Suspension changes to the SE are MINImal.
Height was raised a touch to give the battery a bit more ground clearance. Considering how lithium batteries sometimes react to being damaged, this is a somewhat prudent move. Burning cars are bad for sales... Mini already has a slew of different springs. Multiple ones for each model, depending on options and age. They seem to like to tailor them pretty finely. Shocks, on the other hand, are the same p/n across all f55/f56/f57. Only the SE gets different ones. I strongly suspect they are longer, but haven't measured them yet. Mounts, arms, hubs etc are common to other 55/56/57s
Subframes are different to accommodate the EV drivetrain at the front, battery at the back. Other than the height change, I suspect geometry was left as other F56s. If it was me at Mini, I'd have tweaked the inner mounts to position the roll centres and have roll camber change the same as with the regular F56s. Just jacking the car up would raise roll centres and make camber slightly more positive.
The SE has remarkably few changes from the ICE cars, BMW mostly did it from i3 parts and other Minis.
No, I was perplexed about changes to the SE's suspension mounts you described that were made after the "early SEs," and wondering when that change occurred (and wondering why). Thanks.
