Not too far from London, 70 ish miles or so
Must be complete.
MG Midget A series 1275 engine & Gearbox wanted.
Not too far from London, 70 ish miles or so
Must be complete.
Jeez.Didn't they stop making those agricultural engines and gearboxes like in 1959! 
Try finding a RWD A series.
You'll be lucky at even half sensible money
quote:Easy tiger!
Originally posted by Fatgadget
Jeez.Didn't they stop making those agricultural engines and gearboxes like in 1959!
quote:The Marina is the only other RWD car that has that engine that i can think of.
Originally posted by zilspeed
Try finding a RWD A series.
You'll be lucky at even half sensible money
This is not what you are asking for, but I have a 1275 Midget complete cylinder head with low mileage and in good condition. It has been on the shelf
in the garage since circa 1980, when I sold my Midget. It may be useful if you find an engine that needs a rebuild.
Also a 1300 Marina engine is very similar and would extend the range of possibilities. The Marina gearbox cast iron and heavier than the aluminium MG
one however.
Regards,
Mal
Any good to you (NTDWM)?
Engine & Box
ATB Nick
ETA Ooops just noticed its a 1500
Sorry
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[Edited on 10/11/07 by x_flow57]
Andy,
While I don't generally question peoples choice of engines, I'm afraid on this occassion, I must
ATB
Simon
how diffrent is a maestro 1.3 (1275) ?
its got a flange mounted flywheel like a rwd, not like a tapered crank mini.
quote:
Originally posted by Simon
Andy,
While I don't generally question peoples choice of engines, I'm afraid on this occassion, I must
ATB
Simon
Why use an A series...
Well i wanted to do it before but didn't think it would suit the Indy so left the idea on the shelf. I love mini's and bizarrly i love the a
series engine...dunno why.
It's just something i want to do. It's reasonably light, simple and the 1275 can be modded [rebore etc] to gove over 100bhp without turbo. I
may or may not go turbo, just depends on how much more bhp it gives over a modded 1330cc jobby. There are millions of tuning parts so it just seems
the way i want to go plus.... I like to be different!!
x_flow57: Yeah sorry, gotta be a series 1275 cos the 1500 has all the inlet and exhaust manifolds on the left which will hit the steerng and be close to the MC.
I turboed my old Mini (using a Metro Turbo lump) - it had an overbore to 1293, upped the boost to about 1 bar (wouldn't recommend as h/g's
kept getting blown) Standard is about 7psi. Boost on Metro controlled by "computer" which increases boost with rpm. Got rid of that as
well
I'd guess it was between 115 and 130bhp, so it was quite quick
You sure you don't want to go Rover V8 - similar age of technology
ATB
Simon
Was there a definate power boost when the turbo kicked in?
quote:
Originally posted by donut
MG Midget A series 1275 engine & Gearbox wanted.
Not too far from London, 70 ish miles or so
Must be complete.
quote:
Originally posted by donut
Why use an A series...
Well i wanted to do it before but didn't think it would suit the Indy so left the idea on the shelf. I love mini's and bizarrly i love the a series engine...dunno why.
It's just something i want to do. It's reasonably light, simple and the 1275 can be modded [rebore etc] to gove over 100bhp without turbo. I may or may not go turbo, just depends on how much more bhp it gives over a modded 1330cc jobby. There are millions of tuning parts so it just seems the way i want to go plus.... I like to be different!!
smart1275gt: I wasn't really after a whole car as money is not overflowing. Depends how much really.