Jay the Wise wrote;
>Would you believe me if I told you you could make your existing engine
>breathe fire for $1500? Find somebody with an older B (you have to go back
>to at least '72 for a high-compression engine) and ask him for a ride. Hard
>to believe that guy's engine has anything in common with yours.
I have to agree. For the time/money it takes to do a _good_ (ie, one that is
actually driveable and not a fire hazard), engine swap, you could rebuild your
existing engine PLUS a spare one. Conversions, contrary to what marketing-types
proclaim, are rarely simple. weights, heights, locations of a dozen
linkages/hoses/wires, etc, make swapping engines as much an art as a science,
and there are a lot of bad artists out there. If you want to swap engines,
either do it yourself (and multiply your time money estimate by 2.5) or find a
_reputable_, _professional_ shop that has done the same swap several times
before, or else be prepared to be suprised.
Better yet, trade your rubber-bumpered smog-engined B for an earlier
chrome-bumpered B. It may seem like trading in your children, but it could be
simpler.... ;^)
Then again, I've always thought a Rover/Buick V8, or a Buick 3800 V6 would be
_just_ the thing when/if the B's engine ever gives up........
James "decisions, decisions.." B.
'71 MGB
'71 LeSabre
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