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[Will#26THRacing]

Hi everyone i have just got my first ever car its a Rover Mini Cooper Sport 1.3i 2000. I have stripped the engine down to give everything a once over and a clean and i was wondering what is the best way to increase performance, everything thats on the car is standard. So what would be the first things on your shopping list.

[Guess-Works.com]

If you're wanting more than 90hp, replace the ECU for a mappable version.

[andymini12]

Also if you got the engine in bits you might as well put a better cam in maybe more of a mild road one and do some head work so port and polished etc.

[RayBoogs]

swifttune sw5-07 cam is a great road cam and probably the best suited one for the MPi, and also a big valve cylinder head. but if your going for big power you will be limited by the ECU.

[jamesmpi]

probably best having a search through the mpi/spi problems and technical area as various people have posted bit'n'pieces about increasing the performance of an mpi....

Upping your power is a simple matter of how much are you prepared to pay?

Low(ish) cost options involve keeping your engine as it is and adding a stage 1 kit which basically involves adding a better air filter and exhaust....
If you want to spend a bit more then as already mentioned, changing the CAM is a good option (i would recommend the swift tune SW5 CAM). You could even change the diff in the gearbox as a standard 2.76 diff is in there purely for economy, not acceleration.

Pushing the budget level higher will involve reboring to 1293 or 1340 or even 1380 and adding a better cylinder head etc but again, as mentioned already a reprogrammable ECU will be a good option if going this route.....

Edited by jamesmpi, 03 February 2011 - 07:20 PM.

[joel93]

the basics are induction kit, plugs, lcb manifold and exhast (RC40 recomended) this willl giv you approx 5-8 bph increase . more power means cams, rocker rollers and head changed approx 25-35 bhp increase depending on head and cam stage.