02GF74
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 posted on 1/7/10 at 04:17 PM |
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What's with the midgets?
all of a sudeen, everybody seems to have a mk1 midget but me 
here
and here
anyone else wish to own up? 
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StevieB
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| posted on 1/7/10 at 04:23 PM |
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Te beauty is I can do what I want to the car, but it won't need IVA and will be assessed on age related emissions.
I reckon a midget shell is lighter than a mini too, so is ripe for a bike engine  (if I end up going down that route and not full restoration/K
Series)
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iank
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| posted on 1/7/10 at 07:11 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by StevieB
I reckon a midget shell is lighter than a mini too, so is ripe for a bike engine
Depends which mini and which midget www.carfolio.com (which normally seems pretty accurate) has:
1972 MG Midget III (Chrome bumper A series) Kerb weight 685 kg
1974 MG Midget (Rubber bumper wheezy 1.5) Kerb weight 740 kg
1961 Austin Mini Cooper Kerb weight 584 kg
1988 Austin Mini City E Kerb weight 615 kg
1992 Rover Mini 1.3i Cooper Kerb weight 690 kg
IIRC the later mini's crept over 700kg
So pretty much comparable (and as such a BEC is feasible)
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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StevieB
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| posted on 1/7/10 at 07:38 PM |
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If I go BEC, it'll be pretty much a racer that has license plates.
I read an article on race midgets and the class A car in the test was running at 518kg with a (much modified) 1275 engine and suitable 'box.
My R1 Indy weighed in at about 480kg, and by my reckoning I can get a midget to about the same weight (or not far off).
Either way you look at it, the bike engine will have about 3 times the bhp and a fair bit more torque than the a series (bearing in mind my car is
running a 1098 engine at the moment) - if it weighed exactly the same it would still be a lot faster.
[Edited on 1/7/10 by StevieB]
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 1/7/10 at 08:31 PM |
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I thought you were on about short people...
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nick205
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| posted on 1/7/10 at 08:55 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Ninehigh
I thought you were on about short people...
Pretty heavy small people 
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austin man
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| posted on 1/7/10 at 10:15 PM |
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well whoevers got one or getting one I have a pair of uprated and lowered race springs and a set of halfshafts if any one want to make me an offer,
The fit the Midget range , Sprites, austin healeys and austin a35's
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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