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[lucas1amps]

ok cheers guys

[lucas1amps]

been to see a carburettor specialist and he told me the twin solex carbs that i bought are infact japanise copys built under lisence by solex and are from a toyota 2000 GT or celica. problem with this is the parts if you can find them are like 100 dollers a piece from the USA so bit of a ball ache therefore there up for sale (pm me if intrested), on the bright side neil at NE motors is trying to build me a set of twin 40's that will be choked and jetted for the micra engine whats better than buying a random set of ebay and starting from scratch in my view. also bought 5 meters of box section today so get to work on the subframe very soon possibly the weekend. got another mini atm thats taking up alot of my time atm so thats why progress is slow.

another thing i am in deep thought about is ignition system, i like the idea of sticking with a dizzy but no doubt it will be expensive to get H&H to make or modifiy one for me as a result can anyone give me abit more information about the mega jolt system? in perticular what components do i need for the engine to run as theres so many different variations im abit confuzzaled by it all? any help or comments appriciated mean while hopefully get this inner sill and floor pan in beore the end of the month =}

[l_jonez]

Some bike carbs would be better suited as there's very little space for carbs without cutting the crossmember, plus being CV carbs they should give better economy.

As for Megajolt the basic parts are

Mj ecu
Edis4
Coilpack
Vr sensor

A few hours of searching will provide all the answers you need.

[lucas1amps]

ok thank you l_jonez il keep looking into megajolt as for carbs im not a fan of bike carbs hence why i havent botherd with them something different i guess?

[MiniNissan]

interesting to see how you get on with the weber carbs. if the you can sort out the space-problem, i'd say go for it. They will look very cool i think, and when properly set up, you can expect some extra power to.

As for ignition systems, i talked to the guy from 123ignitions the other day, he reckons he can built me a 123tune distributor based on the mini's with nissan drive on the end. i'll be up there soon, to discuss the plans with him. i'll put a full update on this in my own thread once we finished. 123tune is a fully mappable electronic ignition with classic look. have a look on their website.

[lucas1amps]

thanks mininissian that may be the solution! let us know how you get on! as for the webers we will make them fit =}

[lucas1amps]

land rover engine mounts arrived today got myself a new shell to save time also all systems go see if i can make up the subframe in the next few weeks very excited as for ignition proberly go with mega jolt as i now got a rougth idea what i need il speak to trigger wheels in the comming weeks.

[lucas1amps]

well small update new shell has arrived its in really good shape considering been sat in a barn for years bought a fbre glass flip front for it and afew other bits and pieces finished repairing my doors to fit to the car by putting new bottom skins on them projects moving along nicely so far got alot of theory work to go for my project though, also been given a homemade K series convertion subframe for abit of inspiration for mine just asembling all the info i need before i start making the subby as i really dont want to screw it up, then again got another 2 spare front subframes! maybe if this goes well start knocking them out? who knows!

[lucas1amps]

started making the micra subframe tonight choped the sides and back out and welded in the top brace so far so good one slight miss hap cutting to far on two ocasions but got another 3 spare subframes just in case =} so far so good pictures soon!

[ginsters]

Looking forward to this

[lucas1amps]

here some pics of the start of the frame going on big chefts basic design and going from there any advice or comments are welcome also pictures of engine mounts and postions would be a great help!

[l_jonez]

my only advice would be to use a subframe jig although its a bit late now, although you could use another frame to make the jig then put this one into it whilst cutting/welding etc. other than that good progress, will be great to see another Nissan conversion on the road

[lucas1amps]

lol i thought that when i started chopping it had another one next to it to take reference measurements of as it stands the towers are fine but its twisted slightly meaning the rear mounts are 5mm out just nothing i cant sort with some fettaling

[lucas1amps]

going to make another frame next week at college as well as i want to develop them!

[l_jonez]

going to make another frame next week at college as well as i want to develop them!

what style frame you going for? sheet steel or box section?

im really tempted to make another one but out of tube