Healey Sports Cars

mods & upgrades for Healey (Nash, Austin, or Jensen) cars, including engine swaps

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healey100jedi
Dan Wolters
Tucson
(22 posts)

Registered:
07/20/2008 10:56PM

Main British Car:
1956 100GT Supra 7MGTE

Re: 1956 Austin Healey 100-GT
Posted by: healey100jedi
Date: April 18, 2019 11:09PM

When I was at Roadkill in Tucson in January 2017, I won "Best Engine Swap".
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healey100jedi
Dan Wolters
Tucson
(22 posts)

Registered:
07/20/2008 10:56PM

Main British Car:
1956 100GT Supra 7MGTE

Re: 1956 Austin Healey 100-GT
Posted by: healey100jedi
Date: April 18, 2019 11:17PM

But then on the way home, things go really hot.


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rficalora
Rob Ficalora
Willis, TX
(2764 posts)

Registered:
10/24/2007 02:46PM

Main British Car:
'76 MGB w/CB front, Sebring rear, early metal dash Ford 302

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Re: 1956 Austin Healey 100-GT
Posted by: rficalora
Date: April 20, 2019 01:54AM

OUCH!
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88v8
Ivor Duarte
Gloucestershire UK
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02/11/2010 04:29AM

Main British Car:
1974 Land Rover Lightweight V8

Re: 1956 Austin Healey 100-GT
Posted by: 88v8
Date: April 21, 2019 04:10AM

Fantastic
There's a big chunk of your life tied up in that car. And it looks as if it's not been messed with since you sold it.
Hope it brings you many happy hours of driving.
Emphasis on the driving, so I hope the engine issue isn't major. Be careful it doesn't turn into a resto project !!

Ivor



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Max_Baker
Max Baker

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Registered:
07/09/2019 04:20AM

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Re: 1956 Austin Healey 100-GT
Posted by: Max_Baker
Date: July 09, 2019 04:33AM

I love to watch the birth of the car from the very beginning to the moment when it will drive the first mile. A couple of such works can be found here.



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healey100jedi
Dan Wolters
Tucson
(22 posts)

Registered:
07/20/2008 10:56PM

Main British Car:
1956 100GT Supra 7MGTE

Re: 1956 Austin Healey 100-GT
Posted by: healey100jedi
Date: April 29, 2020 12:10AM

So we moved again. But here's some engine bay pics, while we self quarantine.
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healey100jedi
Dan Wolters
Tucson
(22 posts)

Registered:
07/20/2008 10:56PM

Main British Car:
1956 100GT Supra 7MGTE

Re: 1956 Austin Healey 100-GT
Posted by: healey100jedi
Date: April 29, 2020 12:30AM

Top down view


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HealeyRick
Rick Neville

(491 posts)

Registered:
12/19/2007 05:01PM

Main British Car:
1963 Austin-Healey 3000 Ford 5.0L

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Re: 1956 Austin Healey 100-GT
Posted by: HealeyRick
Date: May 26, 2020 04:35PM

Still think this is a good looking build.


healey100jedi
Dan Wolters
Tucson
(22 posts)

Registered:
07/20/2008 10:56PM

Main British Car:
1956 100GT Supra 7MGTE

Re: 1956 Austin Healey 100-GT
Posted by: healey100jedi
Date: April 17, 2021 12:46PM

Hey, everybody. I've spent some time changing the look of the car.

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healey100jedi
Dan Wolters
Tucson
(22 posts)

Registered:
07/20/2008 10:56PM

Main British Car:
1956 100GT Supra 7MGTE

Re: 1956 Austin Healey 100-GT
Posted by: healey100jedi
Date: April 20, 2021 10:46PM

More changes.
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healey100jedi
Dan Wolters
Tucson
(22 posts)

Registered:
07/20/2008 10:56PM

Main British Car:
1956 100GT Supra 7MGTE

Re: 1956 Austin Healey 100-GT
Posted by: healey100jedi
Date: April 20, 2021 10:48PM

At Goodguys spring national in Scottsdale.

