Morris Minor with Fiat 2liter Twincam

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Wal
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Morris Minor with Fiat 2liter Twincam

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Dear all,
an excellent site, just thought I'd post a couple of picys of my Morris Minor. The spec is:

Body
1966 Morris 1000 4 Door Saloon; strengthening rails welded to chassis and extended to rear spring hangers; Escort Cosworth bonnet vents; body lowered by 2‚

Engine
Bottom End: GC rebuilt 2 litre TC; forged pistons; steel conrods; balanced crank and lightened flywheel
Top End: GC gasflowed 130 Abarth ‹Å“big valve¢ž¢ head; 3 angled valve seats (racing spec) with triple valve springs and race guides; Guy Croft 3A fast road cams; twin 45 Weber DCOE carbs; fully adjustable venier cam wheels; 1‚ race pattern cam belt; stainless steel GC race head bolts; solid state electric pump in standard SU body

Exhaust
Custom built stainless steel tubular system running 4 into 2 with 2‚ pipe throughout with Magnaflow performance straight through main silencer and scorpion twin pipe tail silencers.

Transmission
Fiat 131 Super Mirafiori 5 speed manual; custom built split prop shaft; uprated competition clutch.

Suspension and Brakes
Front End: Telescopic gas dampers; anti roll bar; 100% up rated torsion bar (lowered 2 splines); nolathane/polyurethane bushes; 180mm vented & grooved front discs with Sierra Cosworth RS500 4 pot calipers and remote reservoir; stainless steel hoses
Rear End: Telescopic gas dampers; Escort RS 2000 back axle; nolathane/polyurethane bushes; 6 leaf springs; Ford 9‚ drums; stainless steel hoses

Wheels and Tyres
Zender alloys with 185/60 tyres

Miscellaneous
Sony 10 CD auto-changer; Alfa Romeo 2600 sprint radiator; Kenlowe fan; Recaro seats; oil cooler; Moroso oil pressure accumulator, Dixie air horns
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