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theconrodkid - 9/8/05 at 07:04 PM

i have owned a few MG midgets in my time,great car with crap brakes and performance.
what i,m thinking is build a space frame and nail some midgets panels on to it,i get 2 doors,a rag top,windscreen and a car i can use every day.
i was thinking seirra running gear with zetec power.
anyone done anything similar,hints tips etc

mookaloid - 9/8/05 at 07:09 PM

sort of like what these guys do?

http://www.beardmorebros.co.uk/

Cheers

Mark

donut - 9/8/05 at 07:14 PM

I had a magazine where some guy put a bike engine in one so anything's possible.

theconrodkid - 9/8/05 at 07:33 PM

cheers for the link

Tangerine Scream - 9/8/05 at 07:33 PM

Here's a link to the above mentioned R1 MG
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jon.lee53/Gallery-bikeeng%20cars.htm

donut - 9/8/05 at 07:49 PM

Yep, thats the fella. Went well apparently but i like the idea of spaceframe and zetec John...go on DO IT!!!

theconrodkid - 10/8/05 at 04:46 PM

cant get that site to work

pbura - 11/8/05 at 01:05 AM

How about a lightweight box-section chassis with wishbone suspension and modern drive train? I've thought that would be fun to do with a US car of the 30s or 40s.

Inspiration courtesy of Art Morrison Enterprises

theconrodkid - 11/8/05 at 06:23 AM

on to plan b allready,just use centre section of a midget and subframes front and rear for seirra runing gear

Rorty - 11/8/05 at 06:50 AM

quote:
Originally posted by pbura
How about a lightweight box-section chassis with wishbone suspension and modern drive train? I've thought that would be fun to do with a US car of the 30s or 40s.

Inspiration courtesy of Art Morrison Enterprises


That ladder chassis looks anything but light! It's interesting how they claim "sports car" handling (in inverted commas!), I would have thought it would be as stiff as a letuce sandwich.
Their SuperCar chassis looks more like the real thing.

NS Dev - 11/8/05 at 08:27 AM

Will be (when I get time!) doing the same to an opel manta (don't ask, I just love em!)

They rot to bugge5y but I love the shape and a spaceframe would not be too tricky to construct inside it.

I mentioned it a while ago, but have a look on www.valvers.com for further ideas, especially the manta v6 thread in project diary.

stevebubs - 11/8/05 at 11:59 AM

quote:
Originally posted by theconrodkid
i have owned a few MG midgets in my time,great car with crap brakes and performance.
what i,m thinking is build a space frame and nail some midgets panels on to it,i get 2 doors,a rag top,windscreen and a car i can use every day.
i was thinking seirra running gear with zetec power.
anyone done anything similar,hints tips etc


SSC Stylus - you can even fit a removeable hardtop and wind-up windows

pbura - 11/8/05 at 12:41 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Rorty
That ladder chassis looks anything but light! It's interesting how they claim "sports car" handling (in inverted commas!), I would have thought it would be as stiff as a letuce sandwich.


I picked the picture mainly because of the wishbones and coilovers, and the "out with the old, in with the new" appeal of it.

Yeah, it could use some X-bracing. And I'd look into constructing from 2" X 4" RHS, 16 or 18 gauge.

I'll give you that it would never be as stiff as a good spaceframe, but it would be a big improvement for something like this:





[Edited on 11/8/05 by pbura]

Rorty - 11/8/05 at 12:54 PM

quote:
Originally posted by pbura
I'll give you that it would never be as stiff as a good spaceframe, but it would be a big improvement for something like this:




A unicycle would be a big improvement over something like that!
Sorry, not picking holes in all your posts; I just couldn't resist.

pbura - 11/8/05 at 01:06 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Rorty
Sorry, not picking holes in all your posts; I just couldn't resist.


No offense taken. I'll stand responsible for my atrocious taste