Hi. i'm looking around for a decent inlet manifold, exhaust manifold
and pipe. I was thinking maniflow exhaust manifold (1 3/4 inch)LCB,
minisport inlet manifold for HIF 6 and an RC40 exhaust. All is to be
mounted on a 1275 innocenti cooper.

Having just recently changed vehicle to a Mini (from a Land Rover as it
happens, so the culture shock is a little extreme!), I'm already making
plans to further modify my Mini however there's a few questions I haven't
been able to find answers to on-line and I was hoping that people ...

   Ill be there soon, do u know any in London and suburbs, contact numbers
etc.
Thx for any help.
greg the mini owner from PL

Hi everyone, I am posting this for a friend who has just picked up a new
mini diesel.  He has found that getting reverse gear is very very hard
indeed and being an engineer he has measured the force needed to engage
reverse at 27 pounds.

Hi evtl. gibt es hier auch ein paar deutschsprachige User:
Wer hat einen one d und kann mir erfahrungen bzgl. realem verbrauch, steuer
(befreit), versicherung, zufriedenheit, kinderkrankheiten, lautst?rke des
motors u.a. mitteilen.

I have an SPI cooper 1993 that has a recurring problem with blowing the
inline fuse for the indicator, hazard warning and interior light. The car
has an original fit rover alarm that is supposed to flash the indicators
when it is armed. If I fit a new fuse and test the indicators ...

I currently have twin hs2 carbs on my 1300 innocenti cooper.
I also own an HIF 6 (1.75 inch) and i was wondering if i should mount
the latter.  i intend to buy a stage 1 kit and i have read that it
esyer and cheaper to find high performnace inlet manifold for single

How much should you pay for a good second hand Dizzy(Points)
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Rocky
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Who makes the modified head for the Twin point injection?
Given that this engine can only produce about 80 bhp with the standard ecu
and no overfueling. Is a stage 2 head good enough? what constitutes a stage
2? Ported only? larger inlet valves? Or is stage 3 with bigger inlet ...

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS(UPDATED)
http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/robinsim/

I own a 1976 innocenti mini cooper 1.3 export
The car always seemd to run hot (95) so flushed the radiator, changed
head gasket, ceked that the temperature reading was correct with an
external thermometer, no leaks, just the heating system shut off

My curiousity arroused by the recent "Winterising a mini" thread, how well
do Minis (Classic Minis) handle winter?
My first and last car was a Mini, but I've since relocated to Northern
Michigan. I want another Mini as soon as soon as cashflow allows (I'm

Hello all,
I have a question about metro engines.....
I have just had a massive ongoing row with my local dealership that I
won't get into now but the outcome is that they have a metro engine to

I have just put the above engine in my mini.... everything ready to
go... it starts no problem, idles no problem, and seems to rev on the
spot ok.  try and drive the git and - oh dear.  massive loss of power
to the point where the only real way to move the car is to slip the

I have a 1990 metro Automatic , the gearbox seems to lack power and when you
pull away it just makes a lot of Squealing noise until it is moving. I
believe it is the brake bands that need adjusting, but can`t find any
reference to this in the Haynes manual or the net. Can anyone ...