{"id":50554,"date":"2020-01-20T14:43:43","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T20:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=50554"},"modified":"2020-01-20T14:43:43","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T20:43:43","slug":"mg-midget-with-a-kawasaki-v-twin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=50554","title":{"rendered":"MG Midget with a Kawasaki V-Twin"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This MG Midget Mk3 was scheduled to be crushed until Alex Dean saved it for his next project. Alex chose to power the car with a 1500 cc V-twin from a 2007 Kawasaki Vulcan 1500 series motorcycle that makes 80 horsepower. That may not sound like a lot but considering the factory 1275 cc inline-four made 65 horsepower, it should be enough to propel the 700 kg (1543 lb) car. The drivetrain will feature a five-speed sequential transmission, stock MG driveshaft and rear end. Alex will flip the rear end to compensate for the engine’s counter-clockwise rotation. Other modifications include a front air dam, passenger cover, spoiler, and deleting the door handles, wipers, and marker lights. <\/p>\n

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This MG Midget Mk3 was scheduled to be crushed until Alex Dean saved it for his next project. Alex chose to power the car with a 1500 cc V-twin from a 2007 Kawasaki Vulcan 1500 series motorcycle that makes 80 horsepower. That may not sound like a lot but considering the factory 1275 cc inline-four… Read More »MG Midget with a Kawasaki V-Twin<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":51241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-midget"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/MG-Midget-with-a-Kawasaki-Vulcan-1500-V-Twin-01.jpg?fit=2200%2C1650&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21074,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=21074","url_meta":{"origin":50554,"position":0},"title":"1979 MG Midget with a Honda V4","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 15, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Very few projects start with a racing harness however that is exactly how Chuck Bridgman's project began. 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