Right on, Bill.
As I mentioned recently on the Twin-Cam/Deluxe list, a Twin-Cam with
close-ratio gears and a 4.55 will blast past a good early TR6 in a 1/4
mile drag. I won't say what it would do to a stock MGB, let alone a
rubber-bumper B <grin>. That said, the Bs do have driver comfort on
their side.
Hopefully my Twin-Cam will be back together prowling the highway next
year!!
Dave Q.
'59 Twin-Cam roadster w/ 4.55 and CR, '57 1500 coupe
'62 B roadster, 69 GT, etc.
> From Bill Spohn:
> <snip>
> A Twincam in proper order (not one of the sick cars that a couple of
>magazines reviewed in the old days, not knowing the difference) will blow any
>B (or stock C, for that matter) into the weeds.<
> Show me an MG that gets anywhere near 10 seconds 0-60 and I'll show you a
>modified MGB or a stock Twincam! Put the optional 4.55 diff and close ratio in
>the Twincam, and wave bye bye (of course you can also put the same stuff in an
>MGB, but then it would still look like an MGB, and still have an engine out of
>a tractor....well not exactly as true as it would be for the
>Triumph/Standard/Ferguson engine, but they did build Nuffield tractors with
>the B series engines). <snip> <
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