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20V 4AGE,,,,, begun

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Just PM'd ya Jay. You're the guinea pig here. If that shop does a good job on your car then I just may have them do up my Bugeye. Having another 60 or 70 HP would be fun! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif

The cost seems to be reasonable too and will ultimately be cheaper than stuffing my Datsun A15 full of go-fast parts.

Keep me/us updated!!
 
Going to see the Midget tomorrow,

Motor has been sat in place and a header is being built for it.

I'll take some pictures if my camera is working.

Computer for the car is a programmable MAP sensor driven unit so it will not have the restrictive MAF intake but instead a set of open trumpets on the ITBs with foam socks.

Jay
 
Take about an inch or two of foam out if you feel they are too high. However, they will compress over some time.
 
Very cool Jay! Make sure they keep accurate records of what they did to your car so they can do mine up just as good as yours. I am seriously looking at doing this swap next winter.....maybe sooner if Vegas is good to me. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif

I have a good digital camera you can use if yours won't work. I have some running around to do tomorrow, but can swing by and drop it off. LMK.
 
Man I am green with envy /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/sick.gif , that is gonna be a screaming little machine. Get neck braces for the take off, and invest in whiplash insurance. SWEET!
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Hey Mike,

If you are around today I could also sure use some help on the 64 MGB I just brought home.

The PO had the distributor all messed up and I slammed my 1098 distributor in it just to get it to run and found i had to twist it all the way around till the vac diaphram was pointed at the front of the car till it would run because he started the #1 plug lead in the wrong position on the cap!

So it'll now start, but runs like crap and I really need help!
 
Do ya hafta ask?
 
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Well it is in. Not as far along yet as I had hoped but it will,,,,,, IT WILL,, be at the Lake this summer. The header has proven to be more of a challenge than we'd hoped to get all the tubes the right length, it is going to be tri-Y with the last collector under the carquite a ways. Ordered spun aluminum intake trumpets that will have foam socks on them.
 
Lovely!!! That's going to be a blast...

Now call the garage, and tell them to put the oil filler cap back on, before someone drops a washer in there! :wink:
 
Yeah, shop was looking at the hose plate that will go there and lead to an oil cooler and remote filter setup.

So after I take it back out and since I have these three cans off Moss Motors Austin healey green engine paint, should I paint the motor green hoping no one will notice?
 
Did you read the rules about posting pornographic images on the forum?
PPHHHWWOOOORRRRRR!!!!
You going to the Ozarks in June?
 
That is what my co-workers call "jayporn" because I am allways looking at britcar stuff on my breaks.

And yes,,, I will be at the Lake in June. Family that still lives in StLouis, where I'm from, has a house at the lake thats about 20 min away from the party,,,, at least the way I drive it is.
 
God, can I be the first to ask for a ride?
 
Sure Jack,

You are going to be at the Lake this summer right. I know we were going to tell war stories.

BTW, I just pinned on Senior three days ago, woo hoo. More friggin responsibility!
 
Look for me at the registration table. If not me they will know where I am. I will assist passing out the goodies and what ever else is needed.

Miss Agatha will be close by flurting with the other Bugeyes.
 
was thinking about this engine last might and had a question - when putting an engine like this in an older car, how does it work in terms of computer/ electronic controls? As I understand it, the ECU affects so much - what happens when you don't use all that - or do you?
 
Yeah it is using the factory computer and a piggybacked programmable computer. The Ecu is going to be mounted inside the car under the removable panel on the passenger side footwell.
 
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