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I'm Dennis from Paisley (outside Glasgow)

I have a fairly modded 2000 mpi Cooper (1:1.5 MED rockers, 52mm TB, KAD brakes, various ICE and some other wee bits here and there)

As you'll know mpi's can only really be tuned so much and I'm really after more power, but fed up putting money into the car for not much return.

I'd been considering a host of options - 8v bmw head, 16v bmw head, supercharged a series, carb a series, but now convinced myself that a turbo A series is the way I want to go!

I'm currently saving for an entire new engine/gearbox/turbo and hoping to have someone do the swap for me. I know hardly anything about engines and the technical side of things, so finding a company who would do the lot for me would suit me nicely... do any of you know of such a place? Spoken with Minispeed who said they could do it all. Ideally I would prefer an MED FIS engine and box, with a Mirage kit, but MED won't fit the unit. I'll need to call mirage and ask if they'd fit it all...

Anyway, I'm waffling, sorry about that. I'm looking forwrad to spending more time on here reading all the info and joining in what looks like a good laugh of a forum.

Cheers,

Dennis

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Welcome to TM

Hello and welcome. you may have emmison problems at MOT time putting a turboed engine in a car that way with out some form of engine management.

Welcome to TM.

I'd be tempted to go with an injected 8v/16v K-head or even and injected 7-port motor. This way you can keep it legal.

SC would probably do the entire conversion for you for a price.

Edited by John on 11th Jan, 2011.

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

Or if you wanted to you could go 7-port injected and turbo (using a mirage manifold)

Depends how deep your pockets are.

Edited by John on 11th Jan, 2011.

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

BTW nice mini.

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

No no no a turbo wouldn't make it illegal. However a carbed 5-port turbo would never meet the necessary emissions requirements that a 2000 mini would require. You would have to keep some form of injection to keep the emissions in check. There are ways around it such as fitting older engines which didn't need to meet such requirements, but this could be a pain the backside come MOT time.

An N/A 1380 16-v k1100 would probably net you over 120bhp which is more than enough for a quick mini.

Edited by John on 11th Jan, 2011.

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

Phew - cool - thanks - it would definitely be and injection engine I'd go for. Been looking ath those Sc engines for months now, and they're just lovely! I think a call to SC will happen tomorrow and maybe we can get a rough plan in mind about how to move on. Thanks John! Great help and info.

a warm welcome to TM; where are you in Paisley? I've not seen the car about

welcome to TM

I've seen your brothers car about. I don't regularly travel through Paisley but normally there every few days or so

would be good to meet up with some of the more local turbo fraternity

a warm welcome dennis and YES! .................but now convinced myself that a turbo A series is the way I want to go!

john the emissions is not a problem on a 5 port engine for the MOT because all you do is pull the vac pipe off from the carb and it goes lean on tick over .....job done!

Edited by BENROSS on 11th Jan, 2011.

that and get to know a good mot man!

i'm in Clarkston so night quite the bright lights of the big city; Work in town but tend to cover the whole of Scotland

Edited by Rob Gavin on 11th Jan, 2011.

I know a good MOT man, just one that sticks by the rules religiously - maybe not too bad from a safety point of view, maybe not so good from my plans point of view.