<<Anyone have any thoughts, ideas, comments, or name-calling to offer on
the subject of installing a Pontiac 151 and auto-trans to a Midget or
MGB?
No need to go into the 'Originality v. Modification' debate -- I probably
wouldn't listen anyway...... : )
Rich>>
I believe the engine you refer to is the one used in the Fiero. If so, it is a
woofer of major proportion. It puts out all of 90 bhp, redlines just above
4500 rpm, and as I recall runs out of poop above 4000. Not an improvement over
the original IMHO.
They also need a different botttom end for performance - the SD blocks, cranks
and pistons are all different.
If you must put a Pontiac engine in, (and I don't advocate it), why not use
the 60 deg. V6, also used in the Fiero. 140 bhp, and gives a 2600 lb car a
0-60 of around 7.5 secs. Think about what it would do in a 2100 lb car.
Then if you really want to go crazy, you could replicate the 3.2 litre turboed
engine I use in my Fiero and more than double the horsepower, but I'm not sure
how you would get it to the road.
Bill S.
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