Mgf donor car: building an MG Allegro VVC!

[Rob Bell]

Not much left of sheddy 1970s BL stuff on the roads any more. A real shame IMO - they were certainly cars of "character"!

Aparently Lotus 501 wheels fit straight onto the Princess Hubs -



So imagine that black Princess on those wheels, with a subtle modern engine upgrade... hmmm...

Must stop thinking about that!

Actually, I also want a wedgy Lotus in my life. And I rather like TR7 DHCs. I think I'm showing my age...

[edk83]

Yeah I have heard the lotus wheels fit, eBay just alerted me the price for the princess was dropped!

[Rob Bell]

I know - by a grand! So tempting... but I'd rather not face the Princess Owners Club death squad.

[edk83]

Mmmm offer them another grand less then put some dirty great v8 in it with the money saved!

[Rob Bell]

The volvo B844S looks to be a nice compact unit. In fact, so compact that I wonder whether it could be shoe-horned into an MGF?



Should be a good fit in a Princess

[Rob Bell]

Narrow angle Vee, compact design... and very rare it seems. This on in Demark has a cracked casting, and they're still asking for £5k! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOLVO-XC90-en ... SwvUlWthda

May be not then

[edk83]

Today was Allegro moving day, its going to a friends while I move house. It will then be going into a garage and out of the weather

Made an A frame that bolts to the bottom of the subframe.



All hooked up.





Hmm it does sit nice on those wheels.

[Rob Bell]

Nice A-frame! And nice wheels!

[edk83]

They seem to fit well those, they are just my track / moving about wheels.
My other set are newly refub'd gulf orange and polished lips

[edk83]

Lotus Exige flywheel turned up today, its gonna rev like a motorbike
Annoyingly moving house will take up all my free time for about the next month

Should have a nice dry garage to work in afterwards though

[Rob Bell]

Wow! Not a lot of metal on that: how much does it weigh? The timing teeth pattern looks a bit odd? Probably fine - just not used to looking at a flywheel quite that light!

[edk83]

Its one of these https://www.eliseparts.com/products/sho ... -flywheel/

Weight is 3.6kg according to my scales. Have been told of one running in a vvc mgf and I have checked the timing teeth. They are a slightly different design but the pattern is the same as stock. The sensor is only a magnet so as long as the metal is missing in the correct place

[Rob Bell]

3.6kg? That's pretty good! Are you getting it dynamically balanced?

I weighed the one I have - can't remember what it was now, so will probably now re-weigh it!

[edk83]

Nope lol, just bolt on and hope

According to Eliseparts it should just go on.
"Stepped central "spigot" for accurate centralisation (just one thousandth of an inch oversize can put the flywheel out of balance)"
We'll see!

[Rob Bell]

To be honest, my daily has a lightened flywheel, and I didn't get that balanced either! But the DVA tuned engine I am planning will probably be fully balanced by Vibration Free before assembly.

[edk83]

Glad that it worked ok on yours

I'm expecting vibrations though, no rubber in my subframe mounts!

[Rob Bell]

That should be interesting!

[Mykel]

Hmm, massage seats. All the Bimmer and Insignia owners have to pay a substantial premium for this feature and you will get it for free, Ed!

[edk83]

They will be heated too (by the sun)

Well here are another couple of pictures of the progress on the Allgero bodied Corvette.
Amazing.




I dont think mine will ever look that good, on a better note though my Protech front shocks are on the way!

[Rob Bell]

Loving that!