Mgf donor car: building an MG Allegro VVC!
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Re: Mgf donor car: building an MG Allegro VVC!
So after fitting the Rover100 joints there is defiantly less camber, I still might make them adjustable though.
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Re: Mgf donor car: building an MG Allegro VVC!
What is the camber angle now? Probably only about 1.5 degrees negative now?
Re: Mgf donor car: building an MG Allegro VVC!
Yeah looks good now, the other side I wasn't quite as neat drilling though so will need setting up.
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Re: Mgf donor car: building an MG Allegro VVC!
All done now Ed? Need to come up and visit again
Re: Mgf donor car: building an MG Allegro VVC!
I still have those ZR bits for you somewhere.
Been a busy week, I should get some time this weekend though
Been a busy week, I should get some time this weekend though
Re: Mgf donor car: building an MG Allegro VVC!
Had it in for an alignment today, they had to narrow the ramps lol.
Now that the tracking is not toe'd in a load it drives quite well, just like a big mini.
I could do with drilling the left ball joint holes out slightly to get the camber equal both sides but it's within 1 degree. 2nd gear is a hoot I did a good 20 mile on different roads yesterday and nothing fell off!
Improving the brakes is next, the effort it there but they could be better.
Posh wheels on at last!
Now that the tracking is not toe'd in a load it drives quite well, just like a big mini.
I could do with drilling the left ball joint holes out slightly to get the camber equal both sides but it's within 1 degree. 2nd gear is a hoot I did a good 20 mile on different roads yesterday and nothing fell off!
Improving the brakes is next, the effort it there but they could be better.
Posh wheels on at last!
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Re: Mgf donor car: building an MG Allegro VVC!
Looks great. Hope you are pleased with the finished job. Thank you for producing such a riveting thread. Have really enjoyed following it.
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I agree, the best one to follow over the winter, well done.
TF 160 'oggy of the ampshire ogs' / ZR 160 (sadly now deceased) hooray now resurrected by Dave at Church Square Autos.
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Re: Mgf donor car: building an MG Allegro VVC!
Looking absolutely stunning Ed!!!
Must come up and visit again (have to collect those ZR bits) - and really want a close gander at the All-agro
Must come up and visit again (have to collect those ZR bits) - and really want a close gander at the All-agro
Re: Mgf donor car: building an MG Allegro VVC!
Cheers all
Feels like the end of something, seeing as it's taken so long! Serviced the wifes daily today, that doesn't normally happen lol.
Each time I drive it I enjoy it a little more, breaks starting to bed in and learning what to expect. Rear bushes I missed now greased so it sounds better. Exhaust still too loud, going to add some baffles at some point.
Feels like the end of something, seeing as it's taken so long! Serviced the wifes daily today, that doesn't normally happen lol.
Each time I drive it I enjoy it a little more, breaks starting to bed in and learning what to expect. Rear bushes I missed now greased so it sounds better. Exhaust still too loud, going to add some baffles at some point.
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Re: Mgf donor car: building an MG Allegro VVC!
Add a catalyst Ed? Small and they do it the volume of the exhaust. Plus, you’ll be saving the planet...
Re: Mgf donor car: building an MG Allegro VVC!
Maybe... Will try some baffels in the backbox first, even if it just takes the edge off it.
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Re: Mgf donor car: building an MG Allegro VVC!
Youv'e done a superb job Ed, I'm very impressed with the thought and ingenuity which you've shown throughout the process.
On "Drive-it Day" I met a chap with an Allegro, in a very similar colour. He has been following you on line, and said how much he admired the work you had put in and the result you'd achieved.
On "Drive-it Day" I met a chap with an Allegro, in a very similar colour. He has been following you on line, and said how much he admired the work you had put in and the result you'd achieved.
Barrie
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2002 Peugeot Partner Quiksilver
2000 MGF Wedgwood SE 1800i
2002 Peugeot Partner Quiksilver
Re: Mgf donor car: building an MG Allegro VVC!
Thanks I'm in all the Allegro groups so probably know him. I was tempted to go to the Drive it day but it was a little far.
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If the Allegro looked, sounded and went as well as this one in period, the history of BL would have been quite different!
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Modified Allegros at a local show, probably a world record lol
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Re: Mgf donor car: building an MG Allegro VVC!
Look good don't they? Prefer the Mk1 grille though