What a cool project!! Love the character/body lines of those fat fenders.. After looking over your build log, I must say, wow, you have lots of talent- far more than I had when I was your age.. and also, wow, I will never again complain about the very minor rust repair I get involved with in my Southwest US projects.. I've been very, very spoiled as others such as you appear to have the patience of a stone!!
Whatever power plant you end up with, great build.. please keep us posted
-ccrunner
** as an aside, when you're trying to set that VFR engine down in your engine bay, you might consider cutting off the 'rear' part of the engine where the bike's swing arm originally mounted- you don't need it anymore, and it will allow you to move the engine over a few inches... although now that I type that, it may just end up hurting you in a right hand drive car.....
vvpickup wrote:
Hello from the UK!
I am currently nearing the end of restoring a Morris Minor Pickup and started looking for alternative engines to replace the crude 150kg cast iron lump it has as standard. I stumbled upon this thread after my dad suggested the VFR800 engine. I'd like to say I am very impressed by both the standard of work and the outcome of the project. The car looks to be a blast to drive. I have now brought a scrap VFR800 engine off of Ebay for mocking up purposes and have started the fun of planning how its going to be mounted, gear ratios and reverse (thinking of using a hydraulic motor and electric or engine powered pump).
The engine should fit within the bay without any modifications and I plan on mounting it and the jack shaft(s) upon a subframe which will take up the original engine and gearbox mounts meaning the car could be put back to standard if desired. The car is rear wheel drive as standard and hopefully the prop and diff will be man enough.
The plan with the car is to get it on the road with its standard engine first. Due to University commitments it may be a year or so before I can get the VRF in the car but I will be following the progress of this project with great interest.
The blue car is the pick-up and the green is a donor car which will be used as a test bed.
Here is a link to the restoration thread for further pictures of the car;
http://morrisminorowners.co.uk/ftopic7524-0-asc-0.php_________________
Dean
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viewtopic.php?f=36&t=19397"ccrunner's 1960 MGA coupe Restomod" found on MGExp.com
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