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May 31st, 2014, 22:21 | #1 |
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1966 Volvo Amazon engine transplant!
I have been planning to make my car a little more useable on motorways and preferably quicker (that's always got to be the way) basically I'm not going to last for ever in the 55mph club lol I have found an MX5 that is being broken for spares, it's a 1.6 import with 115BHP and I've been having a look at the ratios to see if it's a pairing that will work well. Here are some numbers, sorry to bore...
Gearbox ratios MX5 (:1) - 1st 3.136 2nd 1.888 3rd 1.33 4th 1 5th 0.814 Gearbox ratios Amazon (:1) - 1st 3.13 2nd 1.99 3rd 1.359 4th 1 Diff ratio MX5 - 4.3:1 Diff ratio Amazon - 4.1:1 Looking at this keeping the original diff will actually give me a car that's a better cruiser than the MX5. Spot On The other items I need to collect then; if I decide to lose the injection... A set of bike carbs Megajolt, to run the ignition A custom intake manifold And/or if I keep the injection... I've got a Jasma exhaust manifold already A hybrid of the two propshafts A hybrid of the two speedo cables The clutch master cylinder off the MX5 The rad from the MX5 A custom exhaust A fuel pump So first thing will be to grab the MX5 parts that are still on the car and get everything cleaned up while I collect the rest of the bits... |
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