Hi,

I'm looking for a little help and inspiration from you guys. A friend has decided that he wants to build himself a quick streetable Morris Minor. Looking at various engine conversions the 170 seems to be a good choice, however.....
having little knowledge in the world of conversions i'm/we're asking for a little help.

My pal has a good budget and a very, very good base car so the basics are there. The thing that is causing some head scratching is where or how to source the engine.
There appear to be a number of companies that sell new engines for Kit car conversions with Throttle bodies and a management system for around the 3k mark. Is there a more cost effective way of achieving the conversion than this route? S/H engine and standard management??

Any advice (Of a useful nature ) will be appreciated. If a few pounds can be saved then it will make the car budget go that little bit further.

Thanks.