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MG MGB GT V8 Factory Originals Technical - V6 'lemons'

Researching the V6, I came across the following web site...

http://www.gm-v6lemons.com/

I have yet to 'muddle' through this site, but on the surface, it seems his issue is with the intake gaskets used on these engines. His intentions are irrational and thus suspect($).
he does however provide a link, inadvertently providing the solution...

http://www.carquest.com/techbulletins/gaskets/gskms15704.pdf

I thought I should add that I have been reading (archives)the point made by those in favor of the Rover V8, that anything else would go against originality.
What seems to evade them is that the MGB was designed with the intention of using a V4 and the possibility/option for a V6.
The sound of a worthy V6 emanating from these early cars only adds to the aesthetical appeal of what would have, and perhaps should have been.

Identify the reciprocal of every function, and expound on it(personal quote)..this goes for anything-infinitely, be it math, geometry, music/art, physics, etc.
A V6 would be just as right for the early cars, as the Rover V8 is for the later cars.

...personally, I still am attracted to the Rover, and am waiting on some things before I make a decision.

Jegawatt <== analyzes to live.
jegawatt

re: I thought I should add that I have been reading (archives)the point made by those in favor of the Rover V8, that anything else would go against originality.


I don't think i agree with that statement. There are a LOT of options available that will make a for a great running car, no matter what the whim of the owner may be.

Once an alteration is made, you've already strayed from originality...so who cares?! It's your car!

Some conversions are obviously easier to do than others...the BOP/Rover being right up there.

Yes, I appreciate originality...but not for every MG that was ever produced!

FWIW

rick
rick ingram

To each his own..my point was, aesthetically, the Rover V8 and the GM V6 "stray" to an equal extent..respective to the models.
jegawatt

hardly virtual.
jegawatt

Change of color to a wire would not be correct in a purist MGB.
The problem with the intake gasket is in the alum head V6 similar problem existed in the Buick/rover 215 alum head, alum intake. Some alum block due shift same as heads creating a problem.
Machining of the heads intake surface or using new improve GM gaskets.
Some old blocks V8 215's have the problem with the cam cam fitting correctly due to shift in the block.Correction sand the cam bearings, or Install the heads on the block and line bore the cam bearings.
The 215's also had problems with the intake leaking in the early days, it was fixed the same way with new type gaskets.

Bill Guzman

One point which seems never to be given an airing concerning the Rover V8 is that at the time it was the only V8 Rover had.
It was a choice of take it or leave it and MG took it.
End of story.

Sorry to all the purists but there was never any engineering hallowed ground been troden and the alloy V8 was an item of engineering expediency and costs.
Nothing more.

To wail on about the Rover V8 being "the way the factory did it" and by insinuation any other engine is somehow unworthy is a lot of cods wallop.

The V8 was never fitted to the roadster in any case and to limit the options to an engine that was Hobsons choice for the factory fifty years ago is both myoptic and hopelessly outdated.

Chers , Pete.
Peter Thomas

This thread was discussed between 27/10/2004 and 29/10/2004

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