Morris 575 2.0 16v

[marinanut]

Apr 5, 2020 18:31:27 GMT v8jim said:

Kawasaki Ninja airbox cut in half and fitted upside down, still needs work but should work well and is different from a big foam filter, added bonus and purely by fluke the bottom is the same angle as the inner wing 

Hmmm, I'm pretty certain someone in the Marina Owners Club could source a non-servo pedal box for very little wonga....https://www.fastmarinamagazine.com/

[v8jim]

I wasn’t expecting a Marina grill to fit with no mods at all even the screw holes line up

[vulgalour]

It's literally the only advantage to cheap facelifts. Works well with the chunky black bumper, looks nicer than the Ital face.

[v8jim]

Even better

[vulgalour]

Agreed. Two useful round holes for indicators there too.

[glenanderson]

If I’d known it was that easy I’d have put a Marina grille on the Ital estate I had back in 93. 😀

[bmcnut]

Some people would no doubt go to a lot of trouble to cut holes like that in their front panel. The grill looked good with the black bumper, but de=bumpering it did it more favours than most cars.

[v8jim]

It’s still a very slow process but I’m getting the hang of it and it does actually feel achievable

[v8jim]

I think that engine really looks at home in there

[v8jim]

Brake pipes made and clipped

As is the new fuel line on the opposite side to the old one




Bit of tidying and the loom mostly in, not that there’s much of it to fit just coil pack, crank sensor and TPS




Knocked up a quick alternator bracket to replace the cable ties








Refitted the quality piece of BL plastic that is the dashboard.
I fitted the ecu under the glovebox in the end as I thought it was neater than sticking on top of the tunnel

[v8jim]

There’s the problem

It now works on a multimeter so should make the gauge go up and down but I bet the seal leaks when I fill it up

[darrenh]

i have one of those vice jaw benders. well, correction, i remember buying one. it existing somewhere is the same as having it ?

i like your plan with the plenum. i think people are scared of running air boxes or plenums as they think it hinders flow, but in allot of ways its of benefit

[jonsey]

May I ask where did you get the brake pipe clips from?

[v8jim]

they came from car builder solutions 

link

[jonsey]

👍

[v8jim]

I always dread the wiring bit but there really wasn’t much to do really and I think it’s mostly all connected now and the engine turns over, obviously it’s all needs tidying but that shouldn’t be too hard.

I fancied doing something different this weekend so left the wiring and did some painting

























But what colour???

[retrolegends]

Great progress Jim, have you thought about putting a Mk1 Marina 1300 Grille on with the split in the centre?

[v8jim]

That’s not my favourite grill, I’d quite like the colour coded centre that fits in the one I’ve got

[retrolegends]

May 9, 2020 18:41:35 GMT v8jim said:

That’s not my favourite grill, I’d quite like the colour coded centre that fits in the one I’ve got

The 1800 Mk1 grille?

[v8jim]

Yep that’s the one