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Re: Miata engines in MGs?

To: "Dave Tietz" <mgcats@ij.net>,
Subject: Re: Miata engines in MGs?
From: "Andrew B. Lundgren" <lundgren@byu.net>
Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2001 17:02:45 -0600 (MDT)
Hey Dave,  I didn't recognize you!  We do have the same year cars, you
don't have a '99 Suburban now too do you?  :)

You back from the digest eh? I finally dropped the miata list.  Not
much talk there but which shift knob is best.  

After Bill's comments I went and search for information on the
conversion.  I found one question posted to the Miata list about it and
that was it.  They ridiculed him for it of course, not wanting to spend
a good miata engine on the MG.  :)   

Bill sent me a picture of an A that was converted.  Looked like it fit
in the hole OK, and it was pretty. But there was no information about
it or any other conversion out there that I could find.

On Sat, 07 Jul 2001 17:54:25 -0400, Dave Tietz wrote:

>Good to hear from you. You have the same year MGB & Miata as I if I
>remember correctly. I was just curious. You know, the 1.8L Miata is a
>bit faster than the stock MG V-8 (like .3 seconds 0-60). With the Miata
>engine you have a few more options for "souping it up" with the Turbos & 
>superchargers.
>
>I am satisfied with my stock 1.8L MGB, but I thought it was interesting
>if people were putting Miata engines in the MGB... I view the two cars
>as similar in more than a few ways... The MGB was, and the Miata is, the
>underdog of the sports car world, and yet both cars are fine examples of
>the classic sports car (in their time), both are the only ones to sell
>over 500,000 units and both were on the 100 Best Cars of the Century list.
>
>Dave Tietz

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