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Subject: Miscellaneous MGB Q's
From: Der schwarze Buccaneer <js-allen@students.uiuc.edu>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 19:19:09 -0600 (CST)
        I've had a number of miscellaneous questions for quite some time, 
with no real source for answers, until now.  In no particular order, here 
they are:
        1) Is there some advantage to the aftermarket electronic ignition 
kits (and increased voltage coils), such as the Allison, over the stock 
mechanical distributor,

        2) is it possible to fit tire sizes other than 165 x 14 on the 
original Rostyle rims (other sizes are more widely available),

        3) in simple terms as possible, what does the gulp valve do (and 
what happens when it no longer does what it's supposed to do),

        4) is there any easy and inexpensive way to salvage an old fuel tank 
that has brown varnish-like gunk on the sides that is now plugging the fuel 
pump filter (non-original filter naturally),
        [I've come up with a temporary solution that I've been using for 
quite some time, though the legality of it is doubtful.  Ever seen fuel 
tanks for outboard boat engines....]

        5) what kind of gas mileage is normal for a standard MGB ('72) 
with no modifications, and no overdrive?

        That's all I can recall at the moment, but I'm sure there are 
more.  Knowledgeable answers to higly speculative suppositions welcome.  
Thanks!   




                                                -Scott Allen
                                                js-allen@students.uiuc.edu
                                        
        "At dawn we will face the greatest test of our resolve.  But I 
say this: though starving, hunger will not weaken us; though diseased, 
illness will not cripple us, and though weary, exhaustion will not claim 
us.  We can fight knowing that all true Reiklanders will forevermore 
honour our valiant gesture of defiance, even though our bodies be left to 
feed the beasts of carrion.

        Mind you...we could always surrender."  -Rick Priestly's Siege  


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