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Re: MGB Power figures?

To: "A.Rayner" <A.Rayner@mailbox.uq.oz.au>
Subject: Re: MGB Power figures?
From: arm@unix.infoserve.net (Ross MacPherson)
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 11:09:12 -0700
Greetings Tony,

>output for an MGB (as listed in various manuals) is about 95 bhp.  When I 
>had my 'B dyno-tuned the bloke told me that the " power has gone from 27 
>up to 67" but he didn't actually say what 'units' he was talking in.  I 
>assume he was talking in kW?  How does 67kW compare to 95bhp?  The only 
>difference between my car and a stock standard is a slightly lumpier cam 
>(standard for most MGB rebuilds) and a gentle rebore (cap about 1860 cc 
>instead of 1798 cc).  How does my power output compare to some of the 
>other MGB's out there?


1 HP = 746 W or .746 kW so 67 kW = 89.8 HP   
Never had my B on a dyno so I can't give you a figure on HP for comparison.
Sorry.

   ___        \______           Ross MacPherson
  / __ \ __ /       /------|)   arm@unix.infoserve.net
/  (___)---------/ (___)        1947 MG-TC 3528
                                                1966 MGB-GT 
                                                            


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