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Re: MGB oiling problems?

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Subject: Re: MGB oiling problems?
From: Eric <eric@internode.com.au>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 12:49:51 +0930
On Monday, Oct 13, 2003, at 12:19 Australia/Adelaide, Larry list 
account wrote:

>  I would say after 16 race hours a competitive
> MGB engine must be torn down anyway.  So the oil pump drive shaft 
> won't be
> any big deal.  (the key word in this paragraph is competitive)
>

Ahhhhhh, there is something I brushed over - I will drop you a line 
when I hit 16 hours.

At 1:30.00 per lap that is over 640 laps - and we generally only get 16 
competitive laps in per race meeting - which means 40 meetings at 
maximum of 8 per year - that is 5 years...

Even adding some decent "normal" wear and tear onto that and still my 
engine would have been "refreshed" well within that window.

No wonder no-one I know talks about it much ;-)



Eric
'68 MGB MkII
Adelaide, South Australia


PS Yes, that was a quick math on my part (and it is Monday morning 
here) - so take those figures as E&OE :-)




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