MG Midget...V8 in disguise..Super Sprite

[Flying Phil]

This car has been through several iterations and started like this... |https://thumbsnap.com/98aC9sFW[/url]

then it raced as this...
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After it became a Tube chassied Competion Altered.
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Then I bought this 1500 Midget, it was a bit bent...

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It was straightened and my old Sprite body panels used, together with a roll cage and Rover V8 engine. Several resprays later...

Here it is just before it went back into my garage. The hood is only placed in position.





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Edited by Flying Phil on Thursday 8th October 09:44

[Flying Phil]

Hi Sooty
I will put my spare doors on with wind up windows, install the hood and put the silenced exhaust pipes back on. I do have another bonnet with a smaller bulge, but that needs the 6" ram pipes taking off, so I will decide that later.

[Flying Phil]

Well I haven't changed the doors etc .... and had put it back in the garage until now. Then I was inspired by our local car show to get my toys out.

[Flying Phil]

Whilst the V8 Sprite was out in the sun I finally finished part of my rewiring and ran the front wiring loom up through the chassis leg that supported the "Rubber Bumper" in its previous life.
Needless to say it was a "faff" getting the five wires for the ignition module and coil out of one hole and the lighting circuit out of the other hole. However after three tries it was completed....now to get the connections done!



Gratuitous picture of 8 ram pipes on Quad Webers!

[Flying Phil]

Hi DaimlerV8
Your "spare" looks better than my starting point.... But I hope your health issue is getting sorted.

[Flying Phil]

I have decided to get my Sprite out for a local car show at Kelmarsh Hall...in three months time (4th August).
The first job is - Find the Sprite....


Well it is under the spare bonnet, on top of the see saw. So one bonnet removed.



Covers taken off and ramps positioned



Very slowly and steadily it is winched down



And finally back on Terra Firma!

[Flying Phil]

After a good holiday I opened up the garage to do some work on the Sprite.
First job was to remove the bonnet



Then look at the carbs and see if they still open and close - they do!





Finally remove the radiator to access the ignition wires more easily

[Flying Phil]

On checking the carb operation, I noticed that there was a danger of the operating levers going "over-centre" when on full throttle.
When I fabricated the manifold for the downdraught carbs I wanted to keep the operating system tucked away, so there is a linking bar running above the valley gasket (It was actually a cut down and altered bar from a flat four Alfasud with twin carbs). This bar connects all four carbs but is actually driven from the rear carb lever. This lever had an added bracket that connects to the throttle cable. It was this end carb lever that was going over centre.

However, on stripping it down, I found that it was not quite aligned to the adjustment screw and so a quick re alignment, screw the adjuster further in and the lever ball joint is further round, lengthen the connecting link to the linking bar and it no longer goes over centre. Hopefully the pictures make it clear....or not!



Not sure if this is allowed in PH - dirty fingers and oily engine bits!