Great job. Do yourself a favour and carefully cut that bank angle open and silicone the ball in position. You will also need to reroute the shifter, cables etc that are running thru the air box, as it needs to be completely air tight or it will run lean
I'd be getting the exhaust sorted as a priority. There needs to be a balance pipe between all four and some back pressure, or it will run lean. You could run the exhaust forward in the engine bay, then loop back under to the rear. Seems to be plenty of room that way.
It will actually make more power with a header and a performance muffler, like a Yoshimura. And not be so obnoxious, lol. And you could park it outside when it rains.
Hi there very interesting project you have there. Alot of kitcars run bike engines, you might be able to buy an adaptor for the prop shaft off the shelf. Very often used with ford running gear parts, possibly join the two together. Ballance is important, I got a machinist to make a small adaptor that bolted to the axle to except a shortened Mazda prop on my Opel / Mazda build. Never let me down. Love your idea and choice engine, looking forward to your next update 👍
one thing you will find is the MGB engine was real heavy ,probably about 5 times the weight of that bike engine,so front springs will be near solid, maybe put a big car battery in front of engine ,anyway great project.
👍🏻First time viewer and I Sub’ed…she’s a runner!..excited to see it Rip down the road…I think it would of looked better if you would of routed the exhaust underneath.
Getting a 71 mgb in a couple days and looking to throw a hayabusa motor in it. Very interested to see how you get that driveshaft setup done and mounted. Are you keeping the mgb rear end or are you gonna swap an irs suspension from a miata or something?
ahhhhhh nice job. This has been quite the accomplishment. You going to have a reverse gear? I bet the car is half the weight with that motor cycle engine. The original MGB engine was never really that great.
@@J-JsGarage you could try an electric reverse, maybe use a mobility scooter for it, they're sometimes 12V so you can keep them charged with the motorbike electrics. Might not go uphill in reverse though.
if that softtop is in good condition sleeperdude might be interested in it for his wifes car ..... than again he was at cleetus and cars so he mightve allready talked to you about that
🌴 found your vid by accident, best accident I’ve been into yet ! 🤣 this kinda build is something I’ve been thinking about, putting a big bike motor in a small car , yours looks like is going to be a beast, not crazy about the exhaust because it’s going to be blowing back into your face with the top down, and let’s face its loud , but I can’t wait to see you get it together and ripp’n the streets 👍🏼
@@J-JsGarage If you eventually want a full exhaust, take a look at how most MGB/V8 swap exhausts are done. They often run a 4-into-1 header through a hole cut into the inner fender. The downpipe goes down the wheel well by the frame rail tucked away from the tire/suspension.
Great job. Do yourself a favour and carefully cut that bank angle open and silicone the ball in position. You will also need to reroute the shifter, cables etc that are running thru the air box, as it needs to be completely air tight or it will run lean
A man in our shop drove to work in an old Vega that he put a snowmobile engine in it. Rope start. Amazed me for sure!
Now that is cool!!
That is awesome. Can’t wait to see that then go down the road
Thanks me too!
I'd be getting the exhaust sorted as a priority.
There needs to be a balance pipe between all four and some back pressure, or it will run lean.
You could run the exhaust forward in the engine bay, then loop back under to the rear. Seems to be plenty of room that way.
Great idea running the header towards the front of the car to route a decent exhaust system, that’s how they did it on a lot of TVR’s .
It will actually make more power with a header and a performance muffler, like a Yoshimura. And not be so obnoxious, lol. And you could park it outside when it rains.
May do something like that down the road.
@@J-JsGarage Cool project. I’d recommend a 4 into 1 pipe with some kind back pressure. Without back pressure, you lose all the bottom end torque.
Great videos! I like that you show us some close ups of the work that you are doing. Like the shifter linkage.
Thankyou!
She's quite the unit 😃
Glad you like it!
A MG with a KICK to-it.. COOL JOB..
Hi there very interesting project you have there. Alot of kitcars run bike engines, you might be able to buy an adaptor for the prop shaft off the shelf. Very often used with ford running gear parts, possibly join the two together. Ballance is important, I got a machinist to make a small adaptor that bolted to the axle to except a shortened Mazda prop on my Opel / Mazda build. Never let me down. Love your idea and choice engine, looking forward to your next update 👍
Thanks! And thanks for following along!
