Seen this guy around?
 

This is my fathers work in progress. It all started in the summer of 2003 when his 1974 1/2 MGB was giving him fits. The stock motor was having some severe blow-by issues. Not wanting to dump money into a 50hp engine he began to brainstorm which engine he would replace it with. Now there have been many V8 conversions into MGB's using a Rover V8's. My dad drove a few locally but was unimpressed with the installation techniques as well as the driving experience. Using a Ford 302 block in our garage he began to mock up a how he would want his MGB V8 conversion to look. Here is how it went.

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You may be wanting specs so i will do the best i can to remember them all. With a car like this you need to look over it 4-5 times to see everything my dad has done.

Motor......
Ford 302 bored out to 306
10:1 pistons
Edelbrock Performer aluminum heads
Edelbrock RPM intake
Holly 650 cfm carb
Edelbrock cam
CSI electric water pump
No front belt driven accesories
Kutz and Company motor plate (motor is anchored to plate)

Trans.....Stock World Class T-5

Clutch....FMS King Cobra

Rear...Stock MGB

If you have any questions just ask. Thanks for looking. :beer:

*Sorry about the picture size....i hate when that happens*


Modified by mmmturbo at 12:53 PM 11-2-2005

havent but i want to. Are they a car show person. Maybe ill see them in the spring.

He may take it to some shows.....he really built the car to drive it as much as possible.

That thing is nuts!

Looks nice.

nice nice man, that thing must haul ice

We have ball park estimates for hp and tq. Conservative numbers says it weighs 2500 lbs and has at least 280 hp. It has no problems merging. : )

i doubt it would

Cool car but get the fram filter off of it.
Fram filter ends are cardboard.
They tend to deteriorate and collapse causing high oil pressure.

I have already told him about Fram filters. I will make it my mission to see a Motorcraft oil filter on it when it comes time for its first oil change.