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[Gcornwall]

So the time has finally come for me to completely restore my mini!
I want more power and speed, as does everyone, so I gathered getting a 1275 engine and putting stage kits on it will get me where I want to be. Biggest problem is finding a 1275 engine! I don't have a huge budget for the restoration so I can't afford any fancy recon engines.

So could I just change things on my 998 engine to get similar performance?
Just want peoples advice and opinions on what I should do, maybe where to look for engines or just how to go about it all really.
Any help and advice would be appreciated

Thanks!
Best outcome is if anyone has one for sale of course...

[dyshipfakta]

My opinion. Non of them are fast unless your talking cammed up pig to drive normally n/a engines or blown stuff so in my opinion. Stick with the 998 spend afew quid getting it running well with a stage one and enjoy it.

[Gcornwall]

Already done that. I need more....

[Richard19]

 If the budget is tight stick with the 998 I doubt you could get 1275 performance from a 998 without spending a lot! and no Mini is 'fast' compared with modern cars!

 

 

Whatever you choose enjoy it

[coopdog]

My mini is fast compared to modern cars......

But I'm saying out of personal experience spend the money on the 1275cc much easier to get decent power out of

[Gcornwall]

That's what I was thinking, they seem to be impossible to find

[coopdog]

That's what I was thinking, they seem to be impossible to find

Are you in the uk?

[Gcornwall]

Yes I am, somerset

[dyshipfakta]

Don't use ebay. Utter waste of time ask the traders or guys in the for sale section here. Also may be worth buying a shed for plunder keeping the bits your want and selling the bits you don't as a project.

[coopdog]

Yes I am, somerset

I know of a shell for sale with a rebuilt 1275cc which the guy wants £300 for it

[Dusky]

My mini is fast compared to modern cars......

But I'm saying out of personal experience spend the money on the 1275cc much easier to get decent power out of

fast compared to modern cars? Maybe a twingo.. A mini is outrun when you go over 100k h easily. And there are lots of ouder Italianen cars wich can keep up in the bends and have torque on the straight ..(take a strada 130 for example) Sorry to bust the Dreams.. As peter says: no fast mini's, only not so slow mini's :)

Edited by Dusky, 04 July 2015 - 12:14 PM.

[coopdog]

My mini is fast compared to modern cars......

But I'm saying out of personal experience spend the money on the 1275cc much easier to get decent power out of

fast compared to modern cars? Maybe a twingo.. A mini is outrun when you go over 100k h easily. And there are lots of ouder Italianen cars wich can keep up in the bends and have torque on the straight ..(take a strada 130 for example) Sorry to bust the Dreams.. As peter says: no fast mini's, only not so slow mini's :)

Lol I hate people like you,

Anything can be fast with the right engineering......

120bhp in a 600kg car is fast compared to most modern cars.......

[dyshipfakta]

Yeah but big bucks to get that kinda power. That shell with engine is a bargain unless it was rebuilt by Stevie Wonder.

[Anthony30]

Yeah but big bucks to get that kinda power. That shell with engine is a bargain unless it was rebuilt by Stevie Wonder.

TBF, you can get 130bhp out of a standard metro turbo engine in good condition.  A mild turbo 998 will give around 100 bhp easily.

[coopdog]

Yeah but big bucks to get that kinda power. That shell with engine is a bargain unless it was rebuilt by Stevie Wonder.

Will built a turbo mini for £600

Big bucks ain't needed to build a quick mini,

You lot need to get this fact out of your head and experiment a little we ain't stuck in the 80s anymore

Also the shell is shagggedddd just buy it for the engine and sell the shell on