[Healeys] MGB GT V8

[Peter Dzwig]

I had a white one for a few years. Many fond memories.

They go like stink. Think about it, they have the 3.5 litre BOLD 
(Buick-Oldsmobile-Leyland-Dodge) engine that has been used in so many 
things it's impossible to list. It produced about 135bhp in standard 
trim, but there are many around that put out a bit more (quite a bit 
more). Basically it is the early Range Rover engine in an MGB coupe 
body. Great fun. Good torque. Thoroughly recommended.

I don't have my reference books with me but I believe that a few may 
have been exported to the US, but incoming emissions regs did for them.

Don't confuse it with the C which never really worked.

Peter

On 02/06/15 04:04, britfan1 at epix.net wrote:
> Never drove one (they were never exported to the U.S., alas) but I
> understand they go like rockets!  Well worth a look.  Yes, that’s the
> 3.5 aluminum V8; and the B is no wider than an Austin-Healey (we have a
> “regular” B/GT).
> Sarah Carr
> BN1 in PA
> *From:* Simon Lachlan <mailto:simon.lachlan at homecall.co.uk>
> *Sent:* Friday, May 29, 2015 11:51 AM
> *To:* 'healeys' <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* [Healeys] MGB GT V8
>
> 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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