well this IS interesting

[rcmatt007]

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[desertrefugee]

Trade him!

[5speed]

as the engine in rcmatt007's wife's Morgan hits the floor.

[Whiskerfish]

[Track T 2411]

Cool! I'd love to see how the radiator is plumbed. Almost looks like there's an electric water pump up top...

[wingrider]

Should have more power than the V-twin!

[Oldewing]

Looks like the Doc won't be bringing his to any events again...


Parking lots full of guys with wrenches drinkin' beer, what could go wrong........

[rcmatt007]

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I really doubt the 1100 engine has more power than my 124ci V-twin

[wingrider]

It is certainly close.....will certainly give the nod to the Morgan for more torque.

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Both Morgan’s are quite cool, no mater what engine they have!

[rcmatt007]

how about this homemade...

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[wingrider]

I guess this is something that I am not sure of on a 3 wheeled Morgan, but are they rear wheel drive, or front wheel?

[flyin900]

That second one is very nicely done and I really like the Mercedes grill treatment behind the twin motor. Much more refined design and fit and finish too.

[rcmatt007]

I guess this is something that I am not sure of on a 3 wheeled Morgan, but are they rear wheel drive, or front wheel?

rear. there is a shaft back to what they call a bevel box which has a sprocket and a rear belt drive. This allows the shaft to be centered as the bevel box provides the offset for the sprocket. Liberty sidecars made 13 morganish cars in the early 2000's and used a gold wing rear, so the drive shaft was angled back. this really cramped the passenger seat

[wingrider]

Thanks! Kind of what I assumed, but we all know what happens when we do that!

[rcmatt007]

behind the engine (hidden by the bonnet) there is a Mazda 5 speed transmission and the drive shaft. To deal with inherent lack of smoothness of a V-twin, Morgan first used a HD compensator and now a thing called a Centa. Harley puts their compensator in the clutch/primary chain oil bath. Morgan put grease on it.... that was not adequate. The Centa is different (but still dry) and I hear horror stories about them as well.

This is the compensator on Beth's Softail

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