- 1. Has it been done? (score: 1)
- Author: Edward Burns <mit-eddie!ads.com!eburns@EDDIE.MIT.EDU>
- Date: Thu, 8 Feb 90 11:29:28 PST
- All this talk about MG/Honda mating has got me wondering. Do any of you know if this has been done using real British bodies and Japanese drivetrains. Every time my `67 MGB/GT coughs or spits, I thin
- /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00045.html (7,953 bytes)
- 2. Re: Has it been done? (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Thu, 8 Feb 90 16:08:26 EST
- Ed Burns asks: There's a firm advertizing in the back of Autoweek every now & then which claims to make a swap kit for the Mazda Rotary into Spridget. 135hp in a Sprite - I'd love to try one sometime
- /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00047.html (7,569 bytes)
- 3. Re: Has it been done? (score: 1)
- Author: sgi!abingdon.wpd.sgi.com!sfisher@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Scott Fisher)
- Date: Thu, 8 Feb 90 14:46:14 PST
- All this talk about MG/Honda mating has got me wondering. Do any of you know if this has been done using real British bodies and Japanese drivetrains. Every time my `67 MGB/GT coughs or spits, I thin
- /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00050.html (10,223 bytes)
- 4. Re: Has it been done? (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!uunet.UU.NET!bcstec!tahoma!gsds@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (K.C.Babb)
- Date: Thu, 8 Feb 90 16:42:55 PST
- The fastest E-Modified autocrosser in the country is just such a creature; a mildly-ported, Weber-ized rotary in a Sprite (with mucho suspension mods and other pricey goodies). Goes like stink; one
- /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00062.html (7,878 bytes)
- 5. Re: Has it been done? (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!p42.f4.n105.z1.FIDONET.ORG!George.Emery@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (George Emery)
- Date: Fri, 09 Feb 90 09:19:14 PST
- Look at it this way: it'd be an authentic original if you did it! It's fairly amazing how far you can drive a car without recharging the battery. I've driven from Portland to Seaside (~100 mi) at ni
- /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00076.html (8,000 bytes)
- 6. Re: has it been done? (score: 1)
- Author: ultra!apple!tolsoft!craig@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Craig Harmer)
- Date: Mon, 12 Feb 90 14:27 PST
- how about japanese bodies and british drivetrains? the worst of both worlds! can you imagine a toyota celica body with an MGB engine, transmission, and differential (and of course, Lucas electrical)?
- /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00087.html (7,469 bytes)
- 7. Re: Has it been done? (score: 1)
- Author: T.J. Higgins <mit-eddie!uunet.UU.NET!alpine!tj@EDDIE.MIT.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 12 Feb 90 12:07:17 CST
- Seems like a long way to drive just to get your battery recharged. And wasn't it nearly dead by the time you got back? Seems like wasted effort to me. -- T.J. Higgins uunet!ingr!higgins (UUCP) Inter
- /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00089.html (7,889 bytes)
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