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Re: New '79 MGB owner

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Subject: Re: New '79 MGB owner
From: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 12:28:27 -0700
Don't know anything about Dan Masters. But I don't know that I'd go about a
complete rewiring without some good reason for it. Was this car running at
all before you started removing parts? Most problems with lights, switches,
etc, are merely local corrosion at connectors and are easily fixed with
emery cloth.

I also wouldn't think that "looks" were a reasonable criterium for buying a
whole new exhaust system, but what do I know? The kids with the Hondas
apparently think otherwise...

Personally, I'd make it drivable before investing in "improvements" -- you
might find you like it fine the way it is. For instance, I don't think the
sound of the stock Mark I exhaust system can be improved upon -- Mazda even
tuned the original Miata to imitate it (with only partial success, IMO --
it's hard for a small DOHC not to sound "buzzy").


--

Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires


on 8/23/05 11:19 AM, RICHARD BOES at csrb7007@msn.com wrote:

> Just starting on a partial restoration of a 79B that's been idle for the last
> 4-5 years. I used to rebuild foreign car engines "way back when" but have
> never done a quasi-restoration.
> 
> My son and I have replaced the fuel pump, ripped out both brake & clutch
> master cylinders, and are thinking about replacing the wiring system with a
> Dan Masters kit.  The engine runs OK but I think the rear seals flowing pretty
> good.
> 
> Does anybody have any experience with Dan Masters wiring kits?  What about
> Monza Exhaust systems?  A good friend says that their pretty loud...I like the
> looks but not the very loud.
> 
> Dick Boes
> Stafford, VA




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