Now I'm curious -- what's the top end on a Twincam with the 4.55?
Dave Quirt had this to say:
>Right on, Bill.
>
>As I mentioned recently on the Twin-Cam/Deluxe list, a Twin-Cam with
>close-ratio gears and a 4.55 will blast past a good early TR6 in a 1/4
>mile drag. I won't say what it would do to a stock MGB, let alone a
>rubber-bumper B <grin>. That said, the Bs do have driver comfort on
>their side.
>
>Hopefully my Twin-Cam will be back together prowling the highway next
>year!!
>
>Dave Q.
>'59 Twin-Cam roadster w/ 4.55 and CR, '57 1500 coupe
>'62 B roadster, 69 GT, etc.
>
>> From Bill Spohn:
>> <snip>
>> A Twincam in proper order (not one of the sick cars that a couple of
>magazines reviewed in the old days, not knowing the difference) will blow
>any B (or stock C, for that matter) into the weeds.<
>> Show me an MG that gets anywhere near 10 seconds 0-60 and I'll show you a
>modified MGB or a stock Twincam! Put the optional 4.55 diff and close
>ratio in the Twincam, and wave bye bye (of course you can also put the
>same stuff in an MGB, but then it would still look like an MGB, and still
>have an engine out of a tractor....well not exactly as true as it would be
>for the Triumph/Standard/Ferguson engine, but they did build Nuffield
>tractors with the B series engines). <snip> <
>
>
>
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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