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zagato27

macrumors 68000
Aug 10, 2003
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The Hill
As promised, front of the "slightly" modified MGB GT. I didn't look too closely but I'd wager it's a small block Chevy. Just look at that alternator placement and also the a/c compressor, YIKES. I'd have loved to see them shoehorn that engine in that bay. I'll bet that MG goes like stink. Got to say, it's the best looking MGB GT I've seen.
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tizeye

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Jul 17, 2013
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Orlando, FL
As promised, front of the "slightly" modified MGB GT. I didn't look too closely but I'd wager it's a small block Chevy. Just look at that alternator placement and also the a/c condenser, YIKES. I'd have loved to see them shoehorn that engine in that bay. I'll bet that MG goes like stink. Got to say, it's the best looking MGB GT I've seen.
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What! No SU carburetor that have to fill with oil. What's the fun in not having that maintenance chore.
 

someoldguy

macrumors 68030
Aug 2, 2009
2,806
13,993
usa
As promised, front of the "slightly" modified MGB GT. I didn't look too closely but I'd wager it's a small block Chevy. Just look at that alternator placement and also the a/c condenser, YIKES. I'd have loved to see them shoehorn that engine in that bay. I'll bet that MG goes like stink. Got to say, it's the best looking MGB GT I've seen.
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The thing must fly !!! , but I'll bet it's more than a bit nose heavy , might be interesting in turns . I wonder if they first installed the engine as a short block and added everything else once the block was in . I'd seen one of the factory MGB-V8's at a show a while back and that was tight . Wonder how they change the plugs?:)
 

AlaskaMoose

macrumors 68040
Apr 26, 2008
3,587
13,430
Alaska
Yes, mixed subjects and the bluish spots in the background makes the photo a little confusing. But there is something I like about it that I still have to figure... :) Well, a person who paints with water or oil has probably figured what to do with this photo.
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Apple fanboy

macrumors Ivy Bridge
Feb 21, 2012
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56,021
Behind the Lens, UK
What! No SU carburetor that have to fill with oil. What's the fun in not having that maintenance chore.
Ask @bunnspecial he’s the expert!

As promised, front of the "slightly" modified MGB GT. I didn't look too closely but I'd wager it's a small block Chevy. Just look at that alternator placement and also the a/c condenser, YIKES. I'd have loved to see them shoehorn that engine in that bay. I'll bet that MG goes like stink. Got to say, it's the best looking MGB GT I've seen.
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I think I’d like to see a bit more originality!
 

bunnspecial

macrumors G3
May 3, 2014
8,352
6,495
Kentucky
Ask @bunnspecial he’s the expert!


I think I’d like to see a bit more originality!

Calling me an "expert" would certainly be generous!

There are a few folks out there with a business of doing this full time. Now-a-days the popular engine stateside is the 5L Ford Windsor. With some work it can make an easy 500hp. The easy one is the Rover V8, but those are short these days.

These aren't some of my best photographic work(taken in an unheated barn at Pete Mantell's Shop, one of the guys who IMO does the best V8 conversions stateside), but here's, in order,

A Rover V8

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A completed 5L swap(ignore the 427 valve cover-Pete told me it was mostly to "p*** people off")

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A Windsor fitted to the bay but waiting fitting out

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And an LS-the first one of these Pete has done

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