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I saw this car on BAT this morning. It is not a vintage Morgan so the drivetrain seems great to me. Great car to drive on a rally, I would love to drive it as well.
 
If I had the cash, I would buy that in a minute.
Of course, I worked for Honda for 25 years, so I have an advantage, but what a cool car. And the colors are perfect.
OH NO! Now I've drooled all over my keyboard!

Dave :driving:
 
Given that it was a CVH motor that got yanked I'd have to say nicely done.
 
Love the RV cover for the battery. Not so sure that I would want that sort of power in a Morgan? I do know that thet built a V8 model, but not on this platform.
Cheers,
D.
 
I'm no purist and I say well done here!

I remember a similar conversation once with an MG TD owner (powered by a Volvo B22 engine - a common conversion for them), he told me about being snubbed in some British car circles because of it... And he didn't even do the conversion, it was the previous owner who swapped engines...
 
I know a long-time Volvo guy who had an MGA
with (I think) a B18 engine.He did a nice job on it.

- Doug
 
Perfectly acceptable, even desireable, in the Morgan community. The S2000 is becoming a common conversion for the 80's & 90's CVH mills, and there is at least one specialist in the UK who performs the conversion regularly. I've heard it works very, very well.

Worth noting that no Plus 8 ever put out more than 200HP (stock). Food for thought......

Those interested might also read about the +8+ conversion being done by Bill Fink (Isis imports on the west coast). Corvette drivetrain in a +8 - a bazillion horsepower with the transmission, rear end, brakes, and rear suspension to handle it.
 
I have seen that car on a Morgan event in Oregon
https://mognw.com/mogazine/2009/200909mogazine.pdf
It is very well done - and the owner told me he leaves +8s in the dust
and I believe it.

It sounds snorty - and appropriate for a British car

I should have worked out a driving exchange to give a first hand account
i was very impressed with the conversion - it is surgical in it's precision
and execution.

I have a S2000 and aside from the $30 per year on maintenance (TIC) I think it is a wonderful drive line in a good car.

And I have no love loss over the Ford CVH - Fixed my brothers Escort when he was in college -
 
There's a long history of even Morgan themselves trying all kinds of engines in their chassis, so why not the S2000? I have no problem with it at all. Their use of the CVH was approved as "traditional" since they had been using various small Ford engines for years, but really, when you have to buy in all your engines, why not just buy something worthwhile? The Ford options were convenient and inexpensive until people like Fiat and Toyota started making decent four-pots that could be bolted to slick 5-speed boxes: just what the sports-car buyer wants, surely?
 
eddyramrod said:
...like Fiat and Toyota started making decent four-pots that could be bolted to slick 5-speed boxes: just what the sports-car buyer wants, surely?
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Funny you should mention Fiat - the 1600 and 2000 engines were used briefly by Morgan......
 
Andrew Mace said:
Heck, back in the late 1950s and early 1960s, there were more than a few flathead Ford V-8 engines stuffed into T-series MGs! As for B-series Volvo engines, they look very British, right down to the Stromberg or SU carbs usually found on same!
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Popular Mechanics had a small block Chevy conversion article for a TD back in the 60s.The only thing I can remember was, there was just one hint from outside that something was different and that was a blister on one side panel to clear the generator. Must have been a terror back then. PJ
 
PAUL161 said:
Popular Mechanics had a small block Chevy conversion article for a TD back in the 60s.The only thing I can remember was, there was just one hint from outside that something was different and that was a blister on one side panel to clear the generator. Must have been a terror back then. PJ
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Yowza! Gonna have to keep an eye out for that article - sounds like a great read. I woulda thunk a small block would twist a T-series into a pretzel, but the concept is entertaining.
 
First T series I ever met had a Volvo engine - and that was mid '70s
 
eschneider said:
eddyramrod said:
...like Fiat and Toyota started making decent four-pots that could be bolted to slick 5-speed boxes: just what the sports-car buyer wants, surely?
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Funny you should mention Fiat - the 1600 and 2000 engines were used briefly by Morgan......
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Exactly WHY I mentioned them! There's a Morgan here with the Fiat engine, and still wearing its UK plates... from my home town!
 
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