jr
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This IMO is the best modded car ever, i dont car what anyone else thinks, but one man, in his small garage built this over 5 years
the spec is unbelivable, and so is the workman ship, he spent £60 a week on it, and hasnt thrown loads at a company to do it
Spec:
Vehicle............................... Split screen Morris Minor convertible with low light front wings
Rollcage/spaceframe........ TIG welded tubular steel CDS 38.1mm x 2.642mm wall with reinforcements in smaller diameters
Engine.............. ................. Fiat 2 litre twin cam
cylinder head..................... 16 valve
cams................................... 280 degrees duration 10.5 mm lift
head bolts ..........................12.9 grade aftermarket
pistons ...............................Flat top with my design of valve cut out, crowns ceramic coated by AEA Technology
cambelt.............................. 25.4 mm wide
crank.................................. Steel with 7/16" UNF grub screws in cross drillings
block ..................................Bored and honed with deck plate, oil way plugs replaced with stainless steel items
conrods ..............................Balanced on home made device
rod bolts............................ Aftermarket high strength
sump.................................. John built dry sump with scraper and gauze
oil pump .............................3 stage belt driven
flywheel .............................steel to accept Fiat 130 TC ring gear and Ford clutch cover and plate
induction ............................43mm dia. throttle bodies, front mounted air filter.
ignition ..............................distributor less
control ...............................electronically mapped
exhaust ..............................tubular, 4 branch, 2 1/2" stainless system with expansion chamber and 3" bore silencer.
Gearbox ............................. 5 speed with slave cylinder and clutch release bearing concentric to the input shaft
Propshaft ...........................1300 series uj's, 63.5mm x 1.6mm wall DOM tube, lightened yokes and flanges. Aluminium adapter in place of Fiat guibo.
Differential ........................Ford Sierra/Scorpio 7" or 7 1/2"
Drive shafts ......................Ford Sierra/Scorpio equal length
Hubs and bearings ............Ford Sierra/Scorpio
Uprights ............................Aluminium kit car to accept Sierra/Scorpio bearings and hubs
Brakes front ...................... 280mm x 25.4mm vented discs and radial mount 4 x 38.1mm 'pot' calipers aluminium alloy mounting bells (2014A T6)
rear.................................... Cosworth Sierra calipers and Sierra solid discs
general ..............................Cockpit adjustable balance bar and rear proportioning valve, copper nickel hard lines.
Master cylinders ............... Front brakes 3/4" dia. rear brakes 0.7" dia. , clutch 13/16" dia, rear mounted reservoirs
Suspension ........................double wishbone, lower are 28.575mm dia. CDS tube, upper are 25.4mm dia. CDS tube, spherical bearings used at pivots
front ...................................roll centre 38.1mm, -1 degree camber, 4.5 degree caster
rear.................................... roll centre 63.5mm, -0.5 degree camber, 0 degree castor
Anti dive & Squat..............None
Fasteners............................AN series in all critical locations, with a few NAS and MS series.
Dampers ............................ Aluminium bodied, 130mm stroke, double adjustable, mono tube with 1:1 wheel to damper motion ratio.
Springs ..............................TBA (First guess will be 250 lb/inch front and 175 lb/inch rear.) These will also be purchased to have the same installed height regardless of rate.
Steering rack ....................Front mounted, aluminium housing, right hand drive, 550mm between pivots, 49.02mm rack movement for one rev. of pinion (2 turns lock to lock, 12:1 ratio)
Steering column ...............7/8" x 16 swg CDS, lower uj Grp 4 rally unit, upper uj mil. spec. sealed unit. Column bearings needle roller. quick release boss.
Steering wheel .................. 305mm dia. leather.
Instrumentation .................Analogue tach. with integral LCD display
Stalks ................................Switches behind the wheel.
Fuel system .......................Plastic 36 litre tank with internal collector, 2 low pressure pumps and 108 litres per hour @ 3.5 bar high pressure fuel pump.
Head lights ........................ 178mm dia. with 110/85w H4 bulbs
Body ..................................Morris Minor convertible, widened 178mm with flush fitting bonded in windscreen in home made surround, composite doors, wings, front panel, boot and bonnet. Body work by Robin
started as this wood mock up:
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
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http://www.beardmorebros.co.uk/
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Matt H
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Registered: 11th Sep 01
Location: South Yorkshire
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mad but mingin
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bradfincham
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Registered: 20th Sep 02
Location: East Of England Drives: Clio 172
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That amazing,
give the bloke credit doing it all himself
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FlamingCorsa
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Registered: 22nd Apr 03
Location: Shropshire
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fair play puts jag corsa to shame
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DAYZEE
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Registered: 13th Nov 00
Location: Stevenage, MR2 Turbo, 328i Coupe, CBR600F
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Can't argue with the engineering or workmanship, but it is foul and a total waste of 5 years. And what a shit colour to paint your 5 year effort?
Loser.
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
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fair play to you IAZ, you have done a shed load, but as you say this is on a diffrent scale
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jr
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quote:
Originally posted by DAYZEE
Can't argue with the engineering or workmanship, but it is foul and a total waste of 5 years. And what a shit colour to paint your 5 year effort?
Loser.
 well its a vw version of almond green, which is a original colour, i personally thinks it a briiant achivment, and dont find it ugly
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mav
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Registered: 19th Jun 01
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think it's mingin but as ppl say fair play to the guy for doing it all himself...
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: MK
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That mings 
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Its looks stupid and Gay....I thought it was going to be something smart aswell
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
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i think it is
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Noddy's car looks better IMO
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Drew
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Registered: 24th Nov 01
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
the spec is unbelivable, and so is the workman ship, he spent £60 a week on it, and hasnt thrown loads at a company to do it
£15600 
ok only me sad enough to work that out
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
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quote:
Originally posted by Drew
quote:
Originally posted by jr
the spec is unbelivable, and so is the workman ship, he spent £60 a week on it, and hasnt thrown loads at a company to do it
£15600
ok only me sad enough to work that out
yes only you worked that out
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langey
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Registered: 7th Sep 03
Location: Wigan
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llok at the geek driving it.
looks a pile of ank but bet its fair nippy
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M2RTY
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Registered: 25th May 01
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love it
i LOVE a '53 traveller, my ideal car (year my dad was born) split screen with a v8 sticking out the bonnet
was one for sale 12k last yr amazing tho
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
Location: Kent
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glad you appricate it marv
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TNM
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: Nottingham Drives: VW Tiguan
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its ok having that engine but the frame looks as heavy as fuck!
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James_mk
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Registered: 9th Jul 04
Location: MK
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the guy looks like stephen hawkins! what was he thinking
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nik
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Registered: 19th Jun 00
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quality, thats something I appreciate. Old, retro  might not be to some people's taste but thats a proper modified car
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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car itself is not to my tatse
but i apreciate the work and the engine etc
looks spot on 
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
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All im saying
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DAYZEE
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Registered: 13th Nov 00
Location: Stevenage, MR2 Turbo, 328i Coupe, CBR600F
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Technically thats not a modified car either, he hasn't taken a car and whacked a shite bodykit on, its a kit car really, just a really shit one.
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micra_pete
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Registered: 23rd Apr 03
Location: West Yorkshire
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some idiots on here. fantastic car. its pretty much a complete race spec car, people on here love that jagcorsa thing but dont like that! thats real engineering. whats wrong doesn't it have 17 inch wheels, neon lights and a "mad" paint job?
saw it in retro mag, its no looker but very very impressive
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