[Diy_efi] MGB EFI

[Tyler Madia]

That's a very good question and one I, and most people with older cars,
struggle with.  To upgrade the engine or not.  What I generally like is the
styling, simplicity, and cost of the MGs but the powertrain is terribly
inadequate by todays standards.  As much fun as the twin SUs are to tinker
with on the weekends, the wife hates the manual choke and other assorted
quirks of the carbs.  I'm not looking to make a corvette beater or anything
but it would be nice to get in turn the key and go like a modern car.  The
mileage benefits and engine longevity are also attractive.  Of course I just
can't leave anything well enough alone either....

Yeah, a nice rover V8 does very nicely in an MGB.  It even weight 14 pounds
less than the 4 cylinder, but alas I don't have $7500 sitting around burning
a hole in my pocket ;-)

Tyler

----- Original Message -----
From: "MarkoNTL" <marko.cosic at ntlworld.com>
To: "List for general do-it-yourself EFI talk" <diy_efi at diy-efi.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 6:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Diy_efi] MGB EFI


> Why are we trying to convert a a B-Series to Efi? (ignore the following if
> the answer is 'for the hell of it!)
>
> The B-Series engine was developed into the O-Series, which was then
revised
> for front-wheel drive and Efi to the "O2" Series, then further developed
to
> the M-Series and finally the T-Series. The T-Series is a 2 litre, iron
> block/alloy head, twin OHC, 4 valve per cylinder multipoint Efi/electronic
> ignition etc, with cat convertor (whether emissions rules come in to play
> where you are I don't know), putting out 136bhp in naturally aspirated
form
> and 200bhp in turbo form. (The former can be taken to ~180bhp before
things
> start getting silly money, and the turbo so far has been taken to 420bhp,
> but definitely in the silly-money territory... www.an-racing.co.uk)
>
> The engine mountings are the same as the B-Series. Its not wholly bolt-in
> but is very do-able, and similar size/weight to the B-Series. In the UK
> there are several B to O/M/T Series MGB conversions around.
>
> http://www.mgcars.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=mgoc&p=emg/000802.htm
> on MGBs and
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/marko.cosic
> on general T-Series to RWD gearbox info. (my interest being stuffing one
> into a Land-Rover)
>
> Is this of any interest or have I set off on an irrelevant tangent
again...
>
> Marko
>
>
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