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:D Having owned an Austin 7 in the past and being very aware of its limitations (A Morris Minor 1000 was a revelation after that!) I think the chassis would require quite a bit of modification before putting 100bhp through it :wink: :lol:
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And all on a 2 bearing crank!

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ManyMinors wrote: Tue Apr 21, 2020 9:06 am :D Having owned an Austin 7 in the past and being very aware of its limitations (A Morris Minor 1000 was a revelation after that!) I think the chassis would require quite a bit of modification before putting 100bhp through it :wink: :lol:
The chassis would probably be OK if you box it, but I wouldn't hold out much hope for the rest of the running gear.
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Agreed. By "chassis" I was referring to the entire underpinnings :wink:
It was a great little car actually - in many ways - but wouldn't have withstood many performance upgrades in standard form........
I could just about get 50mph out of it on a good day (on a long straight and possibly a slight downhill slope) but it didn't feel particularly safe.
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Yes, I'm aware of what CAN be done with an Austin 7 and have often watched them compete. As well as slow cars I've owned a good variety of performance and competition cars too but never felt a desire to make my Austin 7 go faster. I enjoyed it for what is was. The same as I do now with my Morris Minor. After all, it is much cheaper to buy a fast car in the first place than to make a slow car go fast.

Having said that, A Morris Minor doesn't actually require that much in the way of modifications for it to handle a useful bit more power. In years gone by I have done that a couple of times :wink:
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I'd love to see that installed on a suitably / subtly strengthened and adapted but standard looking Austin 7, just to see the faces of the modern drivers at the traffic lights, who'd be expecting to leave it standing.
That said I wonder what kind of MPH it would generate in the seven?
And how long before the engine would need a complete rebuild........... :wink:
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