@@J-JsGarage your welcome, looks like I'm not the only one, good luck 👍
This is frickin awesome
Thanks!
one thing you will find is the MGB engine was real heavy ,probably about 5 times the weight of that bike engine,so front springs will be near solid, maybe put a big car battery in front of engine ,anyway great project.
Good to know thank you!
This is a really cool project! Thanks for sharing it.
Thanks for following along!
🌴 that’s going to be a beast when your done, can’t wait to see you tearing up the streets!
Love to see how it runs....
Thanks me too!
👍🏻First time viewer and I Sub’ed…she’s a runner!..excited to see it Rip down the road…I think it would of looked better if you would of routed the exhaust underneath.
Appreciate that! Yeah I wanted to but it was so tight on the exhaust side it wouldn’t fit.
I don't know how you've got so few subs?
That car was built 3 miles from me, it's nice to see someone put it to good use 😁😁👍👍
What do you mean built?
@@J-JsGarage Sorry, I meant originally manufactured, made, assembled produced..... at the MG factory in the UK.
@@Vortecks ohh gotcha!! Thanks for the comment
Has anyone mentioned the previous owner a Mr. Mouse at 15:20 checking fuel line in trunk?
Getting a 71 mgb in a couple days and looking to throw a hayabusa motor in it. Very interested to see how you get that driveshaft setup done and mounted. Are you keeping the mgb rear end or are you gonna swap an irs suspension from a miata or something?
Nice! I am hoping to have the driveshaft in next week and get a video out after that. Keeping the stock rear end for now
ahhhhhh nice job. This has been quite the accomplishment. You going to have a reverse gear? I bet the car is half the weight with that motor cycle engine. The original MGB engine was never really that great.
Thanks! No not now anyway. Curious to see what it’ll weigh!
@@J-JsGarage you could try an electric reverse, maybe use a mobility scooter for it, they're sometimes 12V so you can keep them charged with the motorbike electrics. Might not go uphill in reverse though.
@@BodyDestruction super good thought!
Good work
Appreciate it!
Why would you put a small high performance engine in a Morris Oxford 2 door?
Because of peak stupidity. A case of how to completely ruin a British classic.
@@titanus49 I was thinking more anlong the lines of a complete waste of a good engine
Thang is a beast!!!💪
if that softtop is in good condition sleeperdude might be interested in it for his wifes car ..... than again he was at cleetus and cars so he mightve allready talked to you about that
👍👍👍👍
nice
pretty cool, what cycle is that motor out of and how are you going to connect the drive shaft to the cycle motor?
2007 Suzuki Bandit 1250. Going to make an adapter plate to go from the sprocket to driveshaft flange.
🌴 found your vid by accident, best accident I’ve been into yet ! 🤣 this kinda build is something I’ve been thinking about, putting a big bike motor in a small car , yours looks like is going to be a beast, not crazy about the exhaust because it’s going to be blowing back into your face with the top down, and let’s face its loud , but I can’t wait to see you get it together and ripp’n the streets 👍🏼
@@davescheer5038 glad you like it!
Why not use a shaft driven vtwin motor ? Than you can run a drive shaft to the rear. Also with the v twins you’ll have much more bottom end torque
That would be an option! I had this engine laying around and it’s got a lot of torque
@@J-JsGarage it does have sword, but mostly really a pie in the RPM. There’s another guy who did a very similar swap look up super fast med.
@@J-JsGarage super fast Matt, look him up. The torque is there but only really high in rpms so it makes it difficult to drive
@@njmxjunkie3128 yeah I’ve got some of my ideas from him.
@@njmxjunkie3128 this engine makes the most torque at 3700rpm
What is the reason for running the headers out top of the hood?
Mostly because I didn’t have room to run them down under. It was super tight up against the frame and steering shaft.
@@J-JsGarage If you eventually want a full exhaust, take a look at how most MGB/V8 swap exhausts are done. They often run a 4-into-1 header through a hole cut into the inner fender. The downpipe goes down the wheel well by the frame rail tucked away from the tire/suspension.
@@crycheck3585 interesting! I’ll check it out thanks
How far will it go on that small tank?
Should go a good ways. Not planning on driving it long distances.