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Re: Pedro, my 1970 morris minor (MODIFIED)

Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 12:03 am
by phurn
can i join the race? im going for a 2.9 ford v6... gonna take me a long time! but it should be worth it. gonna look alot more subtle than your motors though, from what i can tell and have planned anyway.

Re: Pedro, my 1970 morris minor (MODIFIED)

Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 11:12 am
by hotrodder13
the more the merrier :D :D mines guna take a while anyway due to a few changes lately 8)

Re: Pedro, my 1970 morris minor (MODIFIED)

Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 11:22 am
by phurn
Yeah I've setmyself a time scale of 2 or 3 years though knowing me it'l take 3 times that. The efi will be a pain in the proverbial to wire up, but the 195bhp will be worth it I hope.

Re: Pedro, my 1970 morris minor (MODIFIED)

Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 11:27 am
by hotrodder13
mine should hopefully have 120 bhp to start with haha, not a lot but more then a 1275 cc :D

Re: Pedro, my 1970 morris minor (MODIFIED)

Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 1:51 pm
by rossrox
as i may not be going 4-age anymore im thinking 200bhp zetec... :D

Re: Pedro, my 1970 morris minor (MODIFIED)

Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 5:15 pm
by rossrox
still waiting for the suspension :(
jono said it should be here soon

Re: Pedro, my 1970 morris minor (MODIFIED)

Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 2:21 pm
by Alex'n'Ane
Lets hope so, cant wait to see it all coming together. Any progress on the engine front yet? Made a decision?

Re: Pedro, my 1970 morris minor (MODIFIED)

Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:00 pm
by rossrox
not yet, no. :P my heads all over the place engine wise, i have too many choices atm, and im finding it tough to narrow it down :lol:

Re: Pedro, my 1970 morris minor (MODIFIED)

Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:29 pm
by ratrodmog
Same here :roll: . I'm torn between a Vauxhall 'Red Top', Nissan CA twin cam (probably the 1.8 ), Toyota twin cam and some other as well :lol: .

Re: Pedro, my 1970 morris minor (MODIFIED)

Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:43 pm
by rossrox
ive been hugely considering ford sierra cosworth engine :P it would be hard to do but deffinatly possible, and ive just had an email from jono and my suspension was sent today and ill get it tommorow :D WOOOHOOO!!!!

Re: Pedro, my 1970 morris minor (MODIFIED)

Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:12 pm
by ratrodmog
Pics asap the please 8) :wink:

Re: Pedro, my 1970 morris minor (MODIFIED)

Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 5:37 pm
by rossrox
okie dokie, suspension arrived yesterday :D so today i striped the front end down which wasnt too far away from being seized up. i will finish dismantling tommorow and restore what i need and then purchase a welder, =/ i need to weld rear suspension and obviously front suspension, but as my welds havnt got great penetration i may have to hire someone :( more expense!!! i will upload pics as soon as i find my camera :P

Re: Pedro, my 1970 morris minor (MODIFIED)

Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 12:57 pm
by rossrox
thought id use the phone camera for a change, but quality is horrid!!!

so this is current state of my garage :( would help if my whole family didnt use the garage as a tip :evil: but thats what you get for not really working on it in a few months[frame]Image[/frame]

this is the front coil overs and the rear dampers[frame]Image[/frame]

quality of this picture is really bad, but i dismantled the front nearside suspension, clean up the king pin, degreased and decraped, and i bolted on to the coilover kit just as a mock up really[frame]Image[/frame]

i should be able to upload more pics as soon as my friend comes round with his good camera

Re: Pedro, my 1970 morris minor (MODIFIED)

Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 3:32 pm
by Alex'n'Ane
Looking very nice, rather jealous.

Re: Pedro, my 1970 morris minor (MODIFIED)

Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:48 pm
by ratrodmog
Freekin' sweet 8)

Re: Pedro, my 1970 morris minor (MODIFIED)

Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 6:15 pm
by rossrox
its not alot to be jelous about... yet ;) my current aim is to get suspension on brakes on and wheels on before i leave for uni in august, i think its do-able aslong as i pull my finger out.

Re: Pedro, my 1970 morris minor (MODIFIED)

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 7:36 pm
by rossrox
right, a smallish update, today i got bored and desided to actually make some progress.
so i finished my axle rebuild.[frame]Image[/frame][frame]Image[/frame][frame]Image[/frame][frame]Image[/frame]

i left the diff casing and diff as ill be changing it once i deside what sized wheels im going to use, i did have some alloys but got rid of them after deciding i didnt like them.

i have the leaf springs so soon i will marry the axle to the springs and put it on pedro, then get some ford wheels from a scrappy.

i lost my job too so money is going to be crap now :( so there shouldnt be a HUGE amount of progress, but some :)

Re: Pedro, my 1970 morris minor (MODIFIED)

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 7:53 pm
by Alex'n'Ane
Looking good, shame about the job :( Best of luck finding another one. Also let me know about the diff when you do as i may be interested, as i currently have a 4.11 i think.

Re: Pedro, my 1970 morris minor (MODIFIED)

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 7:59 pm
by rossrox
yeah finding one is a pain at the moment, i only need it for a few months then im off to uni, which will mean even less progress on my car. plus it will be a while til i get rid of that diff i think as im not going to need a new one for a while.

Re: Pedro, my 1970 morris minor (MODIFIED)

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 2:08 pm
by rossrox
:D my mum has bought me a welder for my 18th which is on the 19th, so after the 19th there should in theory be alot of progress :D :lol: