Hi guys
you may remember a few weeks ago I posted some pictures of my newly purchased MDA GT40.
I had planned to changed the colour, possibly ass Gulf arches and give it a general tidy up. After looking a little deeper I soon realised that if I was to enjoy this car a lot needed to change. Let’s just say one of the previous owners was likely a “Jack of all trades” clearly as master of none.
Sections of the chassis looked like Swiss cheese with the amount of non needed rivet holes. This I find incredibly frustrating And that is where the “tidy up” turned into a “rebuild”.
I started stripping the car down so I could spot weld over the holes. The more I removed the more I didn’t like. Hatches has been cut all over the place with nothing matching or lining up. Consequently I have now ended up with a chassis a engine.
Yesterday I pulled the dash out as there are a few disks that are not working and wanted to find the problem. It was literally like tipping out a bowel of pasta. My head exploded. With that said does anyone have any recommendations for “plug and play” ready made looms for a Ford 302 that’s been stroked to a 347. It has EFI. The motor was built by Mike Huddar
347 Ci ‘stroked’ SB Ford V8 / TWM Accel / DFI sequential injection system & programmable ECU:
Eagle 3.400 nodular stroker crank – internal balance
Eagle lightweight 5.400 ‘I Beam’ con rods with ARP cap screws
Heavy duty bearings
Keith Black Hypereutectic pistons with molly rings giving 10.5-1 compression
Assembly dynamically balanced
Patriot alloy cylinder heads, 180 cc intake, 60 cc chamber, 2.02/ 1.6 stainless valves
Lunati ‘EFI spec’ hydraulic camshaft, hardened pushrods, alloy water pump
Canton baffled oil pan, HV oil pump with Canton pickup & HD driveshaft
Degree crank damper
Ford Motorsport (Ford Racing) alloy valve covers with breathers
TWM Accel / DFI sequential injection system - 50mm Throttle Bodies.
Includes: Dual synch distributor for Cam & Crank signals / 6A control box and shielded ‘E’ coil
30lb Injectors / Remote mounted IAC Motor for precise idle control / Adjustable, vacuum controlled fuel pressure regulator. Gearbox: Renault UN-1 5 Speed
I don’t think I’ll be to Le Mans Classic this year however I’ll aim for 2021.
cheers
you may remember a few weeks ago I posted some pictures of my newly purchased MDA GT40.
I had planned to changed the colour, possibly ass Gulf arches and give it a general tidy up. After looking a little deeper I soon realised that if I was to enjoy this car a lot needed to change. Let’s just say one of the previous owners was likely a “Jack of all trades” clearly as master of none.
Sections of the chassis looked like Swiss cheese with the amount of non needed rivet holes. This I find incredibly frustrating And that is where the “tidy up” turned into a “rebuild”.
I started stripping the car down so I could spot weld over the holes. The more I removed the more I didn’t like. Hatches has been cut all over the place with nothing matching or lining up. Consequently I have now ended up with a chassis a engine.
Yesterday I pulled the dash out as there are a few disks that are not working and wanted to find the problem. It was literally like tipping out a bowel of pasta. My head exploded. With that said does anyone have any recommendations for “plug and play” ready made looms for a Ford 302 that’s been stroked to a 347. It has EFI. The motor was built by Mike Huddar
347 Ci ‘stroked’ SB Ford V8 / TWM Accel / DFI sequential injection system & programmable ECU:
Eagle 3.400 nodular stroker crank – internal balance
Eagle lightweight 5.400 ‘I Beam’ con rods with ARP cap screws
Heavy duty bearings
Keith Black Hypereutectic pistons with molly rings giving 10.5-1 compression
Assembly dynamically balanced
Patriot alloy cylinder heads, 180 cc intake, 60 cc chamber, 2.02/ 1.6 stainless valves
Lunati ‘EFI spec’ hydraulic camshaft, hardened pushrods, alloy water pump
Canton baffled oil pan, HV oil pump with Canton pickup & HD driveshaft
Degree crank damper
Ford Motorsport (Ford Racing) alloy valve covers with breathers
TWM Accel / DFI sequential injection system - 50mm Throttle Bodies.
Includes: Dual synch distributor for Cam & Crank signals / 6A control box and shielded ‘E’ coil
30lb Injectors / Remote mounted IAC Motor for precise idle control / Adjustable, vacuum controlled fuel pressure regulator. Gearbox: Renault UN-1 5 Speed
I don’t think I’ll be to Le Mans Classic this year however I’ll aim for 2021.
cheers