I wonder what happened to the MBC?????
Hmmmmm!!!!
Joe Curry
msecres@ibm.net wrote:
>
> John McEwen wrote:
> >
> > Hello John:
> >
> > You have made some excellent points. However as the one who is "talking
> > out of his armpit" you have agreed with my point regarding the durability
> > of the engines. The MGB engine was improved by the addition of the extra
> > bearings in 1965, after a very short production time in this car, and it
> > subsequently became among the most rugged and simple British engines ever
> > built. The Triumph engine was increased in size steadily until it reached
> > a point where it became unreliable due to its design. Follow this list for
> > a while and you will read many horror stories about Triumph 1500 engines.
> >
> > This tendency to make "too much of a good thing" out of British engines was
> > not restricted to automobile engines. One only has to look at the balls up
> > in the British motorcycle industry where old designs were continuously
> > enlarged beyond their design limits until they became rough, overstressed
> > and unreliable. Good examples of this are found in the 750 engines of
> > Norton, Triumph, BSA, and certainly the largest engines of the others.
> >
> > I am not unfamiliar with British engineering having owned and restored all
> > or part of the following machines:
> >
> > '57 AJS Model 20
> > '67 BSA Spitfire
> > '70 Norton Commando
> > '71 Triumph TR6R
> > '49 Austin A40
> > '50 Standard Vanguard
> > '54 Jaguar Mk.VII
> > '55 TR2
> > '57 Lagonda 3 Litre
> > '58 Wolseley 6/90
> > '61 Jaguar Mk.2 3.8
> > '62 Sunbeam Alpine
> > '65 Austin A60
> > '66 Austin A60
> > '66 Rover 2000TC
> > '70 MGB
> > '70 MGB
> > '73 MGB
> > '76 TR7
>
> Well, John, that's great, but I think you're overstating the
> "unreliability" of the 1500. Maybe it's an overstroked version of a
> smaller engine, but the worst engineering oversight with regard to the
> block internals that I've seen is the thrust washer situation -- and
> that's not a problem if you're paying attention to your car. Nor is it a
> problem with my 1500, which has not been rebuilt in 24 years, and with
> 85K on it, still runs like a dream. (Of course, I do treat it well.)
> But I truly don't hear people crucifying the 1500 with any regularity.
>
> Now -- if we want to continue this aimless thread a little longer --
> let's talk about the MGB vs. the TR6, or the MGBGT vs. the GT6. Same
> classes, right? In a standing 1/4 mile, the Triumphs rule, now don't
> they? Woo -- let the fireworks begin!
>
> --
> Martin Secrest
> 74 Spitfire
> 73 GT6
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