More info on "new" '67 BGT V8 - steering, exhaust, engine

[Kevin & Deana Brown <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>]

Here are a few more details on the '67 BGT V8 that I brought home last 
weekend:

Steering - The car has the original steering column connected to the 
original steering rack with no u-joints or other modifications that I 
can see.  You may ask how this is possible - especially on a '67 B, see 
the exhaust section below:

Exhaust - the car has inverted headers.  As you can see from the 
pictures I put on the web site (here is the link again: 
http://home.sprintmail.com/~mgtrautoxr/id5.html 
<http://home.sprintmail.com/%7Emgtrautoxr/id5.html> ) the headers go up 
then a pipe from each goes back and down through small (about 4 inch) 
holes in to the inner fenders.  This keeps the headers completely away 
from the the steering column and the frame (in fact the original MG 
motor mounts are still on the frame even though they aren't use - there 
was no reason to remove them to clear the headers.).  The exhaust pipes 
then come down to dual mufflers (flat automotive style as opposed to 
glass packs) located under the foot wells (I notice that there is 
insulation under the floor mats).  The pipes then go straight back and 
then come together in to a single pipe, fairly large diameter, right in 
front of the gas tank.  That pipe then exits at the normal location.  
This adds to the stealthy nature of the car - if you don't recognize the 
larger diameter pipe and 15 inch steel Chevy wheels you don't know that 
this car has been modified at all - there is no evidence that there is a 
Corvette V8 under the hood and a Corvair transaxle in back!

Engine - The engine is mounted using a stock Chevrolet front mount (the 
same mount that was used on Chevrolet 6-cylinder engines from the late 
30s, 40,s and 50's (maybe earlier too - I don't have a car earlier than 
a '39) and the earliest Chevy V8s, up to 57 I think) bolted directly, 
using rubber mounts, to the MGs frame - just a big bolt running down 
through the rubber bushings the cast iron mount and the frame on each 
side.  It allows the engine to sit nice and low.  I haven't put the car 
up on the rack yet to see the rear mount.  I ran the casting numbers and 
the engine is actually a 1958 283 V8 (not a 265 like I first thought) 
with 1962 283 heads.  Supposedly it has been stroked to 302 using a 
stroker crank.  That's all for now I will post more as I find it out - 
it looks like the guy who did the work did a real good job of it.

Kevin

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