I bought two MGB parts cars from a guy who owns a Corvette restoration
shop. His wife drives a 73 B.
FWIW, he commented at least three times that he had more fun driving his
wife's B to the Watkins Glenn vintage races than he ever has in any of
his Corvettes.
Maybe there's more than one way for a B to kill a Corvette :-)
Don Malling
Jerry Erbesfield wrote:
> Hi Albert:
>
> You got just a little carried away here, didn't you?
>
> "Corvette Killing" - NOT!
>
> I owned a B roadster myself for over 15 years until just recently.
> Completely rebuilt is twice myself. I am intimately familiar with them, the
> culture and their performance capabilities, including superchargers. Didn't
> buy a supercharger for MY B though. Bought a C-5 (the currently produced
> version) Corvette roadster instead - and let me tell you from personal
> experience that there is no way a B with even TRIPLE the stock MG HP would
> be a "Corvette Killer".
>
> I loved my Black Beauty B. It was a GREAT car, FOR WHAT IT WAS. But a
> Corvette killer MG's are not (and cannot be without a engine/drive train
> transplant and more), supercharger or not. Additionally, the stock drive
> train would never hold up under the power and torque of triple the HP, if
> you could figure a way to produce that much HP from any MG power plant. It
> is questionable how long an MG drive train will hold up with the 175-200 HP
> that a well done supercharger job would produce, especially if the driver
> used all that HP much. If the driver is out dragging Vettes much, it sure
> wouldn't last very long.
>
> As far as Vipers go (500 HP stock), they can out drag a stock Vette (345 to
> 405 HP stock, depending on model) - and, while I can tattoo most production
> Porsche models that are out on the streets, there are some limited
> production models of it that will out drag my Vette from 0 to 60.
>
> A supercharged B IS awesome, especially to an MG aficionado - but not quite
> THAT awesome.
>
> Know any supercharged (MG engine) B's that might want to drag, pink slip for
> pink slip??? I miss my B and I'd love to get back into the MG business
> again!!
>
> ;<)
>
> Jerry Erbesfield
> Was - 73 Black Beauty B roadster
> Now - C-5 Black Beauty Vette roadster
> E-mail: jerbesfield@mindspring.com
> Website: http://jerbesfield.home.mindspring.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net] On Behalf
> Of Aeseeyou@aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 6:58 PM
> To: doddk@mossmotors.com
> Cc: mgs@autox.team.net; mg-mgb@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Two Super Supercharged MGB's
>
>
> Kelvin,
> Thanks for all your help and participation on July 20th at our 13th Annual
> British Car Show at the Ventura Yacht Harbor. The Moss Motors display of
> those
> two Supercharged MGB's was awesome! Who'd think that the serene lil' MGB
> that
> pulls in next to you at the stop light was a Corvette Killing, Porshe
> eating,
> Viper beating beast capable of smoking them in all 4 gears. Plus I was
> totally
> blown away when you told me that build time to attach the Eaton Blower unit
> and all of the ancilary hardware and plumbing was well under 5 hours. End
> result: Some of the nicest and cleanest work I've ever seen! It really
> looked as if
> it was part of the original factory or stock set-up, it was that nicely put
> together! I'm sure that it'd probably pass even a Highway check by a
> "Smoky"! I
> was going to ask you to kick one of the two engines over to hear what they
> sounded like when your Lady, Debbie drove up in the chrome bumper example of
>
> your MGB RB Killer B That answered my question far better than any
> explanation.."Its Undetectible" as far as I could tell and I was really
> listening for that
> tell-tale hissing and whistleing that usually gives away most turbo or
> supercharged cars. All in all that would be the best spent money anyone
> could as for.
> Especially nice for the "DIY" crowd with all the parts looking pleasently
> and
> professionally well done. I'd like to do a feature in the "Hooter" on the
> two
> Killer B's. Let me know. Fantastico! (p.s. Now I know what to ask Santa to
> bring me for Christmas!)
> Albert Escalante, Editor
> "THE CLEAR HOOTER"
> Owner of a naturally aspirated 1978 MGB
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