Just rolled in next door

"4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30" (4muddyfeet) 07/30/2015 at 14:48 • Filed to: Mg

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An MGB GT V8, but with 3.9l of displacement rather than the usual 3.5l. This isn’t an RV8 as you can probably tell, but a bored out 3.5l with high lift camshafts and flat topped pistons.

This car was once just a rotting shell, and after being restored by its owner is now worth over £25k. Jimmy Little Legs reckons it puts out ‘around 250’. It’s in for a re-seat of the rear hatch as exhaust fumes were getting in, and some front end suspension work because its nose ‘rides a little high’. I bet it’s still a blast to drive.

The best MG interior I’ve ever seen. Full leather and chrome.

BReLp7dzHM3ytYsE > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 07/30/2015 at 14:51

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That thing looks fantastic

MonkeePuzzle > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 07/30/2015 at 14:53

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whats this inlet to the inlet to the intake?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > MonkeePuzzle 07/30/2015 at 14:56

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Heat riser, looks like. From the exhaust manifold. Improves cold starting.

MonkeePuzzle > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 07/30/2015 at 14:57

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thank you. makes good sense.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 07/30/2015 at 14:57

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That’s near identical to one I saw at... I think Housesteads along Hadrian’s Wall. Might even be the same one.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 07/30/2015 at 15:09

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Quite likely. It’s from this area, only 20 miles to the North.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 07/30/2015 at 15:13

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Two letters that no one ever wants to see on the top of their engine.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 07/30/2015 at 15:18

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It’s not like MG made the engine. It’s a failed Buick design made by Rover! wait that’s worse isnt it

davedave1111 > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 07/30/2015 at 15:21

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You’ve forgotten about the Rover 25/45/75 and their MG counterparts. Particularly the ZT-T 260:

4.7l V8 RWD is definitely better than the standard Rover 75 estate with a 1.8 four-pot under the bonnet driving just the front wheels.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 07/30/2015 at 15:37

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Wow SU’s on a V8, that would take some wizidary to make work, or maybe they just don’t work that well.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 07/30/2015 at 15:38

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I’m picturing the work day where that happened.

“What are we going to put in this? We don’t have any engines!”

“It’s okay! GM have one that they don’t want that they said we could use.”

“Well that’s nice of them. Seems a pity to just throw away a perfectly good engine. Pints?”

“Pints”

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 07/30/2015 at 15:43

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I’ve been told that one of the encouragements for the Buick 215 purchase in general and for the Range Rover in specific was a Series II that had had one swapped in that a UK representative got to see. So, actually not that far from what happened.
“ Rather neat, this. What’d you say it has?”
“Buick. Only made these for one year.”
“Cor, really? They didn’t want it here?”

etc.

RallyWrench > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 07/30/2015 at 15:43

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Lovely.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 07/30/2015 at 16:04

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SU HIF’s were standard on the 3.5 v8 (I beleive), not sure about the factory iterations of the 3.9.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 07/30/2015 at 17:02

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Soooooo British.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 07/30/2015 at 19:10

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I have always wanted to see an MBG RV8-GT... a GT based around the RV8 upgrades to the roadster version, and a 4.0L TVR-tuned V8, backed by a modern overdriven 5-speed and rear axle ratio.