This guy had a great start on a GT with Miata suspension front & rear:
http://www.pbase.com/speedmonkey/mgb_gt_project
It was for sale unfinished awhile back.
Carl
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barrie Robinson" <barrie@look.ca>
To: "Murray Arundell" <arundell@ghs.com.au>; "Steve"
<temporarilyoffline@gmail.com>
Cc: <mgb-v8@autox.team.net>; <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Mgb-v8] [Mgs] Miata rear end
> Murray,
>
> The off the shelf is around $8.4k including freight
> A used Miata set up can be got from breakers for $200-300 and $10 for
> petrol to go get it
>
> So that is a pretty good reason
>
>
> At 11:10 PM 1/9/2009, Murray Arundell wrote:
>>Why bother to reinvent the wheel? In off the shelf IRS rear end is
>>available off the shelf in the UK.
>>
>>Murray Arundell
>>Brisbane Australia
>>
>>On 11/01/2009, at 2:47 AM, Steve wrote:
>>
>>>There are two guys that have started it, neither are finished.
>>>Keith Tanner
>>>is on MGExperience.net and has a blog site with details of his
>>>project MGB
>>>GT and links to the other guy. I can't remember Keith's site or I'd
>>>post it
>>>direct. If you can't find it Barrie, let me know and I'll go and
>>>dig on
>>>MGE.
>>>
>>>Anything can be done, go for it.
>>>
>>>On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Barrie Robinson <barrie@look.ca>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>Do you know of anyone who has put a Miata rear suspension set up in
>>>>an MGB?
>>>>
>>>>I am toying with the idea as I have a demon of a mechanic who does
>>>>all
>>>>sorts of mods to rice burners, swapping suspensions, upgrading
>>>>engines (he
>>>>is getting 400 bhp out of a small rotary). He says he would love
>>>>to do the
>>>>transplant and already has some rear ends for other projects.
>>>>
>>>>So anyone been there, done that?
>>>>
>>>>Regards
>>>>Barrie
>>>>
>>>>Barrie Robinson
>>>>(705) 721-9060
>>>>http://www.britishv8.org/MG/BarrieRobinson.htm
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> Regards
> Barrie
>
> Barrie Robinson
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