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1. MGF mid-engine or not??? (score: 1): Author: "Andrew B. Lundgren" <lundgren@byu.net>; Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 19:42:59 -0600; I have read that it is in sites like this one: http://www.pistonheads.com/fastcars/mg-dr2.htm So are they calling a front engine car a mid-engine now??? -- Andrew Lundgren lundgren@byu.net http://www; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00281.html (7,809 bytes)
2. Re: MGF mid-engine or not??? (score: 1): Author: MGTD1952@cs.com; Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 07:20:17 EDT; Go to http://www.mgcars.org/pics/mgf-9.jpg and you will see the engine tucked in neatly behind the seats. That a mid engine. Steve in NJ /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00285.html (7,883 bytes)
3. Re: MGF mid-engine or not??? (score: 1): Author: Eric <eric@erickson.on.net>; Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2002 21:56:28 +0930; As far as I am aware, they have always called them mid-engine. I have sat in one and started the engine. I just haven't driven one yet (missed my test drive the other day due to work commitments). I; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00286.html (8,509 bytes)
4. Re: MGF mid-engine or not??? (score: 1): Author: MGBracer80@aol.com; Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 09:32:24 EDT; Eric did you say you sat and started a mgf or just a mid engine car? /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00287.html (7,806 bytes)
5. Re: MGF mid-engine or not??? (score: 1): Author: Eric <eric@erickson.on.net>; Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2002 23:59:30 +0930; An MGF Trophy (that darn Trophy/Canary Yellow colour) at our NatMeet where the local dealer had a Trophy and a ZT on display. Remember, I am in Australia. We have an MGF Register in our Club -- Eric; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00289.html (8,308 bytes)
6. Re: MGF mid-engine or not??? (score: 1): Author: "Andrew B. Lundgren" <lundgren@byu.net>; Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2002 11:15:32 -0600; So much for easy to work on... I guess you could kneel in the seat while you changed the plugs! -- Andrew Lundgren lundgren@byu.net http://www.Lundgren.us /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/major; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00293.html (8,582 bytes)
7. RE: MGF mid-engine or not??? (score: 1): Author: "Ray Bradbery" <raymond@optusnet.com.au>; Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 19:32:32 +1000; I have just taken delivery of a new MG TF160 and it is definitely promoted as a mid-engine car. Handles like a dream as it is extremely well balanced and the suspension is much tighter than the MGF.; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00317.html (9,973 bytes)
8. RE: MGF mid-engine or not??? (score: 1): Author: "Chris Kotting" <ckotting@core.com>; Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 03:01:33 -0400; Yes. The fronts are the same as on the front-drum MGA, too. The master cylinder is different (same casting, but the brake and clutch bores are reversed), but the MGA rebuild kit works fine. HTH Chri; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00318.html (8,479 bytes)
9. Re: MGF mid-engine or not??? (score: 1): Author: "Andrew B. Lundgren" <lundgren@byu.net>; Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 09:57:28 -0600; Hmmmm.... Australia doesn't seem so far for some reason now, grandma and grandpa really wouldn't miss my kids that much right? The F really doesn't look like that much fun to work on though... -- And; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00325.html (9,105 bytes)
10. Re: MGF mid-engine or not??? (score: 1): Author: "David Breneman" <idcb@airborne.com>; Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 10:23:17 -0700 (PDT); Isn't any car with the engine between the front and rear wheels a mid-engined car? The engine doesn't have to be in back (after all, back isn't mid), just between the "axles". In that case, the MGB w; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00326.html (8,941 bytes)
11. Re: MGF mid-engine or not??? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 11:11:19 -0700; Oh boy, we beat this thread to death earlier this year... <g> -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chrome wires /// or try http://www.team.net; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00330.html (9,020 bytes)
12. Re: MGF mid-engine or not??? (score: 1): Author: "David Breneman" <idcb@airborne.com>; Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 11:25:40 -0700 (PDT); Max Heim SEZ - Sorry - Must have been before I joined the list. I withdraw the question. :-) -- David Breneman | "Before there were CDs there were Distributed Systems S/W Analyst | records, and befor; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00331.html (9,018 bytes)
13. RE: MGF mid-engine or not??? (score: 1): Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>; Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 20:07:55 -0500; I would suggest the criteria be not just the relation between the engine and the wheels, but where the engine resides relative to the seats and the wheels. In front of the seats: front engined; behin; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00345.html (9,886 bytes)
14. Re: MGF mid-engine or not??? (score: 1): Author: "Telewest $PH$" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 09:44:49 +0100; Which TF?... /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00375.html (8,921 bytes)
15. RE: MGF mid-engine or not??? (score: 1): Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>; Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 16:39:54 -0500; The new TF (2002) obviously. I think it's a pretty well established fact that the 1954-55 TF is front-engined. Lew Palmer Which TF?... /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00383.html (9,173 bytes)
16. Re: MGF mid-engine or not??? (score: 1): Author: Eric <eric@erickson.on.net>; Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 07:39:53 +0930; Well, to answer the question again, I sat in a nice, shiny new MG-TF (parked amongst a few 'slightly' older T-series cars) in the car park of our club rooms last night. I think the fact that it has a; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00385.html (9,855 bytes)
17. Re: MGF mid-engine or not??? (score: 1): Author: Rick Brown <brown409@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 20:13:28 -0400; You are in for a treat!! I just got back from a trip to England where I was fortunate enough to have the use of a friend's MGF for a week. I was impressed with the car but my traveling companion fro; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00395.html (9,847 bytes)
18. Re: MGF mid-engine or not??? (score: 1): Author: Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu>; Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:24:34 -0400 (EDT); the... This description perked my interest. I sat in a Honda S2000 which I do like a great deal but the high door prevented me from sitting comfortably with my arm resting on the 'window sill' stick; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00396.html (8,757 bytes)
19. RE: MGF mid-engine or not??? (score: 1): Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>; Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 20:30:53 -0500; Is Or grinding themselves down to the nipples in a rollover.... Lew Palmer /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00397.html (8,305 bytes)
20. Re: MGF mid-engine or not??? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 18:45:52 -0700; It may have to do with side intrusion crash standards... Anyway, the doors on the B are already too high for comfortable "elbow hanging", at least for many people. I'm 6'1" and I find it uncomfortabl; /html/mgs/2002-09/msg00399.html (9,401 bytes)

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