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On Mon, 10 Nov 1997, Der schwarze Buccaneer wrote:
> Well, it seems my engine is going to need alot done to it, and,
> by the time the costs are added up, I could just as easily plant a
> rebuilt used American motor under the hood. I know this is blashphemy
> and is being tossed about in some other threads, but I have a more general
> question.
> Does anyone have a listing of engines that have been transplanted
> into MGB's? Four-bangers, V-6's, V-8's, and any others? I'd really like
> an inexpensive easy to maintain and easy to obtain parts for American
> 4-cyclinder (or perhaps Japanese), that would require the least in terms
> of modifications to the car's mounting points, brake system,
> transmission, and such. I'm not looking for more power, though I'm not
> shunning it either. I'm not highly knowledgeable about motor
> terminology, so I probably need the types of vehicles the engines come
> out of to be able to locate them (if I go this route, I'll prolly try to
> order a factory rebuilt engine from an auto store).
> There use to be a company that sold a V-8 conversion kit for the
> MGB that included a modified fitting between certain V-8's and the MGB
> original transmission, but I've lost the old flyer. I wonder if they
> make one for 4-cyclinder engines (and if they're still in business)?
> Thanks for any and all info!
>
>
>
> -Scott Allen
> js-allen@students.uiuc.edu
>
> "At dawn we will face the greatest test of our resolve. But I
> say this: though starving, hunger will not weaken us; though diseased,
> illness will not cripple us, and though weary, exhaustion will not claim
> us. We can fight knowing that all true Reiklanders will forevermore
> honour our valiant gesture of defiance, even though our bodies be left to
> feed the beasts of carrion.
>
> Mind you...we could always surrender." -Rick Priestly's Siege
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