MG Midget Madness (i.e. It was either this or kill it with fire)

[GySgtFrank]

Originally Posted by RETed

Check out AFCO Racing?
You should be able to find one close, and it shouldn't cost more than $300...?

-Ted

I checked them and a lot of others. 14" H cores are non standard. I can get something at 15.5" H, but there is no way I can make it fit unfortunately.

Originally Posted by t_g_farrell

+1 on this. It helps to see the good, bad, and the ugly on projects like this.
I always thought this would be a neat swap but after seeing the amount of
fabbing needed I certainly wouldn't try it. Thanks Gunny for sharing.

Glad it helps. I have done more fabricating than what most would probably consider really necessary, but I'm picky on how I want it to fit. There is a fair amount of fabrication involved with this swap no matter how you go about it though.

[Pete_89T2]

This is an out-of-the-box thought, but have you considered relocating the radiator and/or oil cooler out back? That would present a bunch of other problems, like proper airflow and plumbing/packaging, but it might give you more space to work with and solve the capacity/radiator size issue.

You don't need no steen-king trunk space, right?

[GySgtFrank]

Originally Posted by Pete_89T2

This is an out-of-the-box thought, but have you considered relocating the radiator and/or oil cooler out back? That would present a bunch of other problems, like proper airflow and plumbing/packaging, but it might give you more space to work with and solve the capacity/radiator size issue.

You don't need no steen-king trunk space, right?

I have almost no steen-king trunk space to play with Pete and even less room to duct air to it. This car is tiny. I had forgotten just how small they were until I bought the damn thing. It is about 10 1/2 feet long without the bumpers, 48 1/4" tall, and only 4'5" wide. I'm already going to have to cut into my trunk space (or should I say "the rear glove box"?) later in order to expand my fuel tank a bit when I modify it for an in tank pump and cup for the fuel injection. The original fuel tank is only a 7 gallon tank which may be a bit less than optimal with a rotary.

[RETed]

Originally Posted by GySgtFrank

I checked them and a lot of others. 14" H cores are non standard. I can get something at 15.5" H, but there is no way I can make it fit unfortunately.

It looks like they have a lot of 27.5" / 28" by 19" stuff...
Can't you just cut the core down and redo the endtanks for your application?
Can't be more than $100 in labor and welding locally?


-Ted

[GySgtFrank]

Originally Posted by RETed

It looks like they have a lot of 27.5" / 28" by 19" stuff...
Can't you just cut the core down and redo the endtanks for your application?
Can't be more than $100 in labor and welding locally?


-Ted

The one local place, that I would trust with something like that, won't do that kind of work on aluminum radiators. They must have gotten burned on it at one time or another for them to be that gun shy of it. I don't have the means to weld aluminum myself. I really need to do something about that lack one of these days.

[Pete_89T2]

Originally Posted by GySgtFrank

The one local place, that I would trust with something like that, won't do that kind of work on aluminum radiators. They must have gotten burned on it at one time or another for them to be that gun shy of it. I don't have the means to weld aluminum myself. I really need to do something about that lack one of these days.

Maybe ship it off to Brian T.?

[GySgtFrank]

Originally Posted by Pete_89T2

Maybe ship it off to Brian T.?

That might be an idea, but Brianna's busy as hell these days. He hasn't got time to work on his own cars let alone anyone else's.

[JL1RX7]

Send it Cheebs?

[Pete_89T2]

Originally Posted by JL1RX7

Send it Cheebs?

That's a good idea, Cheebs has plenty of time, but not sure if he does AL?