Mark L. Writes:
Notable exceptions are
heavy drive train parts for 1600 Mk-IIs. If anyone has a genuine
Mk-II cylinder head, or better yet an entire engine, that they want to
sell, give me a call :-).
If anyone is aware of a transmission for a Twin-Cam (or 1600? -the
starter mounts lower than on the standard trans, I think) , give me
a call- My friend who races a Twin-Cam would really like to have a
spare on hand for those days when things don't go quite right. (He's doing
an almost complete engine rebuild this year. Didn't pop for oversize pistons
tho- they have to be aquired custom made :-( ) He's also interested in
a Studebaker Limited-slip rear end. It's supposed to be a fairly easy
conversion.
It [a GT] is a much better (and safer) racing car than the
A (excepting the Twin-Cam, although the GT would be far more likely
than a Twin-Cam to start on race day :-).
Actually, they would both be likely to start, but the B would be more likely
to *finish*. The Twin-Cams problems lie in areas such as bearing loading,
and other "under stress" type failures. And there's only one kind of
tire available which meets SCCA and SVRA regulations- what a pain!
PS- while we're talking parts- Anyone got a line on a stock, steel wheel
for later MGB's? (68-80) The spare in Tilly's GT is cracked on the edge
of the rim.
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