At 11:43 PM 1/18/2001 -0700, Larry Hoy wrote:
>Can anyone tell me which engines used the short tappets and the long push
rods?
I'm sure glad he used past tense.
Long tappets and short pushrods:
All MGA (except Twin Cam), and MGB with 18G through 18GK engines.
Short tappets and long pushrods:
MGB 18V engines.
>Is the above combination the same overall length as the long tappets and
the short push rods?
Yup.
>Which means these two combinations are interchangeable. Right?
Yup, in mated sets.
Barney Gaylord
1958 MGA with an attitude (and short tappets and long pushrods)
http://www.ntsource.com/~barneymg
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