[Mgs] MGB Cruising Speed.

Barrie Robinson barrie at look.ca
Wed Jun 20 08:43:55 MDT 2007


......heading into the wind, or a following one?

Sorry, I'm just being facetious.   I drove a GT for years but found 
it lacking when trying to overtake lorries (trucks!). So I went the V8 route.



At 07:51 AM 6/20/2007, Jack Feldman wrote:
>I just got my BGT back after some restoration work. The engin is bored .40
>over, has larger carbs, a shaved flywheel, and the head is ported and
>polished. It has great torque.
>
>When I traveled in my MGC, I would cruse at 3000 rpm, which gave me a speed
>of just over 70 MPH.
>
>Taking into account both the handling and the engine stress, I was just
>wondering what you folks would consider a safe cruising speed for the BGT.
>
>Jack
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Regards
Barrie

Barrie Robinson
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