I concur about them being strong. I've been flogging mine for years, and
last fall in the California Melee I drove the heck out of it, thru
mountains, on freeways, in temps up into the 90s, all with it in an
indifferent state of tune due to insufficient prep time. And that's with
60-70K miles on the engine.
Or, another example: before I had installed the overdrive, I did a round
trip to Yosemite in September... 95 degress in the central valley,
maintaining 85 mph on the freeway. Can't manage that now despite the OD
because the wheels need truing -- it would shake my ears off.
I would surmise the noise and vibration (and wind blast, in a roadster)
would cap your speed before you got to the point of stressing the engine.
--
Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
on 6/20/07 5:20 AM, Paul Hunt at paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
> As far as the engine goes I regularly cruise my standard engine at 80, and
> have often been higher than that. If your engine has been balanced I'd
> expect to be able to cruise higher than that with no problems, the problem
> is that once an engine has been modified things do change, not always for
> the better. I regularly read of fears that these cars are going to break,
> they are stronger than many think.
>
> As for handling it all depends on the road and traffic conditions at the
> time, and that can only be your call. On a motorway the handling far
> outdoes the performance, unless you have to take violent avoiding action
> when faced with an unexpected incident. A narrow, twisty lane with traffic
> travelling in both directions is a different issue. That's what driving is
> about - making value judgements taking into account all the variables at the
> time, not simply pointing it and being oblivious as to what is going on
> around you (as all too many people do these days).
>
> PaulH.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> Taking into account both the handling and the engine stress, I was just
>> wondering what you folks would consider a safe cruising speed for the BGT.
_______________________________________________
Edit your replies
Mgs@autox.team.net
http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/mgs
|