I am the owner of both an Austin Healey mk3 and a MGC.
They are different.
First the MGC has a seven bearing crankshaft which makes for more winding
and friction losses.
Secondly it was the first version of a new engine and the mk3 the last and
that benefitted from years of development. The first 100/6 engine was not
very responsive either. The Austin Healey engine is heavier than the MGC
engine.
Thirdly the MGC is higher geared as if a non od Austin Healey is fitted with
an od box, which mine is.
And don't blame the distributor itself, it needs retiming which I had done
by MG Motorsport in the UK and that transformed the middle speed torque. No
financial interest and all that.
Fix the MGC properly and you end up with a very nice touring car.
Good luck
Sven
Sweden
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Fvr Jack Feldman
Skickat: den 3 maj 2010 19:19
Till: healeys@autox.team.net
Dmne: [Healeys] Healey vs. MGC engine
My son has the MGC in the shop and they claim that the car is sluggish
because it doesn't perform like a Healey. The recommendation is to replace
the distributor.
I have two questions. One, what could go wrong with a distributor that would
make the car sluggish I thought the main problem was wear in the shaft that
makes the timing impossible to set. What else could it be?
The second is more of a statement. From what I have read the MGC engine was
a bastardized version of the Healey engine. Heavier and bigger. That means
the car *would* be sluggish compared to a Healey. There are no points of
comparison as far as power and handling as far as I'm concerned. I'm
surprised we didn't hear of Donald Healey rolling on the ground with
uncontrollable laughter when it was suggested to badge C as a Healey.
To sum up: What could go wrong with the distributor, and am I correct in
stating the C would seem sluggish compared to a Healey?
Hopefully there are some dual C and 3000 owners on the list that can verify
my experience.
Thanks as usual,
Jack
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