I guess I'll put in my 2 cents here. The HP numbers you have seen quoted in
this tread certainly
are not power at the rear wheels. A very fast racing B engine will have 80+ hp
at the rear wheels,
60-80 is strong, 50-60 is more like a street car.
Larry Hoy
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
>Behalf Of Larry Colen
>Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 7:27 PM
>To: BobMGT@aol.com
>Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Power Curve of B-Series Engine
>
>
>You can find some dyno results of a nearly stock, blueprinted MGB motor at
>http://www.red4est.com/lrc/lday00
>They are scanned in copies of some chasis dyno runs that I did while
>tuning my MGB. Note that power to the ground does not equal power at the
>crank.
>
> Larry
>
>On Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 07:19:25PM -0400, BobMGT@aol.com wrote:
>> Does anyone know where I can find a power curve diagram of the stock
>> (de-smogged) B-series engine? I can't find one in any of my books. Just
>> curious. (Good material to put in an MG web page.)
>>
>> Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s)
>> EMAIL - BOBMGT@AOL.COM
>> 52 MGTD - under DIY restoration NEMGTR #11470
>> 71 MGB - AMGBA #96-12029, NAMGBR #7-3336
>
>--
>If you never make a mistake, you're doing something wrong.
>lrc@red4est.com www.red4est.com/lrc
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