Morris Marina 1300 A Series Engine - The Great Hunt

[raindancer411]

Hi All

Boyfriends engine went at the last race meeting (the main bearing caps so I am told has cracked in half)

Am now in a hunt to find another engine. Anyone know of anywhere I may be lucky to find one. Am based in North West Kent... Going to be a lot of foning around tomorrow I think...

Thank guys...

[grahambell]

Always worth having a look on ebay. Or how about the Marina owners club? Assuming there is one...

[love machine]

Somewhere I have a reference about converting Marina/Ital blocks to fit transverse mini engines, I think the reverse is do-able. That would enable you to run a Metro 1275 which would save buggering about. I have a 1275 MG block in my shed which I can photograph for you if you like. DO NOT LET HIM GET RID OF HIS CONRODS, if he decides to part them out, I will have them!!! (assuming they are midget ones), by the way, I thought all Marinas were A+ engines (stronger blocks), if I remember rightly the best block to have is an Ital 1300, they are stiffer somehow.

It's been ages since I buggered about with inline A Series engines, I've used all sorts of backplate conversions/swaps with different blocks but it was a long time ago, I think the bolts of a mini clutch housing pretty much accept the backplate of an inline engine, it might be something to do with the main bearing caps, you have to grind a bit off to get them to fit a mini gearbox, so the reverse should fit, if I am right. If you go to www.minimania.com/msgthreads.cfm there are a load of yanks which will be up on the detail of what I'm on about.

Good luck, Stu.

[denisb]

Only the Ital's were A+.

[vrooom]

Would thought of you can get block from maestro, There is loads of them in scrappy they use vw gearbox and same inline crank. and fit it to existing head, stuff.