Morris Minor Owners Club

Thought I would drop in and say hi, im sure some of you will still remember me.?!

Does anyone on here know if my Black 1956 Series II ' MNP650' is still alive and kicking with or without the turbo?!


iain

I really hope you didn't pay over the odds lets just say i had a weak moment and i did buy it from a vicar.... ( log book to prove!) but the rear wing flanges are something I'd want to avoid. you took the words out of my mouth :wink: Think all will be well, is going to end up a relativly standard c...

i saw just over 110 on my roadangel in my last minor running 4psi and exactly the same with a 1293 a+ and no turbo

That was with a 1098 ribbed minor box and 3.7:1 midget diff on 15" wheels

This is SPP695, a fine example of how to pass an mot with underseal....! Has taken 4 days of scraping underseal off to find the true horrors.... Managed to pull the 'mint' rear wings off by hand, bolts left in place untouched.. <div style="width:480px; text-align: center;"><embed type=&quo...

It's good to be back, car should be with me on thursday so I will post some pictures then Engine is on garage floor and looks mint, turns over smoothly and has no play in crank. Will drop sump to fit some new shells and check the bores. Not sure on spec of rest of engine yet but will be in similar v...

Hello everyone Have just bought a mint 1954 Early SII with cheese grater grill in totatly original conditon and 12months tax and MOT :D Emily 2 is being planned. Have also accidently..... bought a 1275 ital engine and remains of a metro turbo.... Will have to talk to Jonathon about suspension and br...

Hello, Wanted to come and say hi to all the old faces, has anyone seen or heard of Emily recently? Am back driving manual box's now after lots of physio and learning to walk again. Im on the hunt for Emily and would love to hear she is ok! if not will be building a similar spec'd turbominor agian......

yeah they have metal float or solid plastic float stop it compressing under boost. remember the turbo carb is not just about the float... its the sealing and ability to stop the boost leaking or spraying petrol over your hot engine you really need the turbo carb and boost controlled pressure regulat...

Yes i used the regulator from the metro turbo with a return to tank and worked well I am confident that the carb will work i would start looking for a turbo one now, as you will only end up with petrol vapor in the engine bay or leaning out under boost and poping a hole in a piston or valve damage.[...

Hi going on my testing you will prob need to swap for a proper turbo carb, as things like a solid float are important as the normal plastic or metal one will deform under boost, you probably find that she leans out badly under boost if you dont use a sealed carb I would have a search for a metro tur...

looks fantastic, nice to see another forced induction moggie! 2 points I would like to bring up, is the HIF-44 a turbo spec carb? or have you used a standard metro / ital part? you need to have a proper turbo spec carb as the spindles and other areas are sealed to preven boost and fuel being leaked ...

I think I will have to swap it for something more like a s4 dsg or 540 as the my daughters are almost to big to sit in the back now

Hi Jonathan, yeah i have done a few things, but with 320bhp is it almost fast enough :wink: Its an Alpina B3 so has been well sorted. have removed the viscus fan and fitted kenlowe kit..and gained 2-3mpg. Had engine and gearbox remapped to make economy mode more economical and sport well more sporty...

Thought I would come and say hello and see how everyone was

Has any one seen or heard of Emily recently. I had heard a rumor she was about with a standard 1275 in, as I had seen the engine I had sold her with on ebay

Im alive and well, got major does of minor-itus coming on!

Iain

I looked into autoboxing a minor very hard after my knee got smashed up. I drove 4 auto cars when deciding what to do with emily... the first a marina 1275 with bw35 box was awfull, appauling gear ratios and it was impossible to pull off into trafic safely, owner compained bitterly that regardless o...

yes and no

yes it will fit, but only fit you fit an inline a+ crank and have the rearbearing cap machined.


so in practice no it wont unless you can find the bits to convert it!

back plate is differnent on auto's but remember the bw35 box in an marina is truly awfull and very very hard to fit in a minor due to the size ( it was the box in the trumph 2000) If you are going to do an auto minor forget the marina and go for an ital auto , with 1275 a+ and bw65 box.. later dolom...

Hi Ray. wish i had taken some pics!.. will see if i can track the guy down.. best way to look at the a conversion it to make the engine fit the original flywheel and bell housing... not make a new bell housing.. then uprate the clutch if needed.. other alternaive is the 3cyl diahatsu td or the new l...

I helped fit a 1.5 psa tud5 diesel from an citroen ax (same as metro) in to a 2 door '63 shell for a friend.. Engine is nice an small... and man handable so not too heavy. was fitted using a new metal back plate to adapt the psa block to a 1275 midget box and redrilled midget back flywheel.. cooling...

ah yes jonathan... what a year with out a moggie does to you!