Micra engine is a great engine. They are extremely restricted in the micra with 2 catalitic restrictive exhaust, restricted inlet etc. Good gains are to be made in this area. Just do a search on the available aftermarket options for these cars in the UK.

The engine is very reliable and revs hard. To look at it is a scaled down sr20.

The problem is the dizzy is at the end of the motor and may hit the firewall in a 1200.

But my daily driver micra still going with 200 000 on the clock, 1000 k a week and driven hard.