James,
I agree with most of what you say, subject to a lot of personal
preference. My answer to your good and bad points are in what I have
done:
'63 Mk1
1500 engine
High compression pistons
Free flow exhaust herder and Monza exhaust,
MkIV Full Synchro Tranny
1500 Swing-Spring and front sway-bar
Oil Cooler (and pressure Gauge)
Electric Pusher Fan
4.11 differential (Shortly to change to 3.89)
Joe Curry
P.S. I used to feel about styling the way you do, but I've begun to
warm up to the later model bodywork after seeing some of the outstanding
cars owned by some members of this list.
James wrote:
> I realy like my Spit 1500, although I havent managed to drive it
> much. You can probebly get a better 1500 for less, than all the
> rest of the spitfires, if you are prepaired to put up with the fact
> that it don't look as good as the 4's(Mk1) and Mk2's, maybe Mk3's.
>
> Standad checks, for filler of rust, hair line cracks hiding somthing
> worse ect.
>
> Don't wory about the engin condition, it is easy to get out,
> fix, and in again. It's the easyest car I have known to work
> on. Still use it as a means to cut the price down.
>
> Wory about the body work, chassy condition, noises from the
> propshaft, and the gear box.
>
> Remember the 1500 gear box is all synchro, whist the rest arn't.
> Do you like a synchro for first?
>
> Which one you wan't depends on your tast. For somthing nippy
> the 1300 is probebly best. But the 1500 has more torke, and
> so shoves you back in your seat more, and gets up hills without
> beeing driven at 5000 rpm.
>
> The mk. 3 1300 engin has more BHP than the 1500, but the 1500
> has more tourke. The mark 4 1500 has less BHP.
> MK. 3 block, spit 1500 head, extractor manifold, and electonic
> fan conversion are about the most efective set-up you can get.
> --
> James Carpenter
> Yellow '79 spit wired by a trained marmot
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