At 02:43 PM 3/31/03 -0600, Chuck Renner wrote:
> > >.... is it feasible to install the intake/exhaust systems
> >.... Done all the time, and basically a bolt in. Check here:
> > http://chicagolandmgclub.com/photos/carbswap_zs2su
>
>.... a couple of questions about what you have on that page:
>
>1) I would think that adding engine mount shims would put extra stress on
>the transmission mounts. How much can you get away with before it becomes
>a problem?
Not a problem. The rear mounts are very flexible with the small range of
change here. A quarter inch at the front mount is nearly negligable at the
rear.
>2) You've gone back to the pre-water choke style of heater return
>pipe. Since the '76 still has the radiator up close to the engine, you
>can use an early lower radiator hose. For the later cars, with the
>forward-mounted rad, you'd have to use a lower hose like those used the UK
>during that time. Does any U.S. supplier stock those, or does one need to
>be ordered from a UK supplier?
If you need to lengthen the bottom end of the lower hose, just add a short
piece of straight hose, using a piece of exhaust pipe tubing and two more
hose clamps for the connector.
>3) What did you do about the water choke takeoff in the head? I've heard
>of folks tapping the hole and putting in a bolt, as well as fabricating a
>plate blank it off.
Close it off any way you find most convienient. I believe we used a flat
plate and gasket. If you had to make the blaking plate by hand, then
tapping the hole for a tapered pipe plug might be easier.
Barney Gaylord
1958 MGA with an attitude
http://MGAguru.com
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