[Mgs] Interesting BGT....

Barrie Robinson barrie at look.ca
Thu Jan 20 12:16:34 MST 2011


The standard Mopar V8 is 325bhp which is probably too much for an 
MGB................and the front end weight would be very awkward. 
The V8 is around 550lbs WOW!  You could easily get 325 out of the 
Rover (the Aussies do 1,000bhp) and weight distribution is not compromised.




At 01:04 PM 1/20/2011, Max Heim wrote:
>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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Barrie
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