I dag med en englænder !

Var i morges forbi Nordisk Morris Minor Lager for at aflevere en Allegro forlygte jeg havde lånt til Clan'en - og for at hente et par småting, herunder et nyt tankdæksel. De dele jeg søgte var dog hverken på lager eller til lige at skaffe..

Hmmm ! På vej hjem fra Hjørring sad jeg derfor lige og overvejede, om livet i virkeligheden var nemmest med fx en Midget? Det skal i den forbindelse nævnes, at jeg var ret opstemt af Team Midget Racings video fra Ellested KTI, der kan nydes her (med lyd på !):

Jeg har set videoen et par gange de seneste to aftener og tjekkede derfor lige diverse bilsider i moderlandet. Her faldt over dette fine og tunede eksemplar:

Og her er hvad sælger skriver:

Engine- Prep by a very well know engineer called Rob Walker in Oxfordshire, it has been offset rebore to 74mm piston and a cross hatch hone, the engine size is now 1399cc. Cam bearing replace, 11th stud+bolt like proper cooper S engine had. The cylinder head also has been prepped by Rob the work being done by having a bigger inlet and outlet valve gasflow and ported, double valve spring. Modified crankshaft- wedged, crossdrill and balance with lightened flywheel+pulley. This engine is fitted with a Piper 285 camshaft.

Gearbox- Rebuilt with brand new bearing and gasket, also fitted with straight cut close ratio gearset, it has got a brand new 1st gear hub. It has got an uprated clutch from MOSS! Plus with braided clutch hoses.

Suspension- It has been upgraded in many ways such as a thicker anti roll bar, 25% uprated damper all corner, full polyurethane bushes in the whole car apart from the anti roll bar, uprated front coil spring as well as uprated rear leaf spring with lowering spacer kit.

Brakes- Front has been upgraded with EBC greenstuff brake pad fitted with brand new uprated cross drilled brake disc also fitted with fully rebuilt brake callipers with new piston and rubber seal. These upgrades really improve the braking. Rear is standard but fully rebuilt. The whole brake system is fitted with a Goodridge hose set. Exhaust- Has been upgraded with Moss sport exhaust manifold and a straight flow sport exhaust system which sound fantastic!

Ignition- Has had been upgraded with aldon fast road distributors to cope with the modified camshaft. It is fitted with a Lucas sport coil and fitted with a Cobalt lead set. It has got a brand new heavy duty battery as well.´

Fuel- It has got a fast road facet high capacity fuel pump. Linked with a king filter regulator which has got a built in fuel regulator and filter to keep dirt out. The engine is linked with a Weber 45 DCOE carburettor with an alloy manifold.

The car is fitted with a lovely Mohair hood from the MG Owner Club. There are also many new parts fitted to the car such as headlights etc. The car has had a full re-spray. It looks great but there are minor flaws which can’t be seen very well on the photos but I am more than happy to have the viewer to check it out.

Hmmm igen... Måske sådan en Midget både er nemmest og sjovest ? Jeg skal i hvert fald have en Midget en gang, gerne med en Ashley hardtop som denne:

Essex V6

Fords Essex V6'er ligger i bl.a. Capri, Granada, Reliant Scimitar, Marcos og TVR 3000M, som gårsdagens indlæg her på bloggen handlede om. Som udgangspunkt er Essex-motorens lyd 100 % godkendt. Det er en overkvadratisk motor, der nærmest kan ses som en nedskaleret amerikansk V8.

Essex V6 i 3000M - stor og tung som en amerikaner, men med potentiale og en god lyd.

Men ydelsen halter en anelse. I Ford-trim yder motoren som standard godt 130 HK, mens den i en TVR 3000M præsterer omkring 142 HK. Forskellen skyldes alene TVRs udstødningsmanifolder. Den 3 liter store motors styrke ligger i spandevis af 'low-down torque' og et tuningspotentiale på op til omkring 300 HK. Så mange heste er dog temmelig kostbare at udvinde, og også mindre interessant, hvis bilen skal kunne bruges på gaden også. Og det er præcis det den 3000M jeg drømmer om skal kunne... Jeg ønsker mig en bil, der kan bruges - og det både til touring, track days og måske med tiden et par hillclimbs. Den gode nyhed er her, at det er nemt (og også til at betale for) at hente lidt ekstra heste ud af en Essex. Den standardmonterede DGAS karburator kan følge med op til ca. 180 HK, og ved skift af knastaksler, benzinpumpe, tændingssystem og luftfilter kan ydelsen formentlig hæves til omkring 165-170 HK - uden touring-egenskaberne forringes mærkbart. Sammen med et lettet svinghjul og fx en 5-trins gearkasse fra en Ford Sierra giver det en langt bedre responss og kørbarhed. Flere af de TVR 3000M jeg har set til salg gennem det seneste års tid har haft disse upgrades, og i visse tilfælde også modificerede topstykker fra fx Burton i England - herved opnås de 180 HK. I want one !!

