- 1. RE: MGC engine swap (score: 1)
- Author: "Howard Battan" <battanhr@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 13:01:34 -0800
- Oh my! <<Go plunder a rubber bumper MGB instead and no one will care.>> -- As long as it's not MY rubber bumper MGB!!! Howard Battan '54 TF '57 MGA '79 MGB
- /html/mgs/2006-11/msg00118.html (7,607 bytes)
- 2. re: MGC engine swap (score: 1)
- Author: Mowog1@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 18:59:32 EST
- re: With that engine bay, would an MGC be a candidate for an engine swap? One of the Nissan 6 cylinder + 5 speed comes to mind. ** Ian....in my opinion, you would rapidly become the black sheep of th
- /html/mgs/2006-11/msg00087.html (7,482 bytes)
- 3. Re: MGC engine swap (score: 1)
- Author: "oliver" <sumton@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 22:40:36 -0600
- please don't do it.
- /html/mgs/2006-11/msg00088.html (7,488 bytes)
- 4. Re: MGC engine swap (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 10:28:27 -0000
- Sacrilege, there are few enough as it is. -- Original Message --
- /html/mgs/2006-11/msg00089.html (7,490 bytes)
- 5. Re: MGC engine swap (score: 1)
- Author: Mowog1@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 08:28:05 EST
- Sacrilege, there are few enough as it is. -- Original Message -- I concur...completely. rick MGC 6165 MGC 3950
- /html/mgs/2006-11/msg00090.html (7,663 bytes)
- 6. Re: MGC engine swap (score: 1)
- Author: Barrie Robinson <barrie@look.ca>
- Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 14:35:06 -0500
- Me too - Please do not do it !!! Regards Barrie Barrie Robinson (705) 721-9060 http://www.britishv8.org/MG/BarrieRobinson.htm
- /html/mgs/2006-11/msg00092.html (8,394 bytes)
- 7. Re: MGC engine swap (score: 1)
- Author: Barrie Robinson <barrie@look.ca>
- Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 14:35:59 -0500
- There is a chap here locally that has 10 MGCs !!!!!! Regards Barrie Barrie Robinson (705) 721-9060 http://www.britishv8.org/MG/BarrieRobinson.htm
- /html/mgs/2006-11/msg00093.html (8,265 bytes)
- 8. Re: MGC engine swap (score: 1)
- Author: don <don@napanet.net>
- Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 13:46:59 -0800
- A Chevy "stovebolt" six would be good, or maybe a Dodge slant six. Think of the gain in reliability!
- /html/mgs/2006-11/msg00094.html (8,530 bytes)
- 9. Re: MGC engine swap (score: 1)
- Author: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
- Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 17:14:37 -0600
- I know a guy in San Antonio who has two of them, a drop head and a fixed head. Both are beautifully restored. CR
- /html/mgs/2006-11/msg00095.html (8,618 bytes)
- 10. Re: MGC engine swap (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 16:27:38 -0800
- You're kidding, I assume. It's highly unlikely either of those would fit. Big difference in bore spacing between a 3.0 and a 3.8 or 4.0 liter six. Not to mention the weight of either of those two wou
- /html/mgs/2006-11/msg00096.html (9,119 bytes)
- 11. Re: MGC engine swap (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Root <ptrmgb@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 20:32:48 -0600
- I think he was trying to convey that swapping an engine in the 'C is a ridiculous proposition.
- /html/mgs/2006-11/msg00097.html (7,804 bytes)
- 12. Re: MGC engine swap (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 08:49:35 -0000
- That's even worse, 9 of an already small number not available for 9 other people to enjoy :o( -- Original Message --
- /html/mgs/2006-11/msg00098.html (8,055 bytes)
- 13. Re: MGC engine swap (score: 1)
- Author: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
- Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:13:23 -0600
- I'm sure he was. What would work would be the inline 6 from a 280Z. CR
- /html/mgs/2006-11/msg00099.html (7,925 bytes)
- 14. re: MGC Engine swap (score: 1)
- Author: Mowog1@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:40:34 EST
- re: Denise writes: Having lived with a guy with MGC's who had a best friend with MGC's, I've worked on a few. I don't like them. <snip> Denise, Densie, Denise. I had my original servoes on my '69 reb
- /html/mgs/2006-11/msg00102.html (8,090 bytes)
- 15. Re: MGC engine swap (score: 1)
- Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:40:51 EST
- 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 s
- /html/mgs/2006-11/msg00103.html (8,433 bytes)
- 16. Re: MGC engine swap (score: 1)
- Author: "Andrew B. Lundgren" <lundgren@byu.net>
- Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:35:07 -0700
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- /html/mgs/2006-11/msg00107.html (7,673 bytes)
- 17. Re: MGC engine swap (score: 1)
- Author: "oliver" <sumton@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:48:22 -0600
- nah. he can keep them. -- Original Message -- From: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <Mowog1@aol.com>; <mgs@autox.team.net>; "Barrie Robinson" <barrie@look.ca> Sent: Monday, November 20,
- /html/mgs/2006-11/msg00108.html (7,850 bytes)
- 18. Re: MGC engine swap (score: 1)
- Author: don@napanet.net
- Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:54:23 -0800
- 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
- /html/mgs/2006-11/msg00109.html (8,826 bytes)
- 19. RE: MGC engine swap (score: 1)
- Author: "Howard Battan" <battanhr@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 13:01:34 -0800
- Oh my! <<Go plunder a rubber bumper MGB instead and no one will care.>> -- As long as it's not MY rubber bumper MGB!!! Howard Battan '54 TF '57 MGA '79 MGB
- /html/mgs/2006-11/msg00111.html (7,628 bytes)
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