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[Dusky]

I thought that 998cc coopers had that bhp in the 60'?
Will look into the socks etc toninght when Im home...

[Dusky]

 

So wich filter would you get?;) Ive thought about trumpets and socks too, but cant really find good trumpets

Whilst the foam socks are an easy and cheap way out, i would really recommend against fitting them. They have the tendancy to suck themselves in. They do not have any supporting cage and i have seen them get sucked in on wide open throttle. They are a last ditch effort if you really cannot use anything else.

 

 

So anything is better than that?

Not that it matters but it's a rover mini 998cc - did they ever get 55BHP out of a carbed one?

Well, it WAS a rover 998 Has a new head, 643 cam,... atm

 

standard filter housing with kn elements.

http://www.minispare...E1038.aspx|Back to

I wish I could use these but thats the set I bought So dont have an airbox  

 

I was going to use K&N pancake filters with MED stub stacks, but that would cost me £210 all in, which is too expensive, although probably the most efficient option.

 

Instead, I'm using ram pipes and RamAir sock filters, will cost £40 altogether, much more reasonable. While I'm sure the cheaper sock filters probably would get sucked in, these look quite substantial. Below are links to the products I'm using, there's a picture of them in the twin HS2s picture thread. 

 

Ram pipes: http://www.europaspa...-ram-pipes.html

 

Foam socks: http://www.ebay.co.u...=item3f2a7fc7bb

 

Picture is in this thread, post #3 http://www.theminifo...3-pics-of-hs2s/

THey look ace though

[HarrysMini]

I very much doubt it is even possible for that amount of filter to be sucked through those ram pipes.

 

You could even make a little cage out of some open mesh.

[Dusky]

Do those pipercrosses look cleanable by the way? ( dont have experience with them so..)

[HarrysMini]

Do you mean the RamAir ones I linked? If so, I'm fairly sure they are cleanable. Ask miniman24, he actually owns them

[Dusky]

Talking about the filters on the picture I posted ( 3 posts up )
Ramair is filterable if I read right:D

[HarrysMini]

Ah, I didn't see the picture at first because my internet connection isn't very good at the moment. 

 

I'm sure they are cleanable, I think all foam filters are.

[Dusky]

Ill try to clean them I think... Il see their state when they arrive though :/

[Captain Mainwaring]

I thought that 998cc coopers had that bhp in the 60'?
Will look into the socks etc toninght when Im home...

 

Yeah they did on a good day - do you have a 998cc cooper then? maybe I'm getting confused but sticking twin SU's on a 998cc mini won't turn it into cooper spec

[Dusky]

I thought that 998cc coopers had that bhp in the 60'?
Will look into the socks etc toninght when Im home...

 
Yeah they did on a good day - do you have a 998cc cooper then? maybe I'm getting confused but sticking twin SU's on a 998cc mini won't turn it into cooper spec

Got an uprated head , aeg 643 cam( same profile as a 544) Only the crankhaft is still original..

[Dusky]

So pretty much cooper spec I think?

[Dusky]

Carbs arrived, got good and bad news ;
Bad news ; pipercross filters are fubar ( really, you touch them and they fall apart)
But it seems.that a hs4 cone will fit too on the baseplate( will have a look though) AND under the filters I found 2 ramstacks, so thats good I think? Dont know if trumpet socks can be fitted on ramstacks?

[petehuws]

Really are the old twin tin airboxes that good?  Below is my current setup with twin carbs and the period airbox, I'm torn between asthetics & performance, my head has always told me to fit twin K&N pancakes wherein my heart (& my eyes) really like the old twin air box, but the design seems so restricted compared to twin K&N pancakes.

 

[Dusky]

you could drill holes and use k&n elements?

Ill get 2 k&N cones probably..

[petehuws]

you could drill holes and use k&n elements?

Ill get 2 k&N cones probably..

Drill holes!?!  Yikes that tin airbox is probably worth more than my entire car!!!!!!