My new race car

[johnnynumfiv]

It's a 1970 mg midget,
It has:
rollbar, competition seat, racing harness, racing steering wheel, roll bar, 1275 cc engine, twin 1.25" SU carbs, competition cam, high performance starting coil, front racing lever shocks(modified spring), a little negative camber, rear tube shocks, lowered 3 inches, axle brace( so wheels dont shift out and rub on the fender), 13" minilite center knock-offs with 13" by 8" yokohama DOT slicks on them. I've put on a new header, and I'm modifying the straight exhaust that came with the car by puttingg a glass pack on it to keep the noise down. I also added the windshield, and needs to work on the wiring so the lights work. If i get another truck soon, my dad and I are planning racing it in a couple of weeks, after we make it street legal, we don't really need to truck to race it.

[johnnynumfiv]

here's one more picture

[Sweeney921]

looks sweet

[henk4]

does the car have any competition history?

[johnnynumfiv]

It has never been raced, the man who originally owned and who was going to race it, died, then it was sold in an estate sale to the man who I bought it from, he put some stuff on and only drove it around the lake that he lived on once. If i get a new truck or make it street legal, it will be raced on june 27th.

[henk4]

Looks good, it is the standard BMC engine, what sort of BHP do you think you have, about 90-100 or so?

[GTR Dreamer]

is it street legal yet?

[johnnynumfiv]

nope, its not street legal yet. I have to replace the steering rack, there is something wrong with it. My dad found out about it during a race and have major understeer, and spun out and couldn't go at any high speed. Then the rear axle started to leak. So I have to work on that before modifing the car so its street legal.

[johnnynumfiv]

A little update:

First I made a braket for the fuel cell out of 1x2 tube steel, then found out I had to drop the stock fuel tank(it was time for a fuel system change, the gas was black and rust ), dropped the tank, drilled the necessary holes, mounted the fuel cell, then started setting up the plumbing. Its made with -6AN line with the appropriate fittings. The system goes, out of the fuel cell, fuel filters, fuel pumps, two lines come together, then to the fuel pressure regulator near the oil filter up front, then onto the carbs.


For the battery, I took aluminum stock cut it so it fits the contours of the battery, took two pieces of the 1/2" and layered them and drilled the holes and bolted it in.


I did all this work and a lot more over the past 3 days for a race at LimeRock, my dad got around Turn 1 and the front brakes totally locked up, end of the race for us.

I replaced the steering rack, added camber bushings up front, resealed the rear end, now just to fix the brakes. And a hub/ rear axle conversion is coming up shortly, just got the wheels back from powercoating and they are getting wrapped with yokohama A032R's.

[matek]

at the begining you said that you were gona spend around a gran doing it up how much have you spent getting it to go well?

still will be amazing when you get it going

[johnnynumfiv]

at the begining you said that you were gona spend around a gran doing it up how much have you spent getting it to go well?

still will be amazing when you get it going

Tally so far:
$500 for tires
$50 sandblasting wheels
$129 Seat
$>100 gas
$25 new seat belt
$100 fuel cell
$300 fuel line and fittings

[Suka]

johnnynumfiv

I envy you so much! That is such a lovely car!

[Quiggs]

The way every project should be- overbudget and behind schedule.

[Egg Nog]

The way every project should be- overbudget and behind schedule.

Man, does the truth ever hurt.


Keep up the good work Johnny, looking wicked so far

[Quiggs]

Man, does the truth ever hurt.


Keep up the good work Johnny, looking wicked so far

I was supposed to be dropped on H&R coilovers by now, with a VR6 swap sitting in my uncle's garage with the block sent out to get bored over. Now I'm looking at a cheap spring/shock combo and there's no motor in sight for a long time. Fuggin' cars...