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[cbyrne]

Hi all a friend of mine has a rover metro 1.4 8v spi ecu will it work in my spi mini and can they be remapped? also will i have to change any thing?? any advice welcome as my friend is going to throw it away and asked is it any use to me.

[cobblers]

The metro uses a K series engine, so even if it does plug in, the map will be completely wrong. I doubt it will plug in though, the engines are completely different.

[rick.spi]

it can be used, depends is the plug fits... it will only benefit you if you spi engine is over 90bhpish aperantly... thats the info i got told

[cbyrne]

so it be worth taking? its for a 1.4 8v spi. my mini is running a metro engine with spi so valves would be bigger than standard and a port polish is on the cards for after xmas

[cbyrne]

just checked there his ecu numbers are mne 101270 mine is mne 101070 both ecus have the same amount of pins (18) and has the pipe for map sensor if i put it in my mini will it kill it os should i just leave it alone??

[Sprocket]

Make the engine want more air before even considering using any ECU not specificaly for the mini. That means fit a modified head, and a performance cam. which means if your engine is not putting out ~90hp, you will gain nothing and perhaps loose a lot.

Just buy the best cylinder head you can buy specificaly designed around an SPi road engine!! I suggest Bill Richards

There is no magic ECU that will make 90hp if the engine wont consume the air!!!

Edited by Sprocket, 07 December 2009 - 09:52 PM.

[cbyrne]

hi sprocket so a stage 2 or 3 head along with the 274sp cam would work??

[rick.spi]

probably still not enough to warrant a new ecu. i have that and more and the standard ecu is fine, or was for the short time it was running before the gearbox problems.

[cbyrne]

what have you done to ur spi rick?? i was talking to a las who works on injection minis and said im wasting my time changing the head and just go back to carb but i want to keep my spi system. can any one help me im lost altogether,

[Sprocket]

what have you done to ur spi rick?? i was talking to a las who works on injection minis and said im wasting my time changing the head and just go back to carb

Doesnt fully understand engines by the sound of it. Changing the head for a modified item will allow the engine to consume more air and make more power. Taking the SPi system off and fitting a carb wont allow the engine to consume more air, but will allow you to run the engine rich, which is why carbs give more power, about 4bhp more.

More air, more power, simples

[930_dude]

Does anyone know if the Metro ECU (MNE101x80) has the same rev-limit RPM as a Mini Cooper SPI (MNE101x70)? I have a fairly modified Mini Cooper SPI and it is still pulling quite hard when it hits the rev-limit of 6860 RPM. I would love to be able to increase the rev-limit a bit, if possible.

Cheers,

Brian

[Sprocket]

yes it is higher. I think its around 7200

[930_dude]

yes it is higher. I think its around 7200

Excellent! Now I need to find a Metro ECU and injector. Thanks for the info.

[Sprocket]

Hmm, I have just checked up, my information may be skewed, it may be the same rev limit, but its not quite clear if the 7200 limit was for the VVT variants, which were clearly not SPi.

[rick.spi]

what have you done to ur spi rick?? i was talking to a las who works on injection minis and said im wasting my time changing the head and just go back to carb but i want to keep my spi system. can any one help me im lost altogether,

mines 1293, high comp pistons, 274 cam,balanced n wotnot, modified throttle body, lcb etc... the usuall stuff

not a mega build by some standards but will be quick enough when i has its head worked, flywheel lightened and its shed some weight (when it has a sccr gearbox to replace the broken one). the standard ecu was working perfectly with that so shouldnt think you need the gta one yet. i think sprockets the man to ask if you need the more technical info lol...

Edited by rick.spi, 08 December 2009 - 11:09 PM.