[Healeys] MGB GT V8

[Michael Salter]

Hi Simon,
I have an original spec sheet for the MGB GT V8. which lists the width as
59.94" (152.54cm.)
A Healey 3000 is listed as 60.5" so you will have an extra 0.56" of
clearance..:-)
The engine is listed as 137 BHP and the weight as 2427 lb (1101kg)
An MGBGT of the same year weighed 2260 lb (1025 kg) and the horsepower was
listed as 95 BHP so the car gained 167 lb and 42 BHP.
I always lusted after one but after test driving a new one I decided to
stick with my MGBGT...is seemed a little more nimble somehow.
I still have the BGT although I haven't driven it for almost 40 years.

Michael S
BN1 #174

On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Simon Lachlan <
simon.lachlan at homecall.co.uk> wrote:

> Somewhat off topic but anyhow, here goes........
>
> There may be an MGB GT V8 for sale locally. My wife had a regular one
> years ago. (1800cc?) It was OK but it seemed to me that it just looked like
> a sports car but didn’t really behave like one.
>
> But a V8 would be a different story?
>
> 1)      Our driveway is narrow. A 3000 goes through like a greased pig,
> but most cars are too fat. Is a B wider than a Healey?
>
> 2)      The 3.5 ex Buick engine......isn’t that the one that TVR bore out
> to 4.6?
>
> Seems to me that the 3.5 would offer up some serious power if sufficiently
> tweaked? Or am I thinking of a different engine?
>
> I think it’s the same engine that Rover used to put in their cars. Police
> 3.5s went like rockets considering the cars’ weight.
>
> Any comments would be welcome.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Simon
>
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