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[Minilover1.3]

Ive jus bought a 1275 96 rover mini mayfair. I am thinking of tuning the engine. What can I do and have you any links to products.

Thanks

Philip

[phil242]

Hi,

It's more a money problem, you can go from a basic stage 1 kit to a fully tuned and balanced engine.

What's your goal ?

Cheers,

Phil

[jaydee]

SPI or MPI?
If its the SPI, first thing you need is the cooper ECU as the standard one wont cope with the modifications.

[Minilover1.3]

Jus want bit more poke to overtake and stuff. Easier cruising speed and somethings thats quiet.

Shes a 1996 rover mini mayfair 1275. Dont know if shes SPi or MPi. Does anyone know?

[Ethel]

Spi has a distributor, MPI has a coil pack - and a front mounted radiator, unless it was built for Japan.

[liam_italian]

It will be an SPI, which are easier to tune than a MPI.

I'd get a ported and polished head, polish and port the inlet manifold, lcb manifold and recent exhaust (RC40), decat pipe. 1.5.1 roller tip rockers.

[Minilover1.3]

Il take a pic of engine bay today & post it up. Would it need a remap after a stage 1 kit?

[phil242]

No, no need remap, even with a "stage 3" head.
The Cooper ECU (ref MNE101070) can go to about 85 HP. If you start from 50HP, you'll notice something

[Minilover1.3]

This is my engine bay.

You are sure she doesnt need remap. Its mini mayfair 1275.

Thanks

Philip

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[Ethel]

It's capable of remapping itself to a degree.

[Minilover1.3]

Wheres the best place to buy a stage 1 kit? Link please

Thanks

[jaydee]

This is my engine bay.

You are sure she doesnt need remap. Its mini mayfair 1275.

Thanks

Philip

You need to swap the ECU for the Cooper one, that is capable of remapping and can cope with a lot of mods

[Minilover1.3]

Where do i buy this?

[liam_italian]

They come up on ebay now and again

[mini-luke]

This is my engine bay.

You are sure she doesnt need remap. Its mini mayfair 1275.

Thanks

Philip

You need to swap the ECU for the Cooper one, that is capable of remapping and can cope with a lot of mods

Both ECU's can adapt to some extent to alterations, but nothing drastic. The only difference with the cooper one is that it has a slightly richer acceleration mixture. Where did you get the ''it can cope with a lot more mods'' from?