Nice work. But as mentioned above, the gt box plus bike carbed aee is not going to give too sweeter result

I think as soon as your in 3rd gear you will be fine

Should be pretty rapid though if you get it set-up right.

2nd is fun!!!!

well i dont realy want it for high speeds i wanted to go for good acceleration

It's not for speed, but to make the most of the engine. I'm suprised you even need 1st, or second really

Still, is it fun to drive?

I'm still setting it up so duno yet

hose turned up so carbs fitted

bought my self an arch roller to do the rear arches properly

quick update manifold and down pipe on tho need some spacers on the studs , throttle cable attached to the carb and choke cable.i have a weber pedal block in the post for the throttle cable.

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This looks amazing, given that it had such humble beginnings too - what are your plans for the interior of the car?

Dan

No plans for the interior I like it as it is maybe change the steering wheel but I like it to stay looking retro

No plans for the interior I like it as it is maybe change the steering wheel but I like it to stay looking retro

I agree, should have been a bit more clear, I kind of meant what is it like inside - are you going to need to re-cover the seats, get some new padding / dash bits etc

Mine is in pretty good state, but if I had the time + money I'd very happily get some new seats etc in it

Retro is best though

Dan

seats are quite good condition in this one and generaly the whole interior is ,only thing i would do is maybe recover the door cards as the passanger side meterial has come un stuck.

iv just been filling the beast up with coolant and oil but I'm not to happy as i bought a brand new thermostate housing with thermostate all ready in it and they had not put in a rubber O ring so coolant pissed everywhere ,damm GSF but i took the old O ring from the old engine and its fine now.

weber pedal block came today so managed to finish off the throttle set up.

Edited 28 June, 201115 yr by polory

iv just been filling the beast up with coolant and oil but I'm not to happy as i bought a brand new thermostate housing with thermostate all ready in it and they had not put in a rubber O ring so coolant pissed everywhere ,damm GSF but i took the old O ring from the old engine and its fine now.

weber pedal block came today so managed to finish off the throttle set up.

Really enjoy watching your thread. My mate has a MG Rover meet at the Halfway House on the A127 in Essex 1 Sunday a month, you should come down sometime so I can the beast again! lol

My Mum made a cake of the car once for my birthday! :) Miss the old gal. lol

that is a beast matey, really coming on now :)

yeh cam dont worry once its dun il come show you ,love the cake its my birthday monday but bet i dont get one.

tried starting the car last night but starter motor is a bit slow turning over so got a little bit of playing around to do.

yeh cam dont worry once its dun il come show you ,love the cake its my birthday monday but bet i dont get one.

tried starting the car last night but starter motor is a bit slow turning over so got a little bit of playing around to do.

I don't know about the mods you guys do, is there a 5 speed box available for the mk2s, I always wished I had one. Just glad to see her still going, all the local ones round here have all slowly disappeared. :/

Can't wait to see her again some day.

yeh some mk2's have 5 speeds i think the 1.3's had them but not sure.

Some 1.05's and some 1.3's had them. Don't know if it was something do with the spec or what!

yeh maybe

having some problems tonight seems starter motor now turns over fine with new battery which is good ,but now i notice i must have a blockage in the carbs as no fuel goes into them it just passes back to the tank , i am using 2 T peice's but duno if I'm doing somthing wrong I'm going to have a proper look at the carbs tomorrow.

dun the timing tonight and realised i plumbed in the fuel hose to the carb over flow instead so thats y it didnt work.

so now it starts so i can wire in the fuel pump and fit exhuast manifold properly.

hows it running dude?

your results depend on me using an AEE

well i cant tell yet as i need to sort out the exhaust manifold studs before i can properly fit the manifold ,then i can leave it running and see how it runs.