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[foodboy]

hi, is there a mini with a 5 speed gerarbox? iv heard that the later mpi minis did have. if so can i fit it onto my 1275?

or would i have to buy a new 5 speed?

cheers

[coopermpi]

Not 100% but i think 5 speed boxes are made by jack knight. My mpi is only 4 speed.

[Dan]

Can we add some sort of screen after the login that just says:

NO MINI EVER LEFT THE PRODUCTION LINE WITH A 5 SPEED GEARBOX

Please Jammy? It'll save an awful lot of time.

[jonnymm]

ive got a 2001 mini cooper sport mpi and its only got 4! i have heard of someone having one but it was an after market thing and it it made an oil seal leak then the gear box just went bang! and he obs didnt get any money back on it

[chappy]

they never came with 5 speed box.


you'd need to buy a 5 speed box...

Edited by chappy, 09 January 2009 - 01:46 PM.

[lvm18]

KAD make one if you've got 2.5k.

http://www.kad-uk.com/gearbox.htm

[dmdangermouse]

hmmm im sure i remember reading somewhere that some did.

Minispeed do a KAD 5 speed gear kit

[Hannioli]

Didn't the sport 5 come with the 5 speed gear box...? I was pretty sure that that was the only one that came fitted with a 5 speed as standard?

[edit] Just did a quick google and found this on the miniworld website:

999
Production of Mini Cooper S Sport 5
Details: Fitted with Sportspack and Jack Knight 5 speed gearbox.
Engine size: 1275cc
Original price: £13,650


1999
Production of Mini Cooper S Works
Details: 90bhp tuned engine which was the most powerful engine ever fitted to a full production Mini. 'S Works' badges and decals. Sportspack was an optional add-on as was a Jack Knight five speed gearbox.
Engine size: 1275cc
Original price: £12,495 - £14,595

So Cooper Sport 5 had the 5 speed gear box and Cooper S Works had it as a factory option!

Edited by Hannioli, 09 January 2009 - 02:31 PM.

[Dan]

hmmm im sure i remember reading somewhere that some did.

They did not, and posts like that don't help to destory the myth!

This question gets asked several times a month. I think this is the fourth time it's come up this month alone. Please will people stop popping up and saying 'I'm sure they did you know' because they didn't.

Minispeed do a KAD 5 speed gear kit

So do KAD, oddly enough!

Didn't the sport 5 come with the 5 speed gear box...?

It did but it was not a Rover product. It wasn't a production Mini, it was a conversion built by John Cooper Garages to order only. It's no different from a Wood and Pickett or a Radford or any other custom built Minis. The 'box used by JCG was the Jack Knight all-synchro helical 5 speed.

Edited by Dan, 09 January 2009 - 02:32 PM.

[Guess-Works.com]

Yes the John Cooper Sport 5...

It was a JCW conversion, never a Rover item, I think the confusion comes where some dealers would offer the conversion, but they never came off the production line with 5 gears ( excluding reverse )

[dmdangermouse]

hi, is there a mini with a 5 speed gerarbox? iv heard that the later mpi minis did have. if so can i fit it onto my 1275?

or would i have to buy a new 5 speed?

cheers

Didn't the sport 5 come with the 5 speed gear box...?

It did but it was not a Rover product. It wasn't a production Mini, it was a conversion built by John Cooper Garages to order only. It's no different from a Wood and Pickett or a Radford or any other custom built Minis. The 'box used by JCG was the Jack Knight all-synchro helical 5 speed.

So surely the answer is yes, there is a mini with a 5 speed box!

Minispeed do a KAD 5 speed gear kit

So do KAD, oddly enough!

('Dan' i think you need to chill out abit)

[Dan]

So surely the answer is yes, there is a mini with a 5 speed box!

No more than there's one with a Mercedes or Vauxhall front grille, a Margrave dash, rear seat picnic tables or a minibar.

('Dan' i think you need to chill out abit)

You're probably right.

[gav]

Minispares do a 5 speed too...

[dazza78]

So surely the answer is yes, there is a mini with a 5 speed box!

No more than there's one with a Mercedes or Vauxhall front grille, a Margrave dash, rear seat picnic tables or a minibar.

('Dan' i think you need to chill out abit)

You're probably right.

Try some of my painkilling tabs Dan....they're kicking in now so I will have a few hours of bliss!

[spaceoctagon]

The difference with the John Cooper conversions was that they didn't effect the Rover warranty, not that that matters anymore. If you had your car converted by someone else it would invalidate your warranty if anything went wrong with it.

The standard production Mini's and Mini Cooper's never had a five speed gearbox (that includes all spi and mpi models. Rover never made Mini's with 5 speed gearboxes. The Cooper Sport 5 and works s were converted by John Cooper Garages to have a five speed gearbox.