I never weighed them, but the car sat at the same height with both engines, so I'm guessing they were very close in weight. I swapped in an MGB rear end - 1:3.90 vs. the 'A's 1:4.30 ratio. That brought the top end to 115mph at 6000rpm. I had a lot of fun running Vette's - really surprised them. I even ran even with a 289 Cobra once. I had the engine balanced, and installed a "3/4 racing cam". It was a sweet running engine.
On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 6:10 PM, LarryT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cool! That was an awesome engine. IIRC Rover continued to use it for > years - people are still dragging them out of junk yards. Do you recall how > much it weighed? Even with it made of Alum I heard it was close to the > weight of the MGB 4 cylinder - which was not a lightweight. 400#s perhaps? > > The MGB list has several people who have B's with Camaro V6s and V8s, > along with some Japanese 5 speeds which are very popular - and easy to > install from what I hear. I love the sweet shift action of my B as-is but > the thought of dropping several hundred rpm when cruising at 65 MPH is > really appealing. > > Course, I'd like to install a 289 with 2-4s but I doubt there;s enough > clearence under the hood. ;-) > -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics." -Benjamin Disraeli and/or Mark Twain '90 300D (Rattled), '92 300D (Saber), ' '81 240D (Gramps), '97 Ply Grand Voyager (Vincent van-go) _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