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Moderator
Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
(4582 posts)

Registered:
10/12/2007 02:16AM

Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Re: 1956 Austin Healey 100-GT
Posted by: Moderator
Date: April 22, 2021 12:14AM

Welcome home!

I really like this car - at least conceptually. More pics of mechanical details would be great!


Turicum
Warren Hale

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07/22/2021 08:00AM

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Re: 1956 Austin Healey 100-GT
Posted by: Turicum
Date: July 22, 2021 08:32AM

Great job.

A couple of friends and I made a removable hardtop for a 62 Healey Mk II back in the late 60s. I don't remember it being a conscious decision but the top is very similar to the Kellison top of the 50s. I think if we had known about the Kellison top we would have bought it rather than hand building ours out of aluminum.

The car has been boxed up for 47 years and is about to get it's engine reinstalled and the interior replaced. I have resisted going the Toyota route but the engine has been fully done and is carrying the triple Weber set-up.

The car will also be sporting rear disc brakes -- the Jaguar version.

Hope to be on the road by fall.
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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
(4582 posts)

Registered:
10/12/2007 02:16AM

Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Re: 1956 Austin Healey 100-GT
Posted by: Moderator
Date: August 02, 2021 08:40PM

Warren, that's VERY, VERY cool. I'm keen to hear more about your project of restoring and updating the 100-GT!


healey100jedi
Dan Wolters
Tucson
(22 posts)

Registered:
07/20/2008 10:56PM

Main British Car:
1956 100GT Supra 7MGTE

Re: 1956 Austin Healey 100-GT
Posted by: healey100jedi
Date: September 25, 2021 07:26PM

Just won best in class at the Tucson 2021 Nam to Sand veterans car show.

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rficalora
Rob Ficalora
Willis, TX
(2764 posts)

Registered:
10/24/2007 02:46PM

Main British Car:
'76 MGB w/CB front, Sebring rear, early metal dash Ford 302

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Re: 1956 Austin Healey 100-GT
Posted by: rficalora
Date: September 26, 2021 09:34AM

Congratulations Dan!


healey100jedi
Dan Wolters
Tucson
(22 posts)

Registered:
07/20/2008 10:56PM

Main British Car:
1956 100GT Supra 7MGTE

Re: 1956 Austin Healey 100-GT
Posted by: healey100jedi
Date: October 15, 2023 11:30PM

I've been trying to change the brake master cylinder to an electric one from a 2017 CRV.
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Here, the Emperor has no clothes.

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View of driver's side, just forward of foot box.

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Driver's foot box.


healey100jedi
Dan Wolters
Tucson
(22 posts)

Registered:
07/20/2008 10:56PM

Main British Car:
1956 100GT Supra 7MGTE

Re: 1956 Austin Healey 100-GT
Posted by: healey100jedi
Date: October 16, 2023 09:15PM

But the booster has a shudder when pressed half way. Any thoughts? Check out "iBooster click and shudder in Austin Healey" on YouTube.


healey100jedi
Dan Wolters
Tucson
(22 posts)

Registered:
07/20/2008 10:56PM

Main British Car:
1956 100GT Supra 7MGTE

Re: 1956 Austin Healey 100-GT
Posted by: healey100jedi
Date: October 18, 2023 03:00AM

I was double checking that I had the wiring of the 26 pin Bosch connector on the ibooster ECU hooked up correctly. I have an extra 22 gauge black wire on position 15 that doesn't show up in the online searches. I'm curious to know if this is preventing the startup calibration, because initiating 12v on pin 20 doesn't do anything different audibly, and I get boost without it.
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See also Tulay's Wire Werks Bosch iBooster Gen-1 Connector Kit for pinouts.
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88v8
Ivor Duarte
Gloucestershire UK
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Registered:
02/11/2010 04:29AM

Main British Car:
1974 Land Rover Lightweight V8

Re: 1956 Austin Healey 100-GT
Posted by: 88v8
Date: November 07, 2023 05:01AM

Hmmm.
Complexification. Beyond my pay grade.
What was the thought behind the change?
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