Valiant

1 hour ago, yoeddynz said:

I think the answer is simple......

If it works for Jay and his RC10-

@Valiant would agree.

That's exactly what early Prius had. A huge bank of nimh sub c cells.

They were unreliable as a pack of 6!

Depends on your budget.

I'm poor so I replace them one at a time.

Looks like a tracking coil pack based on pic 2.

Buy a new coupling and a rated safety chain while you're there.

Poor you.

3/8 air brake hose works well.

You can get it from truck parts shops.

@h4ndWayne. Get some Chinese cylinder heads too, become the one stop 1kz shop.

Cool.

+1 for mig construction.

Furniture tube and exhaust tube work great,

the chain stays wont be very strong the way they are in the picture with small diameter tube?

I'd be tempted to use one piece of large diameter with smaller chain stays at the end in a Y configuration. 

Absolutely!

Find a small motorbike carb for an engine of a similar size and adapt that to your engine with an exhaust tube manifold.

1 hour ago, Mof said:

@Valiant how much did they want for the Sunbeam Tiger?

I didn't want to take the bait and ask Barry how much he wanted for his Triumph Stag.

52 minutes ago, square said:

I've currently got a 48v go kart and a 72v kids jetboat ( surron motor ), Hilux is next.

Pics and details of those please.

@mlracing.co.nz

The S600 is really cool.

What does it drive like? 

What are your plans with it?

Really looking forward to more pictures tbh.

https://www.resolve-ev.com/

A bit outside the scope here.

Would you consider an electric conversion?

A quick Google suggests that an aftermarket controller for Leaf powertrain  parts is available. In a sub 800 kg car it would go really well.

Possibly not that expensive compared to buying and fitting a modern 4cyl engine when you take into account ecu, fuel system, exhaust, cooling system, custom sump build, tuning etc.

+1 Caraid.

2 minutes ago, rusty360 said:

The escort front suspension swap is a interesting one, some things you read say it's great others say it's a complete fark up!

Depends how you do it.

I think people try to bolt a stock escort subframe straight to their Anglia and then an Escort motor onto the mounts and everything is in the wrong place.

Conversely mounting the struts first, cutting the stock subframe mounts off the Escort subframe then sitting all in place until you have the correct castor etc and making mounts to suit that is a much better option.

Also re NA/B MX5 motors they have a rear sump, Anglia has a front sump, the Anglia steering gear won't clear the sump.

MX5 gearbox also doesn't have a rear gearbox mount. There are threaded holes in the tail shaft that can be used to mount off but there is no mount as such.

There is also a cam position  sensor driven off the intake cam at the back of the head that adds to the length of the motor.

2.0 and gearbox from NC MX5.

2.3 from Mazda6 on NC Gear box.

13b and box from an RX 8 if you can find one that's not stuffed.

Be prepared for major firewall and tunnel mods.

Escort front end swaps can work well and offer rack and pinion steering, better brake and strut options.

Ali express Ebike conversion? And rework from there?

^^Alot to like there.