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[minigavin]

Hello mini gurus :)

I have a 1997 mpi 1275 engine available in my local area and was wondering if it will go in my 1983 Mayfair.

Main questions are -

Will it fit in the engine bay and in to the subrame properly?

Will I be able to Plumb my existing carb on to it?

Is there anything else I should know before purchasing?

I did an auto to manual swap on my first mini many moons ago so am happy to do the swap myself if it's doable.

Many thnaks

Gavin

[nicklouse]

Yes it will fit. But there are a few issues you can have.

 

The MPI has no distributor. So you will have think about how you want to do that.

[Carlos W]

There’s a few standalone ecu options like megajolt.

 

i don’t think the Mpi had a mechanical fuel pump, so you’ll need to solve that issue.  
 

The belt was different on the mpi and obviously the rad was front mounted. I don’t know how easy it is to mount a fan to the mpi set up