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Car Forum / MINI / October 2003How to tell a stage one kit.
While I am repairing my mini, I bought another one off advertised as a Mini Chelsea, which should be fitted with a 1000cc engine. But it has an awful lot of power for a 1000cc, the guy I bought it off only had it for 2 months and told me it was quick. How can I tell if its been modified, I had a look at the engine number and it starts with 99, indicating a 1000cc engine. How would I tell if it had a stage one kit fitted, and considering its fitted with front discs, the brakes definately need looking at.;-) Stage one would only be a re jetted carb and or a free flow inlet and exhaust manifold... 998 engines are very revvy anyway, much better than my fuel injected 1275! Jono -- Barspeed Mini`s - Devoted to the Classic Mini "Persisto Transverbero Adversum" Email - barspeed@hotmail.com The Rover Mini Se7en Register - http://www.geocities.com/minise7en2001/ Barspeed Mini`s - http://www.barspeed.co.uk/ Barspeed Mini`s Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/barspeed Barspeed Classic Cars - http://www.geocities.com/barspeed3 If you have received this email in error please click below. http://www.nobodyhere.com/justme/nose.php3 > While I am repairing my mini, I bought another one off advertised as > a Mini Chelsea, which should be fitted with a 1000cc engine. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > How would I tell if it had a stage one kit fitted, and considering > its fitted with front discs, the brakes definately need looking at.;-) And Jono Barspeed was sitting next to Elvis in the spaceship, which I thought was kinda strange, but then they turned to me and said: > Stage one would only be a re jetted carb and or a free flow inlet and > exhaust manifold... > 998 engines are very revvy anyway, much better than my fuel injected 1275! All the Stage 1 kits I've seen have a decent full ehxaust system (RC40, or a clone) and a separate inlet and exhaust manifold to replace the dreadful combined factory item. A Stage 1 equipped 998 in good condition and well set up (on a dyno) will produce a surprising amount of performance for the engine size.  Signature(-AD-) <uniqueid 'at' lineone.net> http://website.lineone.net/~uniqueid/ The True Meaning of the Universe is _____________ !!! A quick rule is that a small bore engine has the thermostat pointing at an angle towards the rad and that a large bore (1275etc) has the thermostat housing pointing straight out of the engine bay. Short of that, do you want to take it to pieces? It is of course possible to chisel off an engine number and replace it with something different - a very dodgy practice legally as it invalidates your insurance to insure a 1275 as an 850 - as acquaintances used to when I was 17 in the dim and distant past. The Muffin Man > While I am repairing my mini, I bought another one off advertised as > a Mini Chelsea, which should be fitted with a 1000cc engine. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > How would I tell if it had a stage one kit fitted, and considering > its fitted with front discs, the brakes definately need looking at.;-) Maybe take a look at the casting number - you may have a 12G940, in which case the block's been pocketed as well. Vroooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom. Someone may have upped the diff ratio too - what's your top end? > While I am repairing my mini, I bought another one off advertised as > a Mini Chelsea, which should be fitted with a 1000cc engine. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > How would I tell if it had a stage one kit fitted, and considering > its fitted with front discs, the brakes definately need looking at.;-)
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