Morris Minor

[spunkeymonkey]

My dad has just bought a very cheep morris minor off of ebay, it is going to be next winters project for us, anybody got any info on moggy's with redtops as that is the plan, escort running gear and a redtop, will be a track car and for hacking around the country lanes

[L14MNP]

Xe pah! do this (http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=219069)

[Sloth]

i know of one with a red top, owned by a guy called will and the reg ended ufo. he extended the front by 9 inches to get the xe in and said it wasnt worth the hassle. for a+b road blasting fit a 1800 vvc k series and a type 9 box. all the bits are avail off the shelf.

[gtachorley]

My dad has had a Morris for 30 odd years. Its a 1.4 A Series with a Minisport Turbo setup up (stage 3 I think), it has has had loads of engines in Fiat Twin Cams ect and been in Mags back in the day, I keep blagging him saying come on dad put an Xe in it or a Fiat Coupe Turbo engine but he spent so much on the A series he wont lol.

Would be interesting to see a red top one give him some inspiration, have a look at the Nick Man one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUu5eJPEigw

They are ace cars and one day I will have me dads then I can do a roof chop and put a big bhp engine in :d

[mowgli]

a std moggie is hilarious full stop.

sticking a bigger A series lump in would be great fun.

or

get looking at the american moggie websites.... there are loads of things they do to them... rx7 engines, toyota & nissan conversions.

the major problem is the position of the steering rack.... and as the steering is the best bit on a moggie, it can be a major problem


if you get the engine far enough back, then you could look at something like a chevette complete front axle assy, or look at ha viva based hot rod stuff.

personally, i'd say to junk the trunnions & torsion bars asap as they just break.

[spunkeymonkey]

nah i think he is going to go redtop cos i have my nova, my brother has a corsa engine in his race car and my dad runs a throttle bodiedredtop with emerald management in his race car so ithink he will stic with a redtop in the moggy, stick with what you know

[brainsnova]

does anyone know how to get a moggy in reverse from neutral.

[L14MNP]

Trunions.

tee-hee

[mowgli]

does anyone know how to get a moggy in reverse from neutral.

across, lift and back?

[mowgli]

nah i think he is going to go redtop cos i have my nova, my brother has a corsa engine in his race car and my dad runs a throttle bodiedredtop with emerald management in his race car so ithink he will stic with a redtop in the moggy, stick with what you know

know this..... it won't fit without major work....

[L14MNP]

Stick with what you know.

Not the all alloy, more tuneable, more reliable, more powerful etc etc alternative - that is also cheaper. lol

[spunkeymonkey]

he is used to majorwork, twinbike engined reliant kitten and a new mini with a bowler wildcat engine in the back were the last two projects he has built so he lives for pain in the **** jobs

[mowgli]

fine, remember this. the moggie was designed to take a flat four engine in the first place, that is why the engine bay is short & wide.....

subaru power???? there are quite a few donor cars about & its way more power than a redtop

[L14MNP]

He's got the VX blinkers on mate.Boxer engine would be a good plan. You can pick rusty/damaged Classics up for buttons now.

[brainsnova]

across, lift and back?

cheers :thumb: next time i can suprise my mate and reverse it out the garage lol