My engine transplant comment was meant in jest! Generally, I am appalled by
some of the butchered cars I see at British car shows. Engine transplants can
be an improvment though, like a sanitary 215 swap into an MGB. Another one
that I thought was way cool was a flathead 60hp Ford V8 installed in an MGTD
that was featured in Road & Track many years ago.
Quoting WSpohn4@aol.com:
> Oh my!
>
> Poor MGC, vilified and if some posters had their way, deporived of a
> perfectly good engine.
>
> The MGC is as reliable as a nail if you start out with a proper restoration,
>
> not just a spray bomb special. The engine is smooth, and can be
> significantly more powerful (mine is c. 175 BHP) without losing economy. The
> handling can
> easily be remedied.
>
> Once done, they make a superb touring machine. They will never be quite as
> 'handy' as an MGB, but who would expect them to be - you wouldn't expect a
> Healey 3000 to run rings around a Sprite in a slalom, now would you?
>
> I agree that there are few enough of these misunderstood beasts and it would
>
> be a shame to reduce that number by even one. Go plunder a rubber bumper MGB
>
> instead and no one will care.
>
> Pics of a reliable MGC at _http://www.rhodo.citymax.com/MGC.html_
> (http://www.rhodo.citymax.com/MGC.html)
>
> Bill
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