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Stock Problems/IssuesDiscussions related to warranty related issues and repairs, or other problems with the OEM parts and software for MINI Cooper (R50), Cabrio (R52), and Cooper S (R53) MINIs.
Problems: Rattle at idle. Sounded like lifters, coming from the passenger side. 1st gear hard acceleration had a tapping noise, again passenger side. Vibration at 6000+ RPMS.
Problem fixed: Went to Detroit Tuned. Chad put on a 2% Light weight flywheel replacing the bad "Harmonic balancer" then added a 15% supercharger pulley. No more tapping, rattling or vibration, just more HP!! THANK YOU CHAD!!!!!!!!
Good stuff! Does it pull pretty good! Glade to see more and more people adding the crank pulley, now we need more reliability data to make sure the crank pulley is worth it! The wait is killing me!