Herald suggestions will a series work?

[Rocket88]

I've just bought a very tidy '65 Herald 1200. Any suggestions for relatively painless engine swaps. I know the mighty Seth has dropped a Mazda in his, but finding one of those over here might prove a little tricky. Any other suggestions?

[dollywobbler]

Stick with the 1200 - lots of Spitfire tuning goodies to get more power out of them, and they're a good basic engine. The 1500 isn't worth the hassle of fitting as it'll probably break its bottom end on the test drive.

 

Similarly, different final drives can make them a bit more hospitable on motorways. Think a Spitty overdrive diff is the best for cruising.

[Volksy]

Perkins prima.

[Timewaster]

Go on, you know you want to..

 

http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/lghrnrm/johsracecar.htm

[M'coli]

Final drive shouldn't be a problem on Jersey - 40mph limit, IIRC.

[babydriver]

I Have been told an Essex V4 2.8 should/does drop straight in as I have been toying with what to do with mine should I evantualy get to do something, Ive started stripping the body work but every time I want to do sommat the Evil one wot I married comes up with a better idea on places to go/jobs to do. I will have to uprate to brakes from a spitty or rwd dolly as I got drums on mine. How about a 1850 dolly lump or 2000 TR7

[autofive]

the essex v4 is a 1.7 or 2 litre 4 pot

the essex v6 is a 2.5, 3.0, 3.1, 3.4 or 3.8 engine

the cologne v6 comes in 2.8 variety

[Rocket88]

Found a pair of carbs on a manifold in the boxes of bits I got with it, so I think I'll have a play with what's in there...........I'm not exactly Giant Haystacks, but 50/60s cars all seemed to have been designed for people modelled on the bloody Krankies................

[babydriver]

okay I stand corrected, its the v6 2.8 jobbie im sure, I think it was the guy at triumph nuts in Cheshire that told me, but don't hold me to it.

[babydriver]

Colc, I know what you mean about the Krankies, when I sat in my Herald to steer it onto the flat bed the first thing In my mind was sod originality that boat tiller will have to go, I need a 10 inch wheel, I could not get my legs under the wheel and drove like I had the biggest pair of boxers on \____/

[Rocket88]

I'm going to ditch my wheel for something smaller, and see if I can shift the seat runners back a bit further. Why Triumph fitted a wheel that big, when the steering is that light, I fail to understand.

[Rocket88]

Someone has just "given" me a professionally rebuilt Metro turbo engine. As I know nothing about Mini/Metro enmgines, what would I need to convert this to rwd?

[M'coli]

You'd need a new block and crank, they're completely different from the RWD A-series components. The RWD flywheel bolts conventionally to the crankshaft, whereas the Metro flywheel sits on a long taper

E.g., Marina, flywheel end at left of picture:

Metro, flywhel end at top of picture:

[Pete-M]

 

Rover V8. Do the job properly, or don't do it at all.

[babydriver]

I just made a mess in my wotnots, can I have that V8 beast for my herold, I would leave the car looking dead bogo and upet all the go fast boys at the lights.

Think the Bootiful Gurgle willl give the game away somewhat tho

[Rocket88]

Typical sodding BL..never mind, just been offered a rebuilt Ford cvh with turbo. Just need a Type 9 or M75 gearbox for it..............

[overheadvalve]

On a slightly similar theme, have you seen this?

 

 

It looks pretty much standard except for the wheels.

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=FSW&action=display&thread=112054

[babydriver]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH me likes that, please may I win the Euro Lottery and have one of those. Is that red top from a Omega or Senator cos all the other motors are front wheel drive arn't they, Oh hang on,....... the Toledo was front wheel drive but could fit a big Vauxhall engine in a Herald could I not, Being thick again, how do you get around the fuel injection and gubbins that go with it (ecu etc) or is it really not rocket science. I know pc fuel injected a older car but that seemed like an awful lot of hard work to me. I'd rather sqeeze and go.

[M'coli]

The Toledo was RWD, it was the 1300 that was FWD. The Vauxhall engine's been around enough for the RWD stuff to ba available off-the-shelf.

[trigger]

That Honda S2000 engined Toledo on ebay the other week was