Well...you don't need to go THAT far. The regular oil
pump will do the job, cam bearings are nice but would
require necking down the ends of the cam or using a
triumph 1300 cam.
I would only add an oil cooler if your oil temp get
too hot. generally, you need to have your oil temp
somewhere in the 275-300 degree range. This will help
evaporate any condensation if the car sits for a
period of time or in a damp climate. Radiator will
work as stock (as long as you have a post October 1975
radiator). The 75 models were equiped with a smaller
radiator that was really prone to overheating. You
don't NEED to port the head.
The HS4s will definately allow it to breathe better
(standard setup for the UK). The hardened gear set
will remove the 3 weak spots in the tranny (Definately
a plus!). The wilder cam will actually help the under
cammed 1500 engine. You don't NEED to bore out the
cylinders and use oversize pistons (it's nice but not
required).
Mike. You forgot to add High compression pistons and a
compression ratio of 9.5:1 :o))
Dan Dwelley
77 Midget (without all the extra crap Mike has) :o)))
--- mgraziano@mindspring.com wrote:
> Terry,
>
> You can add to that a set of HS4s over the stromberg
> (or weber if that suits you), a gearbox with thicker
> gears (or at least a hardened idler gear), an
> oversized oil pump, cam bearings, better radiator,
> and an oil cooler. Add a hot cam, oversized
> pistons, and a mildly ported head (with hardened
> seats) while your at it.
>
> On the plus side, your $3,000 engine will something
> to grin at every time you plunk down the
> accelerator.
>
> Or so I hope.
>
> Mike
> '78 Midget (not running, but maybe soon)
>
>
> Dan Dwelley <maine2me@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> If you're going to drop in a 1500, you
> want to at least do the following to the engine: Get
> the oil galleries enlarged, pin the thrust washers,
> convert the clutch type fan to the older constant
> fan
> (it'll cool better believe it or not). This is only
> a
> short list of important things to do to the 1500 to
> make it more reliable and usable.
>
=====
Dan Dwelley
77 Midget
Alexandria, Va.
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