>>> "Brinkmann, Gerry" <brinkg@uf4124p01.BHeightsNJ.ncr.com>
96-11-18 21:48 >>> wrote:
>The engine will be going in a MKI ('62) MGB and I want to use the
>3-synchro gearbox, because I do not want to make any modifications to
>the body to get the
>4-synchro to fit.
>Has anybody successfully fitted a 5-main engine to a 3-synchro
>gearbox ?
Gerry,
I think the MG factory did that very succesfully! After '64 all MK1 (if you
want to call them so) MGB were fitted with a 5 main bearing engine (18
GB onwards). The four synchro box only came in late '67 with the
introduction of the 18 GD - engine.
The difference is the spigot end for 3-main and 5- main engines. Sorry,
but I don't know the tecnicalities here to solve that.
Bert Otten
'66 B (5-main, 3 synchro)
P.S. You're right, the non-synchro on first gear is hardly an ommission. I
usually don't shift down to first gear anyway.
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