Currently my mini thirty is fitted with an mg metro engine. It's a bit smokey on acceleration. In my shed I still have the original 998 engine which is fitted with 12g295 head and it ran great. I was thinking of maybe using the car over summer as it is and swapping the engines back over winter. I was thinking of maybe taking the mg metro cam and fitting that to the 998 or will that not work. I also have a big valve metro head and a standard 12g940 too. Which combo will give best fun with the 998??
Best 998 Setup
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germini30
, Jun 12 2018 12:48 PM
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#1
Posted 12 June 2018 - 12:48 PM
#2
Posted 12 June 2018 - 01:09 PM
If the 295 is in good condition I'd leave that on the engine. The MG Metro cam will work fine.
Phil.
Phil.
#3
Posted 12 June 2018 - 01:16 PM
Yeah it's very good. Been stood in the dry a couple of years so head off, new stem seals and re lap the valves first
#4
Posted 12 June 2018 - 07:12 PM
What kind of bhp would that achieve. 998cc 12G295 head, stage one kit, mg metro camshaft??
#5
Posted 12 June 2018 - 09:46 PM
50 ish maybe a tad more I know someone near me with same spec that was 53hp with twin hs2
Edited by dyshipfakta, 13 June 2018 - 06:03 AM.
#6
Posted 12 June 2018 - 10:18 PM
I had a 266 cam (so very similar to an MG metro cam) with a 295 head on my very first mini which was a 998 with twin su carbs/lcb manifold. It was a lovely drive, massive improvement over standard, but still had decent idle and remained tractable.
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