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Tim Mundy has worked on Minis since the age of 13. In the 1990s he worked for Oselli Engineering and has been writing for MiniWorld for 25 years. He has owned more than 20 Minis and built two from scratch.

New cam, new carb?

I have just had a 1293cc engine, which is tuned with a modified head and fast road cam, installed in my Mini. Could you recommend a suitable carb set-up for this engine as the current carb is the original SU HS4 which, I think, is going to be too small. Whatever I get it

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