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Well the day has come and gone for the M20s first track test day, It was very successful for the most part in general everything I had concerns about worked, it steered straight, stopped straight no shaking or funny vibrations felt really stable and went where I pointed it and as I went out on...

Andrew R, is your injection Mechanical or Electronic, looking at that photo it looks like a Hilborn manifold. Neat car would love to see it going will you be doing the MG Classic this year? if my test days are successful I may do it myself. Cheers Leon

Hi Guys, You seem to have a reasonable amount of room for mufflers Andy or is it just the photo making it look like it. I have NO room and have made some 150mm long tail pipe mufflers that I'm hoping will knock some noise off it. I was at Scope in CHCH earlier this year and saw some of the F5000...

This should be the link to the video of the engine finally running in the car

Yeah Rod, that is what I did, stripped the generator out and just have the points as a trigger very simple and still looks the part. I have a video but having trouble loading it. I have done it before but can't for the life of me remember how I did it, I know I put it on YouTube then attached...

Another hurdle over come today. Finally got the engine to run in the car. It has taken some changes to the fuel system and the ignition system, we have given up on the Mag and put in a MSD. The Mag was just too hard to get started and was going to start wrecking stuff so as much as I resisted...

A little more clarity, the original cars have a belt drive fuel pump which is located down low on the motor so the head from the main tanks keeps the pump fill. my pump is cam driven and is at the same level as the top of the main tanks, hence the need for the surge tank.

Hi Terry, The reason for the surge tank is to give the main pump a head to pull from so a lift pump will keep the surge tank full and all the by pass lines will go back to the surge as well. The High speed by pass and the secondary by pass are on the top of the tank the primary by pass still...

Well a mile stone reached today, I have a Log Book and Homologation Number so the car is now officially recognized by MSNZ just waiting for the C.O.D but at leased it can now compete in an event. Just need for it to actually go now, that's going to happen this weekend. I picked up a surge tank...

Well we had a day of trying to start the car and we were able to make a noise if only for a second at a time. The 24 volts was the trick to getting the starter to spin the engine fast enough to get a spark. The issue now is the fuel system, I have to add a surge tank as the pump doesn't like to...

I hear what your saying Jac Mac as the original cars used a small ring gear and I'm guessing this is part of the reason as well as less mass to swing. I'll try the 24 volts first we used to do this to make 12 volt winches perform on our comp trucks, I know that they are a different motor in some...

Hi people, I have had the word from MSNZ that my roll bar is good and my C.O.D and Log book will be issued in the next week or so which is a big hurdle crossed. I have been having an issue with no spark from the Mag. I spoke to a mate who runs midgets and sprint cars and also is the owner of a...

Hi Andy, Just a quick question, where did you get the parts to make your sway bars and did they break the bank?? Cheers Leon

Got my roll bar back and fitted, sent off the photos to MSNZ and hoping for final sign-off next week. I might be giving my insert the duck tape job as well as the ADOS glue isn't up to the job.

Well I have now covered the "ugly part" and will say up front, an upholsterer I am NOT!! but I do think it looks better and its comfy. Cheers Leon

I'm still waiting for the main hoop to come back so I made a seat insert, basically got some closed cell foam and an old seat from a car wrecker and just cut and glued until I had something that was comfortable and held me snug. I have to have about 2" of padding at the back so I can reach the...

Some photos cos I know you guys love photos. Also the benefit of the dash hoop is I could lower the main hoop by 2"

Getting close to the finish line now, Fitted a catch tank to the G/Box, filled the tanks with "Fuel Safe" foam, Battery fitted (turned the engine over) and rain lights work and fitted the dash hoop that MSNZ insisted on for Homologation. Just waiting for the main hoop to come back and then its...

Re: The HTP, I have read right through the FIA forms and looked through their web site for guidance and its not as scary as it first seems. Its pretty much the same as the forms you have to fill out for MSNZ Log Book and COD just a lot more photos and detail required. You are right your engine...

You are so right Andy re the dash hoop and believe me I tried not to have as it spoils the look for originality but they wouldn't budge so it will interesting how you get on. I think its the guy get and his interpretation that decides.