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[CanadianMiniFan]

What length are yours adn do you need to cut the bulhead or bonnet for them? o wait thats for Weber ram pipes...still????do they improve performance? any sound clips? sorry to ask so many questions, just one more are the sock filters expensive? i wouldn't want to spend bags of money on these...

[JetBLICK]

The rampipe - 2.5" long, no need to modify the bulkhead, and yea, on a well tuned engine you stand to gain a more performance in the way of responsiveness.

http://www.minispare....aspx?pid=32925

Trumpet socks

http://www.minisport...es-product.html

The sound is just like a really intense sucking, like what you hear from a turbo spooling up, except its more faint. If im in 4th at 3400rpm and plant it you can hear it inside the car before the cam powers up and the engine noise takes over. Or if you're charging up through the gears you hear a quick woosh at the bottom of each gear - if that makes sence.

I'll see what i can do about getting a sound clip, but as i've said before the car is off the road at the moment, so you'll have to be patient.

[CanadianMiniFan]

yeah i know what you mean, cool and they don't look too bad either. a little different from teh norm. unless i go really retro i'll probably get some for mine sometime, it's only about 50 pounds for the 2 ram pipes and 2 filters! then there's conversion rate and shipping over here but still, it'd be worth it. thanks!

[Pie]

Reckon a ram pipe will be alrite on a single carb? How come the minis off the road dan? because ur at uni?

[JetBLICK]

Reckon a ram pipe will be alrite on a single carb? How come the minis off the road dan? because ur at uni?

Yea, ram pipes work on anything, just make sure you get one thats worth getting. You want a good radius, as in a nice rounded edge on the end. I think vizard said, the bigger the radius the better, but i wouldn't quote me on that. Then you want to pick betweem long or short. Some people have to choose short due to packaging issues - say, on a weber - or - if you want to put fit a stub stack inside a cone filter. Minispares suggest their short rampipe for revy engines that will go over 7000rpm, otherwise longest is always best.

Altho mines a revvy engine, i still chose the long ones, as my engine will barely top 8000rpm, but after the RR i've discovered thers not much point going above 7000rpm

The mini was taken off the road because i'm at uni, yea. Managed to get it home straight after bingly and send the stuff off to get my tax back for feb. The cars also off the road because its going to take a couple of months to fit all by bits n pieces, recon my rear subby and do my interior. It'll take a while because i'll only have weekends to go home and work on the car, but if things go well, its should be back for easter hols

[mad4mins]

The mini was taken off the road because i'm at uni, yea. Managed to get it home straight after bingly and send the stuff off to get my tax back for feb. The cars also off the road because its going to take a couple of months to fit all by bits n pieces, recon my rear subby and do my interior. It'll take a while because i'll only have weekends to go home and work on the car, but if things go well, its should be back for easter hols

you only go in twice a week if i remember!! lol.. yeah sounds good buddy its more than i can manage to do at the mo!... so far all ive had time to do is fit a shocker to the banana!! lol.. blooming werk!!! (mutter mutter.....)...lol

Edited by mad4mins, 18 February 2007 - 12:28 PM.

[JetBLICK]

Hand in my last big assignment tomorrow, then i can go home - cant wait :D Especially can't wait to fit my rev limmiter so i can go bwa'ba'ba'ba'ba'ba'ba'ba mmmmmmmmmmm launch control

[mad4mins]

WHAT!!! u fitting a ECU as well??? because thought you need one to run them.. thats kinda what put me of!! but limiters are the best thing ever!!!

Edited by mad4mins, 18 February 2007 - 12:54 PM.

[JetBLICK]

NAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar

They fit onto the coil and they cut the spark, you don't need an ECU or anything like that

This is the one i got, OMEX jobbie with launch control - oh yea, u heard, LAUNCH CONTROL!

http://www.demon-twe...;pcode=OMERLCLC

[mad4mins]

i dont believe you!!!! lol.. ... ive always wanted a rev liminter!! :'( lol. didnt know you could fit them to the coil!! haha thats gonna sound ace!! ..

i went to a hillclimb a few years ago and saw a single seater (F3 size) with limiter and launch controll.. ive never seen something go from standing to 60 so fast!!! and the sound was fantastic!!!! you've made me dribble now!!! haha lol.. cant wait to see it

[JetBLICK]

mate, its gonna be ace. Gonna be doin rally starts at the lights all the time now

like this

(except with out the banging from the turbo and ALS )

[mad4mins]

thats AWESOME!!!! get it on boy!!! hehe lol

[Dog]

I'm getting some trumpets for my carbs too, but their hellish expensive for decent ones...
Vizard used Speedwell trumpets, and these are £75 each! - genuine ones

In reflect to what size you need...

Short for high revving engines
Long for Fast road type motors or trackdays

The long they are, the more they "trick" the carbs into thinking they are longer, which in affect makes more torque!

[who_loves_the_mini?]

How will the launch control work?

[Pie]

Fairplay dan, cant believe youve gone and got a launch control!