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Hello,

I'm new to this forum and looking for some help with an aggravating issue. I have a 2005 Mini Cooper S that has a shaking problem when i'm on the gas. Here is a list of the items I have replaced and i'm running out of options.

- All items new and replaced: Wheel bearings, ball joints, rotors/brakes, control arms, clutch, transmittion/engine mounts/steering links, sway bar, driver side half shaft (not the passenger side), struts are still original, rims, tires, all sensors, etc. (Allot of stuff)

- Here's what happens: Driving normal there is no shaking on/off the throttle (no load). When I start to put a load on the car (accelerate), I get a slight shaking in the front left side that gets worse as the rpms/speed goes up. The tires are tracking right and the car does not pull to any side. The only thing I have left to do is an alignment and replace the passenger side half shaft/couple bearing. I even check the computer and have no codes at all.

The car is a 2005 R53 Mini Cooper S with a 6-speed and 101k miles. Other than this issue the car runs excellent and has lots of power.

One last thing: The previous owner has coil overs on the car so it was way to low for the road. I took the front coil overs off and put the stock struts back on. The rear still has the coil overs on it, but I raised the height.

Any help would be greatly appreciated because i'm out of idea's.

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2005 Mini Cooper S