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[m1tch]

What colour are the OEM 998 engines? mine is yellow, both block and head, neither seem like they have been apart. I don't know what the normal colour they were sprayed in the factory?

Yellow its a factory colour for the later Austin/Rover 998cc engines. 1275 were red.

Well its cool to see that its the correct engine for the car then lol means its only done 76k miles still wierd about the porting and the modded carb/carb setup though

[jaydee]

Awesome, I will go with an AAA needle then ....then fit the 1275 and the weber carbs lol

Yes and paint engine in red, that will give you extra 20bhp..LOL

[lrostoke]

I would hazard a guess AAV is a misprint, I brought my stage one from Somerfords, my sister brought hers from minispares both came with an AAU

My sisters ran fine no problems with the AAU , mine worked a lot better with an AAA.

[m1tch]

Awesome, I will go with an AAA needle then ....then fit the 1275 and the weber carbs lol

Yes and paint engine in red, that will give you extra 20bhp..LOL

Of course, its a bit like my mini city go faster stripes down the side, adds an extra 3bhp - adding 10% to the engine power

[m1tch]

I would hazard a guess AAV is a misprint, I brought my stage one from Somerfords, my sister brought hers from minispares both came with an AAU

My sisters ran fine no problems with the AAU , mine worked a lot better with an AAA.

ah ok, I will get a AAA, how much more mods can a AAA needle take if I changed anything else like a ported head?

[jaydee]

The only advise i can give you is that AAA is a rich needle and its fine for improved induction systems like a K&N cone or a drilled air box with K&N filter. If you have just the standard airbox casing with a performace filter inside, in this case u need a AAU needle otherwise AAA could be too rich causing overfuelling.

[m1tch]

The only advise i can give you is that AAA is a rich needle and its fine for improved induction systems like a K&N cone or a drilled air box with K&N filter. If you have just the standard airbox casing with a performace filter inside, in this case u need a AAU needle otherwise AAA could be too rich causing overfuelling.

Its running a K and N filter and a drilled airbox, might change it to a K and N or run a ramstack and a sock

[jaydee]

Where u buy the kit, they didnt provide you an AAU needle?
I think AAA would be fine, at least a needle costs about 4 or 5 quid buy both and have fun..

[m1tch]

Where u buy the kit, they didnt provide you an AAU needle?
I think AAA would be fine, at least a needle costs about 4 or 5 quid buy both and have fun..

It wasn't an off the shelf kit, most of my mates have minis -ranging from a fairly standard 998 to a 1480cc race engine in a midas kit car running meths and nitrous, my big bore RC40 system came off 1 mate, the stainless steel maniflow manifold came off someone else and the drop in filter came off the magical bay of E

Is it worth getting one of those minispares inlet manifolds? I might buy a few other bits if I am buying an AAA needle as well, I know 1.5 rockers don't work well on the 998 lol

Edited by m1tch, 03 July 2009 - 05:03 PM.

[Retro_10s]

yes - the alloy inlets are a good improvement over the standard cast type.

[m1tch]

yes - the alloy inlets are a good improvement over the standard cast type.

Should I go for an AAU needle, an AAA needle and an inlet manifold then?

[lrostoke]

What exactly have you got now , you say its a stage one, but which inlet is fitted ?? may be nothing wrong with it...

[m1tch]

What exactly have you got now , you say its a stage one, but which inlet is fitted ?? may be nothing wrong with it...

I did have the OEM inlet and exhaust manifold (the 1 that has a clamp in the middle to connect the rest of the exhaust) the inlet part of the manifold was *ahem* removed using a hacksaw lol so I was just left with the inlet manifold it was running on originally this is my mate doing the work:

Before:



After:



Just checked on minisport, it wasn't a typo, they are selling an AAV needle with their stage 1 kit and also an AAU needle as another needle they stock lol

Edited by m1tch, 03 July 2009 - 05:57 PM.

[lrostoke]

oh dear

Fit this

http://www.minispare...ty=pb&pid=35083

Put a AAA needle in the carb, you should see a big difference. Obviously the mixture will still need setting.

[m1tch]

oh dear

Fit this

http://www.minispare...ty=pb&pid=35083

Put a AAA needle in the carb, you should see a big difference. Obviously the mixture will still need setting.

Well I did have a nice shiny inlet manifold that I bought from minisport, but it only fits HIFF44 carbs *sigh* lol ah well, will be good if I upgrade the carb lol

so shall I go for that torquemaster inlet and AAA? or should I buy both AAU and AAA?