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Re: MG V8 conversion

To: "Telewest (PH)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
Subject: Re: MG V8 conversion
From: Tony Bates <tony@batesfamily.net>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 08:16:42 -0800
Cc: mgb-v8@autox.team.net, buick-rover-v8@autox.team.net
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Hi Telewest,
On my chrome bumper crossmember the rack is approx 1 1/2" above and approx 1" 
forward of the front 
of the crossmmeber.  If the sump is near "touching" the crossmember, where does 
the steering rack go?
Regards
Tony

Telewest (PH) wrote:
> If the factory V8 is anything to go by not only the top of the cross-member
> but the back of it too.  It is so close that if the engine mounting plates
> are used on the wrong sides (they are handed but fit either side) the sump
> rests on the cross-member and wears through.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tony Bates" <tony@batesfamily.net>
> To: <mgb-v8@autox.team.net>; <buick-rover-v8@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 9:25 PM
> Subject: MG V8 conversion
> 
> 
> 
>>I am now at the "will it fit" stage with my Rover 4.2 installation in a
> 
> 1974 chrome bumper MG
> 
>>roadster.  My question is what is the distance between the top of the
> 
> crossmember and the bottom of
> 
>>the sump (oil pan).

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