<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi Simon,<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">I have an original spec sheet for the MGB GT V8. which lists the width as 59.94" (152.54cm.)<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">A Healey 3000 is listed as 60.5" so you will have an extra 0.56" of clearance..:-)<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">The engine is listed as 137 BHP and the weight as 2427 lb (1101kg)<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">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. <br>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.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">I still have the BGT although I haven't driven it for almost 40 years.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Michael S<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">BN1 #174<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Simon Lachlan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:simon.lachlan@homecall.co.uk" target="_blank">simon.lachlan@homecall.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-GB"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Somewhat off topic but anyhow, here goes........<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">But a V8 would be a different story? <u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u><span>1)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>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?<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u><span>2)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>The 3.5 ex Buick engine......isn’t that the one that TVR bore out to 4.6?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Seems to me that the 3.5 would offer up some serious power if sufficiently tweaked? Or am I thinking of a different engine?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Any comments would be welcome.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Simon<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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