1981 Scirocco til salg

I dagens mail fra Bring a Trailer linkes der til en fin VW Scirocco. Bilen er totalrenoveret og ombygget med en tunet 1.8 turbo motor fra Passat = en ret hurtig sag!

Det er nu mest kombinationen af farve, BBS-fælge og det "clean" ydre der tiltaler mig:

Prisen er dog heftige 14.500 $ !! Her følger sælgers beskrivelse af den fine Scirocco:
Lets start from the beginning. The car was originally purchased for $2000 in running condition.

Exterior:
The car was completely stripped of all rubber, glass, wires for the $5000 paint job. After paint I installed a new headliner ($350 w/reciept) , all new rubber and a brand new Pilkington windshield ($275 w/reciept) and new rubber all around the car from Vintage Rubber. ($500). The duckbill look like new with no cracks ($300), the Euro Bumpers were almost new ($1000) The H1 and H4 head lights are new ($250), The taillights were NOS ($200)

Suspension:
Bilstein front Race Struts V36-0103 ($579.90 w/receipt) w Bonrath strut towers ($150) Bilstein Rear with ground control ($300) Race springs with 400/300 spring rate ($200) No Sway bars

Under the hood:
02A 5 speed manual trans with Peliquin Limited Diff. (Paid 2251.97 w/reciept). It was completely build by Kraftwerks. This trans maybe has 500 miles on it.
1.8t abf from 99 passat. (paid $1500) This engine only had 35,000 miles when I got it and I only put 500 miles on it. The car runs on the original passate computer and and wiring harness. Each connection has been soldered for reliability. The turbo was purchased new ($900) and only has 500 miles on it. Turbo pipes all custom ($300) Intercooler 29x5.75x3 Spearco Race ($325 w/reciept), Downpipe is a Techonics 1.8t a1 for Scirocco1 Noncat ($393.50 w/reciept) Exhaust 2.5 Early a-1 aluminized w/borla muffler ($371.50 w/reciept) Alternator is the new serpentine setup with the flat belt drive ($150). Brand new air meter 037-906-461-cx (252.98 w/receipt), this car has the aftermarket front reinforcement bar ($150) This bar keeps the front valence from breaking from all of the power and the car generates. WRD O2A motor mounts for A1 Scirocco and mechanical Slave Kit ($649.36 w/reciept) New Large radiator with aftermarket fans. ($200) New water pump. Cable shifter for 02A trans ($150) ECS Tuning Stage 1 Clutch kit w/lw steel flywheel ($429.68 w/reciept) 11 inch brake kit that was installed 2 months ago with only 20 miles on the front breaks and pads ($250) New Bigcrank battery purchased on 7/2/10 ($3.47 w/receipt)

Interior:
Recaro NOS Seats from 20 years ago. They came new in the box but they are period correct. ($850) Recaro/scirocco seat tracks ($175) The interior is complete with carpet clean dash with a limited amount of cracks 5 vdo gauges. No rear seats

This car has been garaged everyday for the last 5 years since I purchased it. Like I said I may have put 500 miles on it since I got it running. This car only gets better with age. You will not find another car for sale like this for a long time. Last time I checked I put $20,000 into it.

This is just the big stuff that I can remember. There aren't too many builds with almost all receipts and a full record of the build day by day year by year. Alot of love went into this labor. I built this car the way I did because I thought I was going to keep this car forever and give it to my son. (I'll build a new one in a few years.)

The only thing I can say bad about the car is it might need a new starter because sometime the solenoid sticks. The car starts like a new car on the first try even after the car sits for 3 months it starts on the first try. The whole car is in A condition. It's almost show quality. But I didn' want to built it too nice where I didn't want to drive it. 

Se BAT artiklen her. Se mange flere billeder af bilen her, og en tråd om renoveringen/ombygningen af bilen her.