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The BritishV8 Pub general notices, announcements, invitations, & social stuff (like meets & car shows)
a place to discuss all our other favorite cars, especially the modified and/or V8 ones 288 : 1392 : March 21, 2024 12:55AM: Race Cars and Motorsports. if it's about racing, spectating, performance driving, or race-prep... this is the place 351 : 1874
MGB build for speed events - Australia - V8 conversion and lots more Goto Page: 1, 2, 3: 11011 : 48 : choppedfish : 09/23/2024 09:49PM Last Post by choppedfish 1974 mgb metal dash conversion: 444 : 3 : danielruhe : 09/11/2024 12:31PM Last Post by MGBV8 Troubleshooting Crankshaft Sensor Issues in My V8 Engine: 129 : 3 : Eric12368 : 08/23/2024 10 ...
engine swaps and other performance upgrades, plus "factory" V8s (Stag and TR8)
A supercharged v8 capri and a twin turbo v8 capri Total redirects: 285064; V8performanceparts.co.uk ...
I spent a lot of time reading through British V8 write ups for every TR6 and TR4 302/289 conversion to look for inspiration and warnings. I knew I wanted old school, so EFI was out, no automatics would be considered, and it needed to look like it could have been built by the factory when it was done.
The Buick 215 is a relatively easy swap into a 1978 MGB because the factory modified the MGB engine bay earlier in the 70s to facilitate their own installations of Rover V8 engines. In the past, several companies sold kits for this conversion.
Has anyone run a Rotus V8, yet ? Likely Fred Key will be first. My gripe with these is cost, scarcety and cost of shims/labor to maintain valve lash. Rumor is, a Volvo 4 vale head might work. Biggest problem with putting an I4 head on a V8 is cam sequencing is always wrong, unless you convert to a 180 deg. crank,( fire two cylinders at once).
There will be allot of fab work with whatever V8 you choose and will need to also decide what you want to use for a rear diff as the stock unit wont even come close to holding the torque. You don't need to go to a GT6 for extra room , just use a GT6 bonnet, its a direct bolt on for a spitfire and still looks correct to anyone except triumph ...
Healey Sports Cars mods & upgrades for Healey (Nash, Austin, or Jensen) cars, including engine swaps