1956 Austin Healey 100-GT

[healey100jedi]

So we moved again.  But here's some engine bay pics, while we self quarantine.
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[healey100jedi]

Top down view
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[HealeyRick]

Still think this is a good looking build.

[healey100jedi]

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

[healey100jedi]

More changes.

[healey100jedi]

At Goodguys spring national in Scottsdale.

[Moderator]

Welcome home!  

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

[Turicum]

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.

[Moderator]

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

[healey100jedi]

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

[rficalora]

Congratulations Dan!

[healey100jedi]

I've been trying to change the brake master cylinder to an electric one from a 2017 CRV.

Here, the Emperor has no clothes.


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


Driver's foot box.

[healey100jedi]

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

[healey100jedi]

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.


See also Tulay's Wire Werks Bosch iBooster Gen-1 Connector Kit for pinouts.

[88v8]

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

[healey100jedi]

Slight fuel delivery issue south of Globe, on the way to Run to the Pines.

[Moderator]

Wow. Great photo!

[healey100jedi]

Last Wednesday I finished up a metal casting class at the Pima Community College. I made a new badge out of silicon bronze. Here is an image of the initial pla 3D print, the pour, and final part. I may try to plate it or do some coating.

[healey100jedi]

Car show time is ramping up in the southwest, with cooler temperatures. An annual tradition is the Tucson Classics Car Show at the Gregory School by the Rotary Club. It's a fundraiser for local charities. Joe Dal Pra (Visual Arts Department Head at PCC) took this picture. It was really great to talk with all the people.

[tg766e60]

Thank you!