[DeTomaso] NPC .. MG Migit

[Daniel C Jones]

> Been there with the aluminum block V-8, etc (in another MG)

I'm neck deep in those Buick/Olds/Rover aluminum V8s at the moment.
One is a 4.3L stroked Olds 215 (Buick 300 crank, 5.7" Eagle H-beam
rods, Venolia forged pistons, ported Buick 300 heads with Stage 1
Buick V6 valves, Huffaker single plane intake, hydraulic roller cam,
shaft mount roller rockers with end stands) that was originally
designed for an experimental airplane. It's going in a friend's MGB
GT.  Another that I just dropped off at the dyno is a a 5.0L using a
3.5" stroke Buick crank from the 1960's GM Accurad experimental
program, cross-bolted main Rover block, ported Rover heads, T&D roller
rockers, Extrude-honed Edelbrock dual plane intake, forged pistons,
solid flat tappet cam, dry sump.  We'll dyno it in it's current form
then swap on my ported Buick 300 heads and Huffaker intake and a
custom cam.  The ported Rover heads will then go on a new-old-stock
4.2L Rover with Crower 50232 hydraulic flat tappet cam, tri-y headers
and Rover EFI manifolding.  That'll serve as an EFI test bed engine.
I had a set of the Buick 215 race heads developed by GM for Mickey
Thompson's 1962 Indy car program, along with a matching GM 2x4 barrel
intake and dual 400 CFM Carter AFB carbs but I sold those to finance
another Buick/Rover 4.2L with cross-bolted mains, Wiseco forged
pistons, Carrillo rods and Willpower single plane manifold set up for
EFI, along with a pair of the new TA Performance heads.  I still need
to find someone to port the TA Performance heads but those engines are
destined for my Triumph TR8 convertible and TR7V8 coupe.

Dan Jones

On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Jack Donahue <demongusta at me.com> wrote:
> Bill - Been there with the aluminum block V-8, etc (in another MG) - the 13B
> rotary (a little tweaked) knocks the socks off the V-8, especially
> braking/cornering since it is so light and puts out 240 h.p. @ 9500. In
> fact, my logo for the car includes calling it an MG-13B. Don't really know
> the top speed as the speedo comes back around to Zero and it just gets too
> dangerous
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> On Jan 23, 2014, at 8:09 AM, Larry - Ohio Time wrote:
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> Very cool Jack.....What a job to have...even today!
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> My first sports car (3 car) was a 64 MGB. Yes positive "earth". All it
> needed was a clutch adjustment. Little did I know at the time there is no
> adjustment and you needed to drop the transmission to replace the carbon
> throw out bearing. I learned a lot!
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> Still have my 71 MGB from High School. Of course, wires, Webers, OD/trans,
> aluminum bonnet, AND its BRG!
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> Larry - Cleveland
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> From: Jack Donahue [mailto:demongusta at me.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 10:50 AM
> To: Larry - Ohio Time
> Cc: detomaso at poca.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC .. MG Migit
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> Larry
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> You might appreciate that I drove my MGB "off the boat" in 1965 - my first
> car. Got a job at BMC in San Francisco delivering new cars from ship to
> showroom since I used to go down to Fisherman's Wharf from Sacramento a lot.
> When I saw how the kids drove the brand new cars over all the RR tracks with
> wire wheels it killed me to think that some un-suspecting people were buying
> cars that were "abused" within the first mile "of life". So, I got a job
> delivering cars for BMC also - until MINE showed up. I drove it back to
> Sacto. with the "white shit" still covering it - they used to put a paste on
> them to protect from salt water. Still have it - a gem. With rotary power
> now. Quite a bitchin' little machine. The only hang-up that I had in all the
> restorations was the positive ground. No big deal, but cooked a few wires
> along the way forgetting that little fact. Still has the original BRG paint.
> FWIW
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> Jack
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> On Jan 23, 2014, at 7:29 AM, Larry - Ohio Time wrote:
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> Tom,
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> Have only had MGB's (10 or so) but they are the same animal.
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> Ask away.
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> Larry - Cleveland
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> From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf Of Tom Shinrock
> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 10:21 AM
> To: detomaso at poca.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] NPC .. MG Migit
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> Before I go and do a lot of research I thought I pose the question to the
> group in hopes of getting a quick answer.   My brother has a 1974 MG Migit
> with a 1275 cc engine that he has had disassembled for over 10 years.   He
> is now starting to put it back together but can't remember how to hook up
> the wires to the starter.
>
> Any british wiring experts out there?
>
> Tom
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