88" series 1 restoration few questions

lordluke1995 · Aug 29, 2014

Hi guys recently bought a series 1 88" with a v8 for restoration,
First question, does anyone want the conversion ring for their series
Second question, will a series 3 2.25 petrol engine fit the series 1 box ? Is it worth changing to a s3 gear box ? Is that a direct swap ?

If I fit 2.25 petrol,
How much will value drop ?
Can I get a reproduction series 1 radiator ?

Finally iv had a weird idea of blanking of 2.25 petrol exhaust port and machining one on side face of manifold so I can have a out the wing original exhaust ?

ben waine · Aug 30, 2014

Why do you want a 2.25 if you have a v8? They have the same mpg, but guess which one has more power !
Also on the gearbox front, I think the series 3 are susposed to be easiest to drive(synchro on all gears) but they are usually accepted as not being reliabe, the 2a box only has synchro in 3 and 4th and is much stronger

dominicbeesley · Aug 30, 2014

How much would you like for the conversion ring...I'm thinking about trying a v8 in my 109...

However, I'm a fan of the 2.25 tuned up they go pretty well and can be made more efficient with a newer carb and skimmed head. If you're going to use it a lot I'd recommend looking at the ACR performance stuff I get 20mpg racing round the Pennines and 28-30mpg on motorways and at good speed. The 2.25 can also be bored out quite a lot for a bit more power.

As to gearboxes James Martin the gearbox expert reckons that Series III ones are strongest but has to be right suffix - I'm sure he did a post about it recently but I can't find it...

samc88 · Aug 30, 2014

dominicbeesley said:
How much would you like for the conversion ring...I'm thinking about trying a v8 in my 109...

However, I'm a fan of the 2.25 tuned up they go pretty well and can be made more efficient with a newer carb and skimmed head. If you're going to use it a lot I'd recommend looking at the ACR performance stuff I get 20mpg racing round the Pennines and 28-30mpg on motorways and at good speed. The 2.25 can also be bored out quite a lot for a bit more power.

As to gearboxes James Martin the gearbox expert reckons that Series III ones are strongest but has to be right suffix - I'm sure he did a post about it recently but I can't find it...

Yeah he dd say people are a bit misguided in saying the series 2 boxes are strongest. Series 3 boxes arent all bad if the synchros are in good condition. I think the main problem with them is just the crudeness of the synchro setup.

honolulujoe · Aug 30, 2014

if you can find a proper s1 2l petrol and put that it it might be worth more than having a 2.25 in it, can't remember if the 2.25 was a stock engine for an 88 s1

and you can have s3 gears put in an s1 box to get full synchro, couple more things to think about

not sure there would be any difference in value of a v8 s1 and a 2.25 s1 both would be significantly less than a 2l s1 imho. and if you can get the right engine s1's seem to be increasing in value quite well now.

lordluke1995 · Aug 30, 2014

Rocking horse poo for a series 1 two litre though ? Yeh ok so syncros will be useful, and then the series one box will be worth a bit to sell on ?

series 3 sweet 16 · Sep 1, 2014

My acquaintance has a series one 88 1955, he used a 60's or 70's saloon engine in his same layout but one mount got trimed he said, currently he is away that's on a series 1 box

series 3 sweet 16 · Sep 1, 2014

sorry I meant to add he brought that off his uncle just months ago and still paid over 3800. promise one thing if you please, don't go td or tdi or even n/a also the s2 box is so much stronger as its minus the stupid sync crap

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