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1. Re: MGAs/MGBs and the Dreaded Twincam (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 16:07:01 EDT; Whaddaya mean 'maybe?? A Twincam in proper order (not one of the sick cars that a couple of magazines reviewed in the old days, not knowing the difference) will blow any B (or stock C, for that matte; /html/mgs/2000-06/msg00394.html (9,036 bytes)
2. Re: MGAs/MGBs and the Dreaded Twincam (score: 1): Author: Barrie Robinson <barrier@bconnex.net>; Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 16:51:29 -0400; So what about tractor engines........... They also put Rolls Royce engines in Land Rovers and Austins. They also used waterpump engines in F1 cars (Coventry Cimax!!) any engine rpm run to than Regard; /html/mgs/2000-06/msg00400.html (9,981 bytes)
3. Re: MGAs/MGBs and the Dreaded Twincam (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 15:54:52 -0700; Whoa, back off! <g> I was not expressing any lack of faith in the supremacy of the Twincam, it was more in the line of grudging acknowledgement (from the point of view of a B owner). I further admit; /html/mgs/2000-06/msg00404.html (9,517 bytes)
4. Re: MGAs/MGBs and the Dreaded Twincam (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 19:02:07 EDT; Actually....not. The engines used in such other vehicles were never used in any Rolls Royce, nor as I recall in any Austin, though I won't argue strongly about whether or not a Vanden Plas Princess R; /html/mgs/2000-06/msg00405.html (9,259 bytes)
5. Re: MGAs/MGBs and the Dreaded Twincam (score: 1): Author: Barrie Robinson <barrier@bconnex.net>; Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 19:48:51 -0400; While in Malaya in the 50's I had occassion to see Land Rover with a Rolls Royce engine and I do not believe it was a specially developed one. It was sent to Malaya, with others, to be well away from; /html/mgs/2000-06/msg00407.html (10,401 bytes)
6. RE: MGAs/MGBs and the Dreaded Twincam (score: 1): Author: "Unger, Larry G" <larry.g.unger@lmco.com>; Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 01:38:38 -0400; Hmmm ... climbing up on my soap box. I'm not familiar with your "historical evidence" ... I would have to argue that the performance of the 1622 was/is far from disappointing ... " In the beginning,; /html/mgs/2000-06/msg00420.html (11,859 bytes)
7. Re: MGAs/MGBs and the Dreaded Twincam (score: 1): Author: Dave Quirt <quirt@sk.sympatico.ca>; Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 23:53:04 -0600; Right on, Bill. As I mentioned recently on the Twin-Cam/Deluxe list, a Twin-Cam with close-ratio gears and a 4.55 will blast past a good early TR6 in a 1/4 mile drag. I won't say what it would do to; /html/mgs/2000-06/msg00421.html (8,853 bytes)
8. Re: MGAs/MGBs and the Dreaded Twincam (score: 1): Author: "mgamgb" <mgamgb@ihug.co.nz>; Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 19:01:24 +1200; or the The Austin Champ, developed for the British Army as a contender 4 wheel drive vehicle was fitted with a Rolls Royce engine, perol engine, sealed ignition, 5 speed box, (no low ratio) water tig; /html/mgs/2000-06/msg00423.html (8,875 bytes)
9. Re: MGAs/MGBs and the Dreaded Twincam (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:52:14 EDT; Right you are - I was thinking it was a Gypsy. When you say Rolls Royce engine, it was really the same situation as the Vanden Plas - the engine was built only for other users, and never installed in; /html/mgs/2000-06/msg00435.html (8,265 bytes)
10. RE: MGAs/MGBs and the Dreaded Twincam (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 10:41:35 -0700; Actually, that's more or less what I meant (although I didn't make it clear) -- "disappointing" when applied to the B prototype. So while my logic was debatable, at any rate there was a slight perfor; /html/mgs/2000-06/msg00440.html (8,677 bytes)
11. Re: MGAs/MGBs and the Dreaded Twincam (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 10:41:37 -0700; Now I'm curious -- what's the top end on a Twincam with the 4.55? Dave Quirt had this to say: -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the red one with the silver bootlid; /html/mgs/2000-06/msg00441.html (9,292 bytes)
12. Re: MGAs/MGBs and the Dreaded Twincam (score: 1): Author: Bullwinkle <yd3@nvc.net>; Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 16:29:27 -0700; "I don't even know the nominal HP output of a Twincam," -- 35 BHP and 91 lbs/ft at 2000 RPM 52 BHP and 95 lbs/ft at 3000 RPM 75 BHP and 100 lbs/ft at 4000 RPM 97 BHP and 103 lbs/ft at 5000 RPM 106 BH; /html/mgs/2000-06/msg00457.html (9,959 bytes)

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