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[Rosecott333]

Can someone please advise me what type of Carburetor is installed as standard on
my recently acquired 1992 Rover Open Clasico mini. The manual shows SU HS4,
but the carb fitted is an SU HIF44.

[mab01uk]

I would expect to find the SU HIF on that year of later Mini with a carb.

 

"For the short period (1990-91) before it was equipped with fuel injection, the 1275cc Mini Cooper engine sported a single HIF 44 (44mm diameter) carburetter, easily identifiable from an HS4 carburetter by its integral float chamber housed in the bottom of the carburetter body casting.  When the Mini Mayfair and Sprite (nee City) exchanged their 998cc engines for 'standard performance' 1275cc versions in 1992, they too received an HIF type carburetter - albeit slightly smaller, the HIF 38 (38mm diameter).  They retained this carburetter installation until 1994 when, like the Cooper had been three years before, they were equipped with fuel injection."

http://www.somerford...age=page&id=169

Edited by mab01uk, 21 June 2016 - 05:57 PM.

[MrBounce]

Should be an HIF38 as it was based on the Sprite. However, someone could have gone for a 44 for more performance or it could simply be a full replacement engine from a Cooper/MG Metro. The list of potential reasons is endless...

Edited by MrBounce, 21 June 2016 - 06:31 PM.