- 1. 80 MGB horsepower? (score: 1)
- Author: "White, Richard H." <White@courier3.aero.org>
- Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 13:53:00 -0700
- Does anybody know how much horsepower a 80 Fed. MGB has with the single Zenith carb?? The pre-smog versions had about 95hp, but the rubber bumper cars were really detuned to the point BL wouldn't say
- /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00329.html (7,289 bytes)
- 2. Re: 80 MGB horsepower? (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Colen <lrcmg@red4est.felton.ca.us>
- Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 12:06:25 -0700 (PDT)
- My guess is that the subject header is about right, maybe a little optimistic. Larry
- /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00344.html (7,384 bytes)
- 3. Re: 80 MGB horsepower? (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Patchel <spatchel@radford.com>
- Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 13:00:07 -0700
- Somewhere I think I have seen horse power #'s that deterioated from 60 down to the 45 range as the pollution police got more of a strangle hold on MG's. I do know that there is a big difference, havi
- /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00346.html (7,839 bytes)
- 4. Re: 80 MGB horsepower? (score: 1)
- Author: jhoward@argus.lowell.edu (James D. Howard II)
- Date: Sat, 16 Sep 95 13:31 MST
- I heard it was less than the MGA 1500 of the mid fifties. It had 65 hp, I think. The 80 Fed. MGB was known at Abingdon as the "Gutless Wonder" James
- /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00347.html (7,297 bytes)
- 5. Re: 80 MGB horsepower? (score: 1)
- Author: DamitDick@megaweb.com (Damit Dick)
- Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 16:46:46
- The question was asked: James replied: I don't know where but somplace I remember reading that the late model MGBs had about the same horsepower as the MG-TD. If memory serves me right that was about
- /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00348.html (7,883 bytes)
- 6. Re: 80 MGB horsepower? (score: 1)
- Author: "Christopher W. Reichle" <Christopher.W.Reichle@students.Miami.EDU>
- Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 19:09:00 -0400 (EDT)
- A pathetic 68 HP according to a chilton spec sheet for the 80 B
- /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00373.html (7,658 bytes)
- 7. Re: 80 MGB horsepower? (score: 1)
- Author: Johnmowog@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 02:39:37 -0400
- You want dignity? buy a Rolls! For the rest of our tastes: The B really took the big power dump in 75 when they went to the single carb. 741/2s are dual carb, but have those butt-ugly (sorry folks, m
- /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00512.html (7,938 bytes)
- 8. Re: 80 MGB horsepower? (score: 1)
- Author: pbailey@qnet.com
- Date: Thu, 21 Sep 95 06:44 PDT
- I have a 79 and haven't driven an earlier one but I went with the later one because I had a hard time finding an old one that was either in good condition or the owner wanted a fortune for it at leas
- /html/mgs/1995-09/msg00520.html (7,238 bytes)
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