At 08:09 27/08/97 +0100, you wrote:
A 4WD drive B would be the ultimate in traction - thats is presuming that
it would be race oriented and not off road oriented.
The trans would create more friction, but far more traction. Subaru have
been at this game for a long time, and if you drive one of their constant
4WD's in low traction conditions such as rain you will be amazed.
>John Hill MGB Centre built one using Range Rover V8 mechanics in the
>early 1990s. Daft or wot? It had oversized wheels and sat about 3 feet
>off the ground. And people say the MGF is too high! There's a picture of
>it in David Knowles' MGB V8 book.
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>>Has anyone on the list ever thought about building a 4 wheel drive (4WD)
MGB?
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>>Could you just rob an old Rover of its drive train and the modify the MGB
>>body shell to accommodate the transfer case, etc.?
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>>I don't see any problems with this, they can put Rover V8s and trannies
>>into MGBs why not make a full Rover MGB 4WD?
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>>Or it may even be easy to take the drive train of a junked AMC Eagle...and
>>pop it into an MGB. Or even an old Jeep Wrangler?
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>Philip Raby
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