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Q & A: MGA V8

Wednesday March 27th, 2002
Q & A, MGA, MGB, MGC, MG T-Type, Midget
John, about 1 year ago your name was mentioned on the internet MG
Bulletin as someone who might know the owner of an MGA V8.
I am doing a similar conversion here in Australia and have some
questions I would like to put to the owner of such a beast. I have an
old front chassis half which I am using as the jig and am fitting an
Australian 4.4 litre version of the Rover 3.5 litre (only difference is
1/2" higher block- same front covers) and a 5 speed Toyota/3.9 diff
combo. I have the engine in but am not sure about the header runs. I
plan to set up extractors with each side being made up of 2 separate
pairs of pipes but space will be tight. Still not sure where to run them
(I have a minimum of 65mm between the left no 3 port and the diagonal
chassis brace).
Do you know of such a car? Any leads would be greatly appreciated.
regards
mark

Mark!

I do not remember the name of the owner of the one MGA V8 I've seen -- but
I remember one which the owner had ADDED 6" to the midsection -- making
the vehicle 6" WIDER than original. Other than... read more