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[jsyjamie]

Hi all,

 

I have recently bought a '94 Mayfair after a 15 year hiatus having owning one in my teens and early twenties.

 

Basically the engine doesn't match the log book which shows a 1275 carb.

 

It looks like an MPI with a side mounted rad if that can be a thing?

 

Thanks 

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[r3k1355]

 

It looks like an MPI with a side mounted rad if that can be a thing?

 

 

 

Can be if you cobble a load of bits together.

 

Maybe the previous owner wanted abit more grunt so dropped a Cooper engine in?

Edited by r3k1355, 10 January 2018 - 05:11 PM.

[mab01uk]

Quote:

"It looks like an MPI with a side mounted rad if that can be a thing?"

 

Looks like it has maybe had a Jap spec engine transplanted?....see below:

The Japanese spec 1996 onwards Minis used the MPi block, with the SPi injection manifold and with air conditioning and a side mounted radiator. The ECU looks similar to an SPi ECU however the distributor was replaced with a coil pack the same as the UK MPi. Some were manual gearbox but many were automatic for Jap export market.

Edited by mab01uk, 10 January 2018 - 07:07 PM.

[cal844]

Looks like a Japan spec engine, weird there being no AC?

[nicklouse]

Does the Vin Match?

[mab01uk]

Looks like a Japan spec engine, weird there being no AC?

 

But if the engine was transplanted from a later Jap spec car then few UK owners would include the AC due to all the extra complication in the engine bay, etc.

[jsyjamie]

Here's the VIN

 

 

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[Wise Old Elf]

Would be easy to lift the carpet and see if it’s a MPI floor.

[nicklouse]

Here's the VIN

And that matches the one on the skuttle and the log book?

[r3k1355]

Would be easy to lift the carpet and see if it’s a MPI floor.

 

There'd be holes in it?

[r3k1355]

Here's the VIN

 

 

 

VIN is for a 1275 carb Mayfair, RHD Automatic.

 

 

(If I've decoded that correctly)

[Wise Old Elf]

Would be easy to lift the carpet and see if it’s a MPI floor.

 
There'd be holes in it?

MPI floor front foot wells are a very different shape to the carb floor.

[r3k1355]

 

 

Would be easy to lift the carpet and see if it’s a MPI floor.

 
There'd be holes in it?

MPI floor front foot wells are a very different shape to the carb floor.

 

 

 

[Wise Old Elf]

MPI floor

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