Recent content by jonm

Thought better put up a couple of pics. I know she needs a respray but that is last on the list want to do all the work first including replacement front wings.

Hello and welcome

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Thanks for all your info, def going to look into ceramic coating for the manifold, obvious the way to go. Thanks all.

Going to be fitting cold air induction from side vent but the TF engine can get a bit warm when driving it a bit enthusiastically because of the lake of air flow so any reduction in engine bay heat will help.

Fair enough, as you have said maybe safe not having them.

Just a suggestion but could you not fit both ends to the body (obviously through reinforced sections) and then if the body did detach from the chassis there would not be a problem. I know this is how the seat belts are connected to the body on my landrover. I think personally I would be going...

no idea as not long joined myself Thanks for heads up I will have a look into what's needed for it.

Thanks for that I did not realise you could ceramic coat yourself I thought it was shop only= lots of penny's...

Hello and welcome sounds like you been busy already.

Hi all, does thermal wrapping exhaust manifold make a big difference? Will be doing an engine swap over this winter (mg tf vvc) and was wondering if wrapping the manifold would be a good idea. Running a stainless steal manifold already and will be easy to wrap before the replacement engine goes...

The engine is like for like same vvc but i want to sort out some of the problems with this engine before it goes in. Along the lines of the thermal shock with the thermostat where it is and the clutch leaver seizing up. the main head scratcher is do I split the engine (which runs lovely ) and...

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Thanks for the welcome, she was a bit of a basket case when we got her but getting there now. so far.... changed water pipes underneath to stainless steel, exhaust change to stainless with decat. Vented the bonnet to sort our front end lift to do ... change engine, do thermostat mod, replace...

Hi All, new to the forum here, running a MG TF from North Scotland