Morris Minor Owners Club

Took the car to Shakespear county raceway, it ran 15.5 1/4 mile. Came away saying I'm going to need a bigger engine, so I'm now looking for a 4.6 range rover engine. Have spoken to RPI engineering who deal with hot V8's and without too much difficulty hope to get over 250 bhp but crucially a whole l...

Have read in depth the thread of plastic orange and his new minor and it has inspired me to start thinking about pro street. now the problem I have do I make some major mods to mine or start again. what about a convertible? I shall give some careful thought before the start at the end of the summer.

yes I did fit the engine myself it has 5 sp gearbox jag rear axle and mgb front, looking to do some more mods to it later in the year.

The car has been running well with only a few teething troubles, oil leak from gearbox, needed new output seal, speedo cable snapped, re modified new cable and fitted, exhaust gasket. Have upgraded the ignition system and fitted a new Edelbrock carb. Car pulls like a train and isn't too bad on fuel,...

yes we did. we also did Utah, Omaha, St Mere Eglise, sword and a few others and the batteries and still we ran out of time in four days. A fantastic trip and highly recommended.

Did tour of the D Day landings, the car covered 600 miles without a problem, and wherever it was parked people came over to look and take photos which made all the hard work worthwhile, picture was at Pegasus bridge

this should help make it go!!!!!!! The car is starting to get some regular use as the weather improves. and I'm fine tuning it as I go, needless to say it goes like a train with that lovley v8 burble, the ride is very acceptable and the power brakes are first class, more updates to follow. http://i1...

I have just acquired a nitrous kit for the car and already my eyes are turning red and I can feel horns sprouting from my forehead!!

For all those interested in modified cars, this website in USA has my car featured and will also put your suitably modified minor onto the site. Go to www.britishv8.org, under photo galleries click on other british cars, then morris. they do a how it was done section and all you pertrol heads out th...

where DO you find all this info from

Now my car is on the road, can someone tell me if there is a program of events for next year.

any more photo's
steve

Google speedy cables they can do pretty much anything

A warning to all those who are contemplating a similar project. I went thru my statements to see how much the project had cost...... I was shocked to learn that it was just over £9000 including mot and insurance which if I were to sell the car would be about the price i would put on it. I would be i...

a few pics, there are still a few things to do, tidying the engine bay is one of them, the engine is running a bit rough at the moment, I shall have to get someone in as I dont have the equipment to tune the carb. http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n492/meerkat7/P1010749.jpg http://i1136.photobucke...

On the way to the testing station the n/s wiper stopped working so mild panic before I took it in but managed to resolve it, the car is still very low at the front so much so that it only just got onto the ramp so I may have to change the front springs. It passed the mot and if it ever stops raining...

the finished article well on the outside anyway, I shall book the mot tomorrow and hopefully when thats done I can run it for a bit whilst all the niggles pop up then I shall finish the interior.

Took the car down the road prior to the MOT and it quickly became apparant that the rear springs are not strong enough, so will revert to plan a and refit tthe other shocks and springs then see what happens, the clutch is fine however I need to bleed the brakes again as they were less than adequate....

Have got round to final fitting out, the wiring loom is in and everything works however, the fuel guage in the speedo reads full when there is only 2 gallons in the tank, but turn the ignition off and it goes back to zero!! I have no pressure on the clutch so hopefully it's just a matter of bleeding...

The insurance for my project V8 is £340 which I didn't think was bad considering the work done, try Adrian Flux
Meerkat