Wayne, My memory is not the greatest.... But, I am guessing '56, '57, '58.
It was a relatively long detailed article showing how the metal box had to be
fabricated the whole bit. When you are looking through that stack another
great article contained the plans for a DIY Morgan. Arch
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On Nov 16, 2013, at 7:51 AM, "Wayne & Isabel Hardy" <gwhardy@suddenlink.net>
wrote:
> Do you have a clue as to when this article was done??? I have all the R & Ts
> ever published up til about 7 years ago and I can sure look up the article. I
> agree, it was a great mag when run by John Bond and his wife Elaine but
> after CBS bought it well I started to loose interest til I finally just quit
> after R & T and Car & Driver both came under the same ownership blanket.
>
> Wombat
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Arch Boston
> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 3:37 PM
> To: List for the Z Magnette Group - North America
> Subject: Re: [Zmagnette] Stub stacks
>
> Many years ago when MGAs were new cars Road and Track Magazine did a DIY
> article on a ram air set up. I no longer have the magazine. Not the same
> thing as stacks but related. That was a terrific magazine in the 50's and
> 60's. Anyone else remember the article? Arch
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Nov 15, 2013, at 3:55 PM, monster@caverock.net.nz wrote:
>
>> On 16.11.2013 08:03, Allen Bachelder wrote:
>>> The K&Ns are
>>> slightly noisier than stock MGB air cleaners. I don't think that's
>>> because they're less efficient. My guess is that they provide less
>>> acoustic insulation.
>>
>> I'd agree with this - there is a lot of material in an oil-bath filter and a
>> substantial metal container.
>>
>>
>>> Kelvin - your point is well-taken. Are you saying that even if
>>> everything else is spot-on, it's still not worthwhile to mess with
>>> velocity stacks for those of us who spend most of our lives below 3500
>>> rpm?
>>
>> Barney Gaylord has a section on stub-stacks at his website:
>> http://mgaguru.com/mgtech/power/pp104.htm
>>
>> Interesting commments from one of the MGA crew:
>>
>> "Just been for a 25 mile drive to road test them, and the throttle response,
>> in top gear particularly, is very noticeable over 2000 rpm. It makes the 40
>> to 60 mph acceleration noticeably better and more fun to drive".
>>
>> Another had a book with figures for the factory installed stub
>> stack/backplate on the MGB - made a 5% improvement and BMC were stingy with
>> unnecessary parts!
>>
>> I would certainly agree that I wouldn't pop a pair of these on until you've
>> got the ignition working well and SUs balanced, tappet clearances set etc.
>>
>> regards,
>> --
>> Robert
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