82]

do you sell any used motors? how hard would a swap be? any special tools needed? anything else you can give me would help a lot. Thanks!

[MINIGURU]

Yeah we part out MINI's from time to time. The swap isn't technolicaly challenging, it's just time consuming.

[madsedan]

"The actual swap isn't too bad, just time consuming. Just take the whole front end off the car."


I know its pretty straight forward and you are exactly right, but you have to admit that statement about removing the whole front of the car is funny ;)
I helped a buddy swap a different B series motor into his old single cam civic and it was surprisingly simple, I'd imaging its easier swapping and identical motor into a FWD car.

[chickentoe82]

thanks guys, the lady sold the car to the dealer. dam!