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Q & A: Benefits of Converting to Negative Ground

Last year I purchased a beautiful older restoration of an OEW 1967 MGB/GT Special with overdrive which is both cosmetically and mechanically close to original specs. The car has the original positive ground system with twin 6 volt batterys and thev original dynamo. This year I plan to do some upgrades to make the car more reliable. These include putting in a S U electronic fuel pump, a petronix electronic ignition and put in a high torque starter. The question is will the original electrical system handle these changes or do I need a twelve volt battery and a negative earth system? The car does not have a radio and everthing on the car is as original except I put in halogen lights. The car is not a trailer queen and I expect to drive it on nice days putting on about 1500 miles per year. The car has been trouble free so far and I want to keep it that way.

After over 30 years of owning my 1962 MGA 1600 Mark Ii Deluxe, I finally converted it to negative earth and a single twelve volt. Why? One of the sixes was bad -- and new ones are harder to come by -- plus, they're made with 1950's technology an... read more