2023 , What Am I up to? , it has all gone a bit quiet on the blog posts well the reason is..
Actually there are two reasons, One is (NDA,NDA,NDA, ) we built 3 cars for 3 journalists and took them on a holiday to Africa for a month they filmed their adventure and I think Amazon may show it soon.
around the end of the year, I will do a post on that adventure when the NDA is relaxed 😉
But also I have been designing and building two 1980 rally replicas for the East African Safari rally
Here are some images of the build, not much text, sorry but time is really short.
the build team has been great and worked hard, we are all looking forward to a wet and rainy rally in Kenya 🙄
(They are in No particular order)
Panel return from paint shopInstrument panel testfront end fittedon the ramps Tunnel and gear lever fittingtreating the wooden race car chassisTesting the Mk1 roof scoop, we cut it down a littleStainless bulkhead with cutaway for the oil tanksTesting the spares fittingframes return from blasting and paintingMorgan roofs in the sunlightRear bash shieldFuel tanksRover V8 ready to fitNaked Morgan plus 8 in bare aluminium brand new yes we did CAD a lot of itthe car as it came from the Malvern Morgan factory in my specified form and barefloor and tunnel layoutMocking up the layout of the dashtesting clearance for the driverOil catch tankRover V8, I never thought I would be building V8 carb race engines againmy mock up for the cage, we went with a outside contractor for the final build because we where in Africa for 4 months and it was a pure time decision, I wish I had stuck with our build but we had to speed the build alongHow the roof vent fitsroof moldPaul makes a good plugOE wood workrear of the dash panelA look at the new suspension, easily the ,most serious Trad Morgan front end ever builtfirst testsBack at the Malvern Morgan factory to have my bespoke design of alloy body builtI hate it not having a plug, it took a long time to find the housing, thanks to SIMTEK for stocking itCAD of the front suspensionMy 85 year old Mum designing the door pocketsunderneath the plus 8 rallyRover V8 just about fits in, the dry sump made it a tough fit
Hi Beady,
The work looks amazing, I am just curious about the air filter that you are using. I saw it also on your p38 Overlander build,
I am in the middle of an M57 conversion on a Nissan patrol and some days I can do up to 800+ km on dirt I previously had a Donaldson Cyclopack fitted but if I went through damp fog in the afternoon the dust in the filter would set like cement! I noticed on the p38 it has the dust vortex tubes
all the best
Warren
it’s a donaldson PSD, they do them in vertical and horizontal formats, the honeycomb filter is expensive but NOTHING gets past, they also come with a secondary filter for use when changing the main filter in hi dust enviroments, however we remove this as it drops a couple of HP, and keep it in the cars as a emergany filter should the maain filter get blocked.
the main filter is not cleanable ( airline) you can bang it out to remove collected dust. they doo much arger sizes we have run this size on teh Desert Wariors for years and on the dyno there is zero hp drop noticable.
PSD080020 horizontal and PSD080026 is vertical version
we add a extension so that we can have a snorkel.
bd
use a 90 deg Silicon hose onto the OE M57 AFM, put a rubber band cut from a big HD dirt bike inner tube on the AFM first, a jubilee clip will seal it 100%
Thanks For the information, it is the little things that chew up time on a conversion, and information like you give just saves days of frustration.
Thanks
Warren
Hi Gomog Gurus,
Thanks for the input, all help is welcomed, The CX-T project did mislead us about the ‘features’ that are a blessing on all thing Morgan
Gearbox : a clutch takes less than 2 hours , the trick is that the floor removes from the base by 6 easy access bolts giving full acces to the cabin from underneath, then then the seats come out very easy and its all simple form then on, the gearbox stays in the car pushed up against the rear bulkhead and then the bell housing is really easy to get at.
rear fire : There is an FIA FT3 bag tank inside the alloy box, and no handbrake and the back of the axle.
I would be nice for Mog lovers to get a look over this beauty after the rally, we have spent a lot of time on the design and had a steep learning curve on Morgan suspension (still ongoing).
In all my classic car, Dakar car, Motorbike racing life I have never met enthusiasts like Mog enthusiasts , they are bread apart . in a good way.
bd
Hi Beady,
The work looks amazing, I am just curious about the air filter that you are using. I saw it also on your p38 Overlander build,
I am in the middle of an M57 conversion on a Nissan patrol and some days I can do up to 800+ km on dirt I previously had a Donaldson Cyclopack fitted but if I went through damp fog in the afternoon the dust in the filter would set like cement! I noticed on the p38 it has the dust vortex tubes
all the best
Warren
it’s a donaldson PSD, they do them in vertical and horizontal formats, the honeycomb filter is expensive but NOTHING gets past, they also come with a secondary filter for use when changing the main filter in hi dust enviroments, however we remove this as it drops a couple of HP, and keep it in the cars as a emergany filter should the maain filter get blocked.
the main filter is not cleanable ( airline) you can bang it out to remove collected dust. they doo much arger sizes we have run this size on teh Desert Wariors for years and on the dyno there is zero hp drop noticable.
PSD080020 horizontal and PSD080026 is vertical version
we add a extension so that we can have a snorkel.
bd
use a 90 deg Silicon hose onto the OE M57 AFM, put a rubber band cut from a big HD dirt bike inner tube on the AFM first, a jubilee clip will seal it 100%
Thanks For the information, it is the little things that chew up time on a conversion, and information like you give just saves days of frustration.
Thanks
Warren
Wonderful work. However there are little tweaks you can do to improve access.
https://www.gomog.com/allmorgan/GearCoverTweak.html
Have you addressed the fire danger at the rear?
https://www.gomog.com/allmorgan/rearendcollisionrisk.html
Is there any area you need bhp help with?
From a group of Morgan gurus
Hi Gomog Gurus,
Thanks for the input, all help is welcomed, The CX-T project did mislead us about the ‘features’ that are a blessing on all thing Morgan
Gearbox : a clutch takes less than 2 hours , the trick is that the floor removes from the base by 6 easy access bolts giving full acces to the cabin from underneath, then then the seats come out very easy and its all simple form then on, the gearbox stays in the car pushed up against the rear bulkhead and then the bell housing is really easy to get at.
rear fire : There is an FIA FT3 bag tank inside the alloy box, and no handbrake and the back of the axle.
I would be nice for Mog lovers to get a look over this beauty after the rally, we have spent a lot of time on the design and had a steep learning curve on Morgan suspension (still ongoing).
In all my classic car, Dakar car, Motorbike racing life I have never met enthusiasts like Mog enthusiasts , they are bread apart . in a good way.
bd