The MGC 3 Litre-six *was* a lorry engine, FWIW.
PaulH.
http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.hunt1/
-----Original Message-----
From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
To: MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: 19 July 1999 20:41
Subject: Re: Miata (& MG) Stuff
>Florrie & Allen Bachelder had this to say:
>
>>>From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
>>>
>>>I keep hearing this "tractor engine" stuff. I know it's funny and it's a
>>>myth we perpetuate ourselves, but really, the B-series engine was an LBC
>>>powerplant all along... I suspect the canard is derived from the
>>>characteristics of an earlier generation of British engines, with the
>>>extremely high stroke-to-bore ratios (hence high torque compared to peak
>>>power, as in a tractor) driven by the antiquated tax laws.
>>
>>Yes, I understand they used to tax the bore.
>>>
>>In fact, wasn't it some early Tr***ph engine that originated in a tractor?
>>Or is that a myth also?
>>
>Well, Standard (of Standard-Triumph) may have made lorries, I believe,
>but honestly, I don't know, although I've heard that story many times.
>Perhaps one of our cross-over owners can straighten us out?
>
>
>--
>
>Max Heim
>'66 MGB GHN3L76149
>Runs great,
>looks particularly bad since some SUV clown backed into it.
>If you're near Mountain View, CA,
>it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
>
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