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Re: Audi/VW 1.8T into MGB

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Subject: Re: Audi/VW 1.8T into MGB
From: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 12:40:40 -0800
!!!!! I would think that engine would cost more than any Spitfire on the
planet! Of course, cost/benefit analysis doesn't seem to be a priority for
autocrossers in general...<g>

on 12/13/01 8:15 PM, Kai M. Radicke at kmr@pil.net wrote:

> Jim, that got me thinking.  Joe Curry on the Spitfire list mounted a Honda
> VTEC engine in his autocross Spitfire... first outing wasn't successful
> though, engine malfunction light came while he was waiting in the queue.  He
> used a motor from an S2000, presumably because of the performance levels and
> the 6spd gearbox.  Using an S2000 motor one would get about 120hp/liter...
> 
> Kai
> 

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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires

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