THAT IS WHAT I LIKE TO HEAR!! YEAH!! 26lbs is nothing in terms of weight
gain. In fact based on the info listed on my Door by the MFG, it would just
make the car that much closer to the "perfect" 50/50 balance!! Gobs of
power too!!!
I will see what I can do about weight mine once complete, but I do no know
where to find a scale suitable to weight such a large item. Any ideas??
Larry
----- Original Message -----
From: <DANMAS@aol.com>
To: <tedtsimx@q1.net>; <mgb-v8@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: 215 weight
> In a message dated 9/27/2000 7:28:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> tedtsimx@q1.net writes:
>
> > we recently pulled a rover engine. it weighed 325# complete with
injection,
> > manifolds, starter, wp, etc. did not have a flywheel.
>
> Ted,
>
> Thanks. That means with a clutch and flywheel, the engine weighs 371
pounds
> in a "ready-to-run" condition. 66 pounds less than a comparable Ford
engine
> (exactly the weight difference posted by a lister awhile back -
> unfortunately, I forgot his name). If the Rover engine does weigh 40
pounds
> less than the MGB 4 cylinder, as is often stated in the literature, then
the
> B engine weighs 411 lbs, or only 26 pounds less than a Ford.
>
> Dan Masters
> Alcoa, Tennessee
>
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