WSpohn4@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 23/08/02 2:16:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> owner-mgs-digest@autox.team.net writes:
>
> > By the way, in case anyone is wondering. I'm thinking I am going to
> > turn my MGA coupe into a vintage race car.
> >
>
> Larry - the only problem with coupes is that they are heavier (and therefor
> slower) and you can't take all that much out of them.
>
There is one down this page. http://www.namgbr.org/news/news466.html
Anyway as far as to roof or not to roof, aerodynamically I really want a
roof on my 'B - the faster that car is going, the more I really notice
the wind effect of running with no roof. There are claims that it is
worth a second a lap (out of 1:34 laps) and on the long straight I can
believe it. You can almost feel the wind sucking you backwards as it
wraps around the windscreen.
The other choice is to remove the windscreen... but that would really be
the last straw for my currently daily-driver, wanna-be race-car!
I love the look of a race-prepared, 'roofed' 'B racer - and the MGA
Coupe looks fantastic in racing livery (but the MGA looks fantastic in
any livery, doesn't it:-)
--
Eric
'68MGB MkII
Adelaide, South Australia
"Nothing overshadows truth so completely as authority"
ALBERTI
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