That may be ok but what is a Morgan?
Here are some sites to help with the uninitiated and for those who know about this famous marque:
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Model: 4/4 four seater
Year: 1981
Engine: Ford Crossflow (Kent)
Colour: Dark Blue
Technical specifications.
Engine.
The engine has been overbored to give a capacity of 1700 cc, fitted with a lightened and balanced flywheel, competition clutch, Piper 755 camshaft and the head now has oversize inlet and exhaust valves and gas flowed ports. This head actually featured in an edition of 'Cars & Cars Conversions' which is its only claim to fame. With the price of 4 star petrol now this head may have to be upgraded to one with hard faced valve seats and special valves to take unleaded petrol very soon. The exhaust manifold is a design from Rick Bourne of 'Brands Hatch Morgans' which does not have a very large bore but is quite smooth and especially designed for the Morgan engine bay. A straight through Plus 8 silencer and a tail pipe of 2 inches diameter takes the noise and exhaust fumes out of, at least the passengers and drivers, ears and noses! The carburettor is now a single down draft Weber 32/36 which all together gives me about 120 BHP at the flywheel, and I am supposed to keep up with the saloon cars of today with this!
Chassis.
I have fitted a Panhard rod and telescopic (Spax) shock absorbers to both front and rear suspensions. The choice of shock absorber was a simple one because only Spax allow the settings to be easily changed by simply using a screwdriver. This allows (or used to allow) me to change the settings from road to competition use very quickly i.e. in the paddock at hill climb, sprints and races.
The 'cross head' is a factory version with 1.5 degrees of negative camber which all the racing boys claim helps with the turn in on corners and stop understeer.
The standard wire wheels have now been changed for a set of 5.5 inch wheels fitted with 185 x 60 Firestone 660 tyres for road use while for competition use I have another set fitted with Yokahoma A001 185 x 60 tyres.
About to overtake a +4 at Silverstone.
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