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[Fast Ivan]

Looks like minisport tuning kits with Cooper accessories

[sledgehammer]

wonder where the parts are made ? - hopefully the UK at those prices

 

 £2,399.00 for a 998cc head , carbs & stickers - you could get a proper engine for that 

 

coming soon - cooper car care 

 

slap some stickers on - & they will buy

 

think I'm getting cynical in my old age

Edited by sledgehammer, 08 June 2014 - 09:09 PM.

[MaxAndPaddy]

wonder where the parts are made ? - hopefully the UK at those prices

 

 £2,399.00 for a 998cc head , carbs & stickers - you could get a proper engine for that 

 

coming soon - cooper car care 

 

slap some stickers on - & they will be a better future investment

 

think I'm getting cynical in my old age

 

 

[psmini]

Quick question, I'm guessing I won't get 82bhp from the SPI conversion kit as I have the 53bhp Mayfair SPI engine in my Mayfair and not the Cooper SPI engine?

[ljs4]

Not sure if this is good news or bad news for us S Works owners.

[IainStallard]

My 52bhp spi gained 10bhp with a new ported cylinder head but to gain 30bhp seems like a rather large increase without a cam change. Not doubting it but that's a lot of money

[dennismini93]

My 52bhp spi gained 10bhp with a new ported cylinder head but to gain 30bhp seems like a rather large increase without a cam change. Not doubting it but that's a lot of money

yeah im not doubting it as they did it before but i want to know how haha

[MaxAndPaddy]

Quick question, I'm guessing I won't get 82bhp from the SPI conversion kit as I have the 53bhp Mayfair SPI engine in my Mayfair and not the Cooper SPI engine?

 

They're only offering the conversions for the 1275cc SPI's 

[Fast Ivan]

Not sure about the spi but it's widely accepted that the mpi 90 bhp kit never delivered.

[MaxAndPaddy]

Not sure if this is good news or bad news for us S Works owners.

 

Good I think...we're a geeky bunch but this kind of publicity will highlight the original S Work/JCG cars

[Fast Ivan]

Quick question, I'm guessing I won't get 82bhp from the SPI conversion kit as I have the 53bhp Mayfair SPI engine in my Mayfair and not the Cooper SPI engine?

 
They're only offering the conversions for the 1275cc SPI's 

There are two types of 1275 spi, the Cooper and the non Cooper, the difference being the ecu and the cam I think. This is before any JCG conversion

[ljs4]

 

Not sure if this is good news or bad news for us S Works owners.

 

Good I think...we're a geeky bunch but this kind of publicity will highlight the original S Work/JCG cars

 

That is a good point. I must say there is stuff on sale that I'm tempted to buy.

[MaxAndPaddy]

Not sure about the spi but it's widely accepted that the mpi 90 bhp kit never delivered.

 

I'm not claiming that to be true either ...because I've never put ours under such pressure!!!

 

But a lot of people get the conversion cars confused simply because there were different conversions available for different engines that changed over the years ....all from John Cooper Garages

 

They see a JCG sticker plus a conversion plate and claim 90 bhp...most commonly done on an SI conversion which never claimed to be that high

 

Very confusing stuff ....i now need lager 

[Quincy Sparks]

I really wanted to get down to Beaulieu today just to check out the bits, but I will content myself with the website while I save up :)

[MaxAndPaddy]

 

 

Quick question, I'm guessing I won't get 82bhp from the SPI conversion kit as I have the 53bhp Mayfair SPI engine in my Mayfair and not the Cooper SPI engine?

 
They're only offering the conversions for the 1275cc SPI's 

There are two types of 1275 spi, the Cooper and the non Cooper, the difference being the ecu and the cam I think. This is before any JCG conversion

 

 

Yeah they offered one on the Carburettor Coopers 90-92 not sure on the details of the earlier conversions but they did do them