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1. MGA Coupe Racer (score: 1): Author: "Larry Hoy" <larryhoy@marketvalue.net>; Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 20:22:22 -0600; Can anyone direct me to pictures of MGA Coupes that are prepared for road racing? Thanks. Larry Hoy /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00874.html (7,356 bytes)
2. Re: MGA Coupe Racer (score: 1): Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>; Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 01:28:01 -0500; Maybe it depends on what you mean by "road", and whether you're looking for early vintage or modern racing. How about the ultimate vintage racer restoration, Sebring MGA #43? http://safetyfast.homest; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00879.html (8,317 bytes)
3. Re: MGA Coupe Racer (score: 1): Author: Eric <eric@erickson.on.net>; Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 23:32:40 +0930; There must be tonnes of them on the 'Net - I will do a bit of Googling for you. But in the meantime... http://www.mgcars.org.uk/pics/mgacras1.jpg ugh! -- Eric '68MGB MkII Adelaide, South Australia "N; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00887.html (7,860 bytes)
4. Re: MGA Coupe Racer (score: 1): Author: Eric <eric@erickson.on.net>; Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 23:35:56 +0930; Darn, now you have me started..... Isn't this LOVELY! http://www.networksplus.net/kprather/ -- Eric '68MGB MkII Adelaide, South Australia "Nothing overshadows truth so completely as authority" ALBERT; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00888.html (7,912 bytes)
5. RE: MGA Coupe Racer (score: 1): Author: "Larry Hoy" <list@marketvalue.net>; Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 10:14:02 -0600; Good job Eric. By the way, in case anyone is wondering. I'm thinking I am going to turn my MGA coupe into a vintage race car. Here's the coupe now: http://pages.prodigy.net/larryhoy/MGAhome.html Here; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00896.html (8,920 bytes)
6. Re: MGA Coupe Racer (score: 1): Author: dave houser <mgs4dave@warwick.net>; Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 13:05:12 -0400; Try Frank graham at frankgraham@msn.com He has a factory prepared Sebring coupe and can tell you what you might like to have. cheers, Dave Houser /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool ///; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00903.html (8,134 bytes)
7. Re: MGA Coupe Racer (score: 1): Author: Eric <eric@erickson.on.net>; Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 07:13:46 +0930; Well, I am finding this far harder than I thought (it won't stop me looking because I am finding some great images - just not the ones called for :-) I just seem to have in me head some fantastic pic; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00923.html (8,588 bytes)
8. Re: MGA Coupe Racer (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 17:53:42 EDT; Larry - the only problem with coupes is that they are heavier (and therefor slower) and you can't take all that much out of them. Otherwise they do look nice, and were the car of choice for long dist; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00925.html (8,693 bytes)
9. Re: MGA Coupe Racer (score: 1): Author: Eric <eric@erickson.on.net>; Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 07:49:15 +0930; There is one down this page. http://www.namgbr.org/news/news466.html Anyway as far as to roof or not to roof, aerodynamically I really want a roof on my 'B - the faster that car is going, the more I; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00929.html (9,419 bytes)
10. Re: MGA Coupe Racer (score: 1): Author: Stephen West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>; Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 18:37:43 -0400; I've not been around MG coupes, are they really heavier? In american iron the convertibles are heavier than the coupes due to the additional steel they need to put in the frame to keep the car stiff; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00932.html (8,771 bytes)
11. RE: MGA Coupe Racer (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 15:43:30 -0700; There is a very simple solution to this problem. Take out your hack saw and chop the roof off. There is precedent. Steve and Roger Willis of Scotland Yard fame had an MGA twin cam race car, that had; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00933.html (8,902 bytes)
12. RE: MGA Coupe Racer (score: 1): Author: "Larry Hoy" <list@marketvalue.net>; Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 16:50:22 -0600; Setphen, they probably are heavier, but I can't find the factory weight of a coupe so I'm not sure. Remember an MGA is built on a frame. That sucker is big enough to be stable with or without a top.; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00935.html (9,325 bytes)
13. Re: MGA Coupe Racer (score: 1): Author: Skye Poier <skye@ffwd.cx>; Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 16:22:14 -0700; Have you tried searching with http://images.google.com/ ?? PS: Type in "MGA racer" and Barney is the first image to come up :) Skye 66 B /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00939.html (8,111 bytes)
14. Re: MGA Coupe Racer (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 18:02:54 -0700; I guess body stiffness doesn't count for anything on a body-and-frame car? On the other hand, a BGT should be massively stiffer than a B roadster, and have decent aerodynamics (if slightly more front; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00945.html (9,374 bytes)
15. RE: MGA Coupe Racer (score: 1): Author: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 20:18:42 -0700 (PDT); And anyways, the MGA and B were first released as roadsters, then coupes were added, not the other way around, which is when you need to add reinforcements, right? I know the MGB GT weighed around 15; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00948.html (8,989 bytes)
16. Re: MGA Coupe Racer (score: 1): Author: "David F. Darby" <darby@tri-lakes.net>; Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 23:19:45 -0500; Graham Robson's book, The MGA, MGB and MGC, lists weights as derived from factory literature. Over the years they must not have been very consistent with their standards for weigh-in as there are som; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00952.html (8,503 bytes)
17. Re: MGA Coupe Racer (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 00:27:33 EDT; Very little, if any. A lot more frontal area, if you remove the windshield on the convertible (a roadster has sidecurtains, a convertible, which the MGB is, has wind-up windows.) Bill /// or try http; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00954.html (8,135 bytes)
18. Re:MGA Coupe Racer (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 00:44:38 EDT; An MGA 1600 roadster weighs about 2050 on the street with fluids. A Twincam is a good hundred pounds more. A coupe weighs about half way in between - it has all the extra glass and steel for the roof; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00955.html (8,754 bytes)
19. Re:MGA Coupe Racer (score: 1): Author: Bob Van Kirk <racerbob70@yahoo.com>; Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 08:05:35 -0700 (PDT); You better not let her see this! Could be a little irritating....:^) Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00963.html (7,783 bytes)
20. Re: MGA Coupe Racer (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 17:58:17 -0700; No disagreement here... IF you remove the windscreen, which you would only do on a race-only vehicle. Eric and Larry, to cite two examples on this list, have dual-purpose street and track cars. I obv; /html/mgs/2002-08/msg00986.html (8,823 bytes)

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