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To: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>, Keith Wheeler <keithw@sand.net>
Subject: Re: Modern Sports Cars
From: Keith Wheeler <keithw@sand.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 15:57:08 -0700
At 06:30 PM 6/18/98 -0400, Trevor Boicey wrote:
>  When the original poster said "properly built 3.9" I took that
>to mean a seriously developed version of the original
>3.5L rover, something that would take a very long time
>to produce.
>
>  Frankly, it would HAVE to be to even come close to the
>Viper. As much as I'd like to own a V8 MGB, I already have
>a twincammed 4 rice burner that produces as much hp. MGBV8s
>are nice in an LBC perspective, but they aren't muscle
>cars.
>

3.9 litre Rover, 10.75:1, balanced, otherwise stock
with "hotwire" injection.

Now you've got a 'B that will do 0-60 in under 5 seconds.

-Keith Wheeler
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