Obscure Cars?

[Norm Peterson]

Sorry, but the Sprites are all steel. Not that there's a lot of it - you can have only so much in 80" wheelbase, 48-ish track, and ~1400 lbs curb.

I'd best describe the Sprite (and it's MG Midget twin in later years) as being one size smaller than the MGB, which is more of a Sunbeam Tiger/AC Ace/Shelby Cobra size chassis.

Somewhere I still have a couple of magazine articles where somebody shoehorned a SB Ford or Chevy into a Sprite, and I've considered doing something similar more than once. Any way you slice it, it's going to be a bit nose-heavy, so I'd look to either the SBF, an LS?, or all-aluminum 60° V6 of around 3.5 liters as alternatives. The 60° engine would more than likely involve less footbox "massaging", and would be the lightest of the bunch. Even a Honda S2000 powertrain (remember, that would be in a car of half the S2K's weight).

The early Sprites have also had Mazda rotaries swapped in, and one of the top E-Mod SCCA autocross cars had a 2-rotor in it. Then the guy got serious (read 3-rotor). Last I heard, it either was for sale or had been sold.


Norm

[KWIKND]

Sorry, but the Sprites are all steel.
Norm

Can't say as I have ever seen a Sprite. I am more familiar with the MK's
My brother has one with a C3 SBC and trans. It really needs a mini tub and some more rubber under it if you know what I mean.

Dan

[jasonsnova]

early 70's vega....looks like a mini camaro! sbc fit...but would be bad a$$ with a lsx motor!

[79_GBody]

early 70's vega....looks like a mini camaro! sbc fit...but would be bad a$$ with a lsx motor!

http://www.ls1vega.com/images/71_GT/index.html

Not mines just thought about it when you said it...and there's actually quite a few on the net.