Performance MINI

IT’S ALIVE!

It turns out the gearbox rebuild we showed you in the last issue was very much needed. While on the rolling road, pulling only 200lb.ft of torque, we ended up with a box full of neutrals.

The R53’s gearbox is normally super strong; we’ve only damaged two before this one in over seven years of the harshest

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