I welded in the new box piece, and if you make that of the same gauge as the
tunnel and weld it in properly, there's no way it will reduce the strength
or stiffness. I'd say stiffness is much more critical than strength, so even
if you did a lousy welding job it would still be OK. Creating the same
amount of space with a sledge hammer probably requires hitting it so hard
the whole car lifts off the ground! I know of someone who used spacers on
the gearbox cross-member to drop the box, this apparently worked OK, not
much sledge hammering required.
Good luck
Frank van Dalen
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Cousins <mikecousins1@yahoo.com>
To: <mgb-v8@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 6:40 PM
Subject: transmission tunnel prep question.
>
> I'm finally getting my '77 mgb ready for the v8 and I wanted to get
> everyones opinion on prepping the tranny tunnel for the v8 (rover 5
> speed). The book says to cut it and weld in a new 'box' piece, but
> I'd rather not do that because I think it would significantly reduce
> the strength in that area. I think I remember Glenn Towery saying
> that this was unnecessary and that all you had to do was to beat the
> crap out of it with a sledge hammer !
>
> So, I'd like to read some opinions / methods used from the list members.
>
> Cheers !
>
> P.S. I've read that the 2001 v8 convention is gonna
> be in Florida? Where?
>
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