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[newbymini]

hey all i have been speaking to my brother about a mini engine but i cannot decied what i want to do with the thing.lol well i have had the suggestion of getting a 1275 and supercharging the baby but im not sure what to do i want the car for a fast road car that can get to 70/80mph with not as much fuss as my 998 is at the moment does anyone have any suggestions?

thanks Andrew

p.s sorry bout the spelling me not to good with gramour.

[tomsbluemini]

hey all i have been speaking to my brother about a mini engine but i cannot decied what i want to do with the thing.lol well i have had the suggestion of getting a 1275 and supercharging the baby but im not sure what to do i want the car for a fast road car that can get to 70/80mph with not as much fuss as my 998 is at the moment does anyone have any suggestions?

thanks Andrew

p.s sorry bout the spelling me not to good with gramour.

Dont let MagicMini see your grammar

As regards the engine, is it a standard 998??? I have a stage 1 kit on my 998 which has no problems with motorway runs at all... mine lives on the motorway, and I have no problems...

As regards power, I'd say that you can get about 70bhp out of a fully tuned 998 if you spend enough.

an MG metro 1275 lump has about 70bhp standard.

all depends on whether you want to go for cheap to run and cheap to insure etc, or fast???

Tom

[newbymini]

well i got a bog standard 998 i maybe able to get a 1275 with stage 3 kit.
but i am new to the whole tunning cars and well am looking for a fast road car with 0-60 sum 10seconds or around the 10s
but have two very helpful people to my case and they really know what they are doing !! well i like to think they do anyways lol

[Mini_Magic]

Dont let MagicMini see your grammar

ARG!!!!!! IT'S MINI MAGIC!!!!!!

newbymini, why isn't your spelling and grammer absolutley perfect and spot on?

Edited by Mini_Magic, 13 September 2007 - 01:50 PM.

[Pie]

If you want to get to a fast 0-60 time put a 4.1 final drive in the gearbox. JetBLICK has one in his 998 and its rapid.

Have a search in the gearbox section there should be an explaination about final drives etc.

[Steve W]

i told you. you can have my 1275, with the stage 3 kit FOR FREE! After all, you are family.

plus, youre gonna have to rebuild it, its not sounding great, or smelling too good!

[miniboo]

moved to mini chat

[newbymini]

:-i know but im going off worse case here!!! lol
and well as i have put up would be good to find out some info but have no decided on fast road car so people please dnt wait lend me a hand and make a dream a reality!!!! hahahaha

sounds like a f**king live aid appel

[Retro_10s]

As regards power, I'd say that you can get about 70bhp out of a fully tuned 998 if you spend enough

Depends what 'fully tuned' is though

If you spend enough you can get it into the 100bhp kinda area,.. and there's loads power left accessible with the 8V BMW head conversion,...... but as usual, it's all dependant on money, time, and value...

i told you. you can have my 1275, with the stage 3 kit FOR FREE! After all, you are family.
plus, youre gonna have to rebuild it, its not sounding great, or smelling too good!

Good god man why don't you do what this kind gentlemen has suggested, Free engine!! and stage3?... take it that's the head,... Sounds like the ideal time to rebuild the engine and learn from it at the same time!

You'l be needing a torque wrench and some imperial sockets

Edited by Retro_10s, 14 September 2007 - 09:45 AM.

[mike.]

take the free engine! A stage 3 1275 will be pretty dam quick compared to your 998. If you can afford to insure it then what have you got to lose? Its free!

[strebblo]

What's the sort of insurance hit for a stage 3 1275? Obviously it's going to differ form person to person, but you don't generally hear what people pay for their insurance..

[mike.]

It'd depends entirely on the person. Age and no claims bonus are the biggest factors. We'll have to wait for someone with a similar engine to that to see how much they pay...

[strebblo]

It'd depends entirely on the person. Age and no claims bonus are the biggest factors. We'll have to wait for someone with a similar engine to that to see how much they pay...

Right then, I'll be back in a minute with an insurance thread! ....Then I can stop hijacking this one

[newbymini]

yes he is a very nice man i guess lol nah he,s good to me at the risk of sounding a bit camp!!!! lol
anyways does anyone have some suggestions on what to put on this engine!???! i.e roller rockers su,s or webbers, and cylinderheads!?!?!? want to get it pretty rapid i mean been in it already and is so much fun!!!!
i think i will have around the region of about £700 to spend on the engine bt am gonna do me pannels and interior first i shud reall post some pics wen i get started!!!

[mike.]

Start a project thread in the prject section when you get started on it, and keep us posted with lots of pics pf progress.