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[BlAck0ut]

Ok the mini i should be recieving in two months time has a 1330 cc with twin carbs (thats all i know at the mo) and has been rolling roaded at 60bhp.

Just wondering what would be the best and easiest method to get that 60bhp closer to 90 or even 100?

Ive had a chat to the mini techinical god (Guessworks) but im open to other opinions...

I will have about £1000 to spend on the engine, and i have limited spanner skills

[Bluemini]

Ive had a chat to the mini techinical god (Guessworks)

Have I been demoted :erm:

100bhp from a 1330 is going to cost a fair bit, you should see 85 with a decent cam, head, rockers and induction/exhaust system.

Are you looking for 100 at the wheels or crank?

[Clubby1275GT]

60bhp seems a little low for a 1330 twin carbed, even if it was just those mods, im squeezing 72 out of my 1275GT stage 1, with a slipping clutch, u want to get it re-roling roaded before u think about changing anything and make sure everything is running ok, not being funny to whoever ur buying it from be ensure its a 1330 before u buy too. could just be poorly set up carbs as twins aren't the easiest unless u no ur mini's

[BlAck0ut]

ah ok...oh sorry Bluemini lol

Well i know a Saxo VTR is 98 bhp (dunno wether that would be at wheels or fly) and im looking for the same performance as one of them. With a topend of around 110 too.

[The Matt]

ah ok...oh sorry Bluemini lol

Well i know a Saxo VTR is 98 bhp (dunno wether that would be at wheels or fly) and im looking for the same performance as one of them. With a topend of around 110 too.

I reckon a mini with around 80-90 BHP would kick a VTR into touch (though I am not so sure of the VTR's weight).

Sooo, I'd agree with above really, it does sound a little low at 60 BHP, I know GW has a 1330 and he can whip most of the chavs with that bad boy!

As Bluemini has said, a nice cylinder head and camshaft with a decent carb (maybe a HIF44) and a decent exhaust set up should just about achieve that.

For a 1K budget, I would look at getting what you have correctly set up, it may give surprising results as it may be a little out of tune.

[BlAck0ut]

ye... just gotta find out some good mini palces near by? Dogmatix might know, there is a mini and metro centre in hereford near pc world... dont know what they are like though...

[Bungle]

my 1275 cooper has 68 at the wheels and 85 at the flywheel with just stage 1 kit and head , so 60 does not sound much might just need a good tune up :smartass:

[Dog]

No no no no DO NOT GO TO THE MINI METRO CENTRE!!!!!!

Used to work there, beliave me, bodge is not the word for it!!

[BlAck0ut]

lol what is so bad ?

What places would u recommend in our parts then laddy? apart from that place in killkot...

[Dog]

Also I have the spanner skills, just not the peicing what will work with what skills

[Dog]

Ermm, theres
Minimail - kilcot, to be honest thats the only place u need to go, its one of the best around here. If he hasn't got it in stock, he will get it for you.

With Bert and the M+M centre... he is a bodger simple as, to stop a engine that hes replaced, rather than strip it down, before he fitted it, he just puts stop smoke into it.... etc etc

[BlAck0ut]

thats bad. ye used to go to minimail alot, but what about acutal mini garages and rolling roads?

[Dog]

I think the best place near us is in brum, I'll be going up there once I have fitted my turbo lump...

Sorry for swaering here, but Minifity has a thread somewhere of RR near to people...
I am currently doing a peice for TMF, which I will post in the next few days

[BlAck0ut]

So no rolling road places near hereford or worcester??

there must be some...

[BlAck0ut]

Maybe i will just buy a 1330 short engine from MPSD or ML motorsport, combined with a Guessworks gearbox and slowely build it up with lots of advice from people off here