Lorenz Lorenz Hassenstein Connecticut (2 posts) Registered: 02/28/2011 01:55PM Main British Car: 68 MGB GT V8, MGB, TR7 V8, TR8 |
MGB GT V8 (for road use, track days, or easy conversion to racing)
After six years in the making, this street-legal NASA competitor is ready to race. • clean and straight tub including 6-point rollcage fitted with fiberglass Sebring body panel kit. • very clean paint. • two sets of wheels. • oversized 3"-core radiator, • bellhousing, • T5 transmission, • Dana 70 ("postal Jeep") rear with 3.73:1 gears included. • Thru-fender headers with 1 5/8" runners feed a custom 2.5" dual exhaust system, including X-pipe. • Wilwood 12" disk brakes on all four corners with proportioning valve and tandem master. • Tilton clutch master. • Koni and Spax adjustable shocks for the rear and uprated front MG shocks on 2" lowered racing springs. • 1" front and 5/8" rear sway bars complimented by trailing control arms make the car amazingly agile. Full build details and additional photos appear here: Lorenz Hassenstein's Rover Aluminum V8 Powered 1968 MGB-GT The car will be sold less the motor, has never been raced, was built with all new components and has less than 4,000 miles on the drive train. The car is located in Connecticut. While I enjoyed building this car my interests have moved to other projects. Serious inquiries only. (Contact via PM preferred.) |
Re: MGB GT V8 (for road use, track days, or easy conversion to racing)
Guys, I've been for several rides in this car and even had it on my trailer once. It's awesome. Build quality is second to none. A real no excuses car.
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steevesdbs Steeve Desbiens (4 posts) Registered: 07/28/2010 08:08AM Main British Car: 1953 MG TD Ford 289 Hi Po |
Re: MGB GT V8 (for road use, track days, or easy conversion to racing)
The car is still for sale?
Thanks Steve |
Moderator Curtis Jacobson Portland Oregon (4577 posts) Registered: 10/12/2007 02:16AM Main British Car: 71 MGBGT, Buick 215 |
Re: MGB GT V8 (for road use, track days, or easy conversion to racing)
Sold!
I've just confirmed that Alan Tosler will be buying this car and converting it to SVRA Group 8 specification - so we'll likely see it actively raced. Alan already has years of experience racing an outstanding four cylinder MGB, and as I recall Alan has shared Les Gonda's MGB GT V8 in an enduro or two. If things come together the way they're looking now, we could see eight MGB GT V8s gridded up and racing together in 2012! Since quite a lot of the parts on this car don't suit SVRA specs (e.g. rear disc brakes), we can also expect that they'll end up for sale in future BritishV8 classified ads. |