Ferrari Mailing List: Re: My Experience with a Kit Car Owner

[LarryT (l02turner]

That MGB with 400hp sounds incredible - scary fast I bet!!  re the Stag - 
one of the uglier ideas to come out of Triumph. IMHO of course.   I agree - 
the MGB V8 would have been far more successful but the powers at JRT/B-L 
were intent on killing of MG IMO.

Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Rosen" <razpootin [at] in-control.us>
To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] My Experience with a Kit Car Owner


> Sadly the MGB V8 was killed by the consolidation JRT,
> Jaguar/Rover/Triumph group, because Triumph successfully lobbied the
> administration, saying that the Rover 3500 V8 powered MG, would
> negatively impact the sales of their Triumph Stag (a project IMO, that
> should have been left as stillborn).
>
> The Rover (nee Buick) alloy 3500 V8, which was used off the shelf for
> the MG, actually weighed much less than the four cylinder engine it
> replaced.  It was much more reliable that the Stag OHC and had roughly
> the same HP.  A friend of mine used the Buick engines in some National
> Class hydros, for years.  He was getting up to  400+ HP from them, can
> you imagine an MGB or GT with say 325 or 350 HP and less weight than 
> stock?
>
> Bill
>
> > From: Britt2Asa [at] aol.com
> > Subject: Re: [Ferrari] My Experience with a Kit Car Owner
> > To: francis [at] fntn.co.uk
> > Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com
> > Message-ID: <408.6de9009b.32ab257a [at] aol.com>
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> >
> > Ah well I guess I know diddly squat about MGs but I knew there was a V8 
> > out
> > there!
> >
> > Britt
> >
> >
> >
> > > When MG went into the British Leyland group they started producing,
> > > in 1973 their own V8 engined MGB, called an MGB GT V8 which stayed in
> > > production till 1976. There was also subsequently in 93-95 the MGR V8
> > > which had an overall similar look to the the MGB but with a more
> > > curvaceous body
> > >
> > > Francis
> >
> >
> >
> > BR in the UK
> > 1986 328GTS (LHD 89,940km) Died August 19, 2006 Shrewsbury UK
> > 1980 400i (RHD 72,000 miles)
>
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