4 cyl engine advice needed

[Jon Fedock]

    There is a guy around here that has a MG ("B" I think) with a mild Ford
2300 and 5-speed (out of a Mustang). It runs *much* better than you would
expect and gets 30mpg to boot. I am *not* a Ford person, but the 2300 is
just about a perfect match. The guy said it "just about put itself in
there." :)
Jon Fedock

-----Original Message-----
From: Stowe, Ted-SEA <StowT at PerkinsCoie.com>
To: 'diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu' <diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 6:25 PM
Subject: 4 cyl engine advice needed


|
|this should start a nice long thread.
|
|I need some advice on the possibility of doing an engine swap in my 77 mgb.
|here is the scoop. new stock, these critters put out a huge 65 bhp with
|something just under
|1800cc. big cast iron block and head, with awful simesed intake/exhaust
|ports.
|
|with a better distributor, a downdraft Weber and the usual, mine is
probably
|a little healthier.
|and when I finish my efi project, it'll get better yet.
|
|however it has occurred to me that a later model 4cyl might be a real idea,
|(and I might get a better efi in the bargain).
|
|lots of people seem to be happy with putting in the 215 cu alum. rover v8,
|or the '63 Buick v8.
|and while I think everyone should have a v8 on an engine stand in their
|garage, and I feel guilty not having one, I am not sure I can justify the
|expense of putting a v8 in the mgb, (new rear, new trans, some fairly hard
|to find parts and lots of time.
|
|so I am trying to think of hot 4cyl engine/5 speed trans combos. I have
|heard a lot about
|the turbo fuego engine in the Renaults. who does better than a cast iron 65
|bhp engine and 4 speed trans ? , I thought about a BMW 320i engine/trans.
|
|any ideas ??
|
|thanks, Ted Stowe
|