Deepblue now has a friend.

Congrats, Clive. That looks a lot better than that red one.:yesnod:

andy1970h wrote:

Psymon wrote: 4x4 TF thats mod and half, if only we could get enough airflow to move the raditor to back, then you run the drive shaft where the pipes where.

Totally nuts idea and I'm a server techie not a mechanic but could you move the radiator to the boot? It would need some pretty radical surgery to the bootlid and probably the back of the car too but doing that would free a lot of space both under the bonnet and under the car

Server's is what i do as well. I specialise in recovering dead ones and MS exchange.

with some sort of forced air system you could probably do something with the side vents to route air to the rad, allthough with the engine being being as sensitive to tempature changes as it is, it would need to be perfect. Increaseing the amount of methanol in the water system would aid coolant

Just need to bite the bullet an do it, I put a 1600 xflow ford engine in the rear of a nova kit car (not the vauxhall) when I was a kid, used two small rads one down each side of the engine with electric fans on constant it worked well

cjj wrote:

rough luck wrote: Arrrrrrrrrr go on go on

Tiz just a different body shape TF you'll be ok on here .. lol

Yerr. That is how I am looking at it. It is my MG TF120 4x4

I really like the model description MG TF120 4x4 sounds good, I, for one dont have a problem with posting anything about your "freelander" whoops!! after all Ford developed the multi-shim gasket and strengthened bottom rail for this vehicle and is now saving many MGFs and TFs from a fate worse than HGF ~ i like it, post away :woohoo:

rough luck wrote: Just need to bite the bullet an do it, I put a 1600 xflow ford engine in the rear of a nova kit car (not the vauxhall) when I was a kid, used two small rads one down each side of the engine with electric fans on constant it worked well

Pics?


like the landie clive

whats it like to drive? i've never driven a 4x4 before... apart from my A4

is it ok with such a low-torque engine?

adam

adam-mgtf wrote:

rough luck wrote: Just need to bite the bullet an do it, I put a 1600 xflow ford engine in the rear of a nova kit car (not the vauxhall) when I was a kid, used two small rads one down each side of the engine with electric fans on constant it worked well

Pics?


like the landie clive

whats it like to drive? i've never driven a 4x4 before... apart from my A4

is it ok with such a low-torque engine?

adam

Don't have any pics of mine but it was exactly the same as this one, even the same colour

sexy!!!

adam

TF Quattro.....That does have a certain appeal.:woohoo:
Whenever I see a driveway full of interesting cars with a closed garage door behind I
always wonder what piece of automotive exotica is in there.
What's behind the door cjj? Lambo, Morgan Aero, piles of boxes of junk that haven't been opened since the last house move?

Rich

cjj wrote: To be honest, I have been on a few just looking, and they seem, in general, a bunch on knobs who really value their own opinion while managing to be arrogant towards newbies who ask "silly" little questions.

A few of them have quotes in their sig of other people saying how wonderful they are, while one has a poem of how great he is. I find that sort of stuff a bit arrogant and nauseating, even if it is in jest, which I don't think it is. :ohmy:

I will probably be posting on the .org LR bit, just to keep the posts in the right place, but I don't think it is very active compared to what we are used to.

Glad its not just me that thinks that
I am a member on there, more from my Discovery days but totally different from here!

Rich in Vancouver wrote: TF Quattro.....That does have a certain appeal.:woohoo:
Whenever I see a driveway full of interesting cars with a closed garage door behind I
always wonder what piece of automotive exotica is in there.
What's behind the door cjj? Lambo, Morgan Aero, piles of boxes of junk that haven't been opened since the last house move?

Rich

Knowing Clive. enough parts to make several more vehicles.:rofl:

david aiketgate wrote:

Rich in Vancouver wrote: TF Quattro.....That does have a certain appeal.:woohoo:
Whenever I see a driveway full of interesting cars with a closed garage door behind I
always wonder what piece of automotive exotica is in there.
What's behind the door cjj? Lambo, Morgan Aero, piles of boxes of junk that haven't been opened since the last house move?

Rich

Knowing Clive. enough parts to make several more vehicles.:rofl:

Or a Trabant

adam-mgtf wrote: like the landie clive

whats it like to drive? i've never driven a 4x4 before... apart from my A4

is it ok with such a low-torque engine?

adam

It drives pretty much like a big car. It won't break any land speed records, but it goes better than I thought it would. It does wallow a bit around corners, but it grips quite well. Obviously it is brilliant at what we bought it for, which is driving on ice and snow.