[Mgs] Interesting BGT....

[Max Heim]

Well, yeah. Though the 3.9 Buick/Rover output was about half of a 5.6 Mopar,
for example. Still, a great combo, that should have been marketed in the US,
where it would have sold like hotcakes.


--

Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires


on 1/19/11 11:42 AM, Barrie Robinson at barrie at look.ca wrote:

> 
> ..............and thus the MGB GT V8 !!  The Rover V8 when installed
> is only a few pounds more. I had my one weighed and is it was 50./50
> distribution
> 
> At 01:27 PM 1/18/2011, Max Heim wrote:
>> You could never use a Mopar small block V8 in an MG for the same reason that
>> Chrysler killed the Sunbeam Tiger -- the distributor is mounted at the
>> center back of the block, and would never fit under the cowl (or if it did,
>> it would be totally inaccessible). When Chrysler bought Rootes, they
>> naturally wouldn't continue using the Ford V8, and when they realized their
>> V8 could never be made to fit, they dropped the model.
>> 
>> Which is too bad, because if the 273 would have fit, so would a 340, which
>> would have kicked some serious tail...
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> Max Heim
>> '66 MGB GHN3L76149
>> If you're near Mountain View, CA,
>> it's the primer red one with chrome wires
>> 
>> 
>> on 1/18/11 9:37 AM, WSpohn4 at aol.com at WSpohn4 at aol.com wrote:
>> 
>>> Ford, yes, GM possibly, but I can't think of a Mopar V8 that doesn't weigh
>>> too much (and I own a couple).
>>> 
>>> No doubt that the execution is very well done.  One does have to  question
>>> the conception of this project though.  For more proof that  conception and
>>> quality of execution don't always latch see
>>> _http://www.flyinmiata.com/images/misc_images/MGA/IMG_3831.jpg_
>>> (http://www.flyinmiata.com/images/misc_images/MGA/IMG_3831.jpg)
>>> 
>>> Wait until I get the lifts for my MGA low rider, though.....
>>> 
>>> BIll
>>> 
>>> 
>>> In a message dated 1/18/2011 9:28:44 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
>>> Aeseeyou at aol.com writes:
>>> 
>>> Well I  guess since the owner wasn't too concerned about restoring
>>> the  GT  back to it's original appearance, adding a couple hundred HP might
>>> 
>>> actually be considered a plus. Especially if the engine is a GM, FOMOCO or
>>> even  Mopar item.
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> Regards
> 
> Barrie
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