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MG Sports Cars

engine swaps and other performance upgrades, plus "factory" and Costello V8s

BlownMGB-V8 Jim Blackwood 9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042 (6470 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 12:59PM Main British Car: 1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS

Re: MGB Roadmaster Posted by: BlownMGB-V8 Date: June 18, 2009 03:06PM Great idea Jim, could you do that for us?

BlownMGB-V8 Jim Blackwood 9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042 (6470 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 12:59PM Main British Car: 1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS

Re: MGB Roadmaster Posted by: BlownMGB-V8 Date: June 18, 2009 05:02PM Yeah, we've heard a lot of that. Well, carry on, better luck next time. Jim

BlownMGB-V8 Jim Blackwood 9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042 (6470 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 12:59PM Main British Car: 1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS

Re: MGB Roadmaster Posted by: BlownMGB-V8 Date: June 26, 2009 06:51PM Guys, do you think we should buy a set of aluminum valve covers for the car? The old tin covers are guaranteed to leak the first time we start the car up. I don't know the full range of what is available and at what cost, or what our chances are of buying used, it looks like the tin or chromed ones are nearly as much as new aluminum if you went by ebay prices but it might be possible to get a set of tin ones for under $50 on V8buick. New aluminum is probably going to be $150 but they will seal better. Jim

mowog1 Rick Ingram Central Illinois (1523 posts) Registered: 10/17/2007 09:36PM Main British Car: 1974.5 MGB/GT 3.9l Rover

Re: MGB Roadmaster Posted by: mowog1 Date: June 27, 2009 02:49AM I thnk that this should be one of the final purchases we make.

BlownMGB-V8 Jim Blackwood 9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042 (6470 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 12:59PM Main British Car: 1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS

Re: MGB Roadmaster Posted by: BlownMGB-V8 Date: June 27, 2009 08:31AM Oh, well I was just concerned about getting oil all over everything. We won't be able to run the engine with the ones that are on there. The only job they are doing is keeping dust out, they will never seal the oil in. I know everyone wants to see and hear the engine run but it's a real mistake to fire it up with those old bent up covers. We'll never get it all clean again. How do you think we should solve this problem? Jim

BlownMGB-V8 Jim Blackwood 9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042 (6470 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 12:59PM Main British Car: 1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS

Re: MGB Roadmaster Posted by: BlownMGB-V8 Date: June 28, 2009 10:01AM Tom, any of the big block Buicks would use the same covers. So the 400, 430 and 455 will all fit, though they don't all look the same. The mangled tin covers we have are from a 430, and if we have a choice I'd pick the ones from a 455 just because they identify the displacement, but any of those will do. Jim

MGBV8 Carl Floyd Kingsport, TN (4516 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 11:32PM Main British Car: 1979 MGB Buick 215

Re: MGB Roadmaster Posted by: MGBV8 Date: June 28, 2009 09:42PM Somebody should have an old M/T set laying around.

mowog1 Rick Ingram Central Illinois (1523 posts) Registered: 10/17/2007 09:36PM Main British Car: 1974.5 MGB/GT 3.9l Rover

Re: MGB Roadmaster Posted by: mowog1 Date: June 29, 2009 06:32PM Well, Jim...you didn't let us know that those crappy old covers weren't functional! :-) I like the idea of the Buick 455 covers.

rficalora Rob Ficalora Willis, TX (2764 posts) Registered: 10/24/2007 02:46PM Main British Car: '76 MGB w/CB front, Sebring rear, early metal dash Ford 302

Re: MGB Roadmaster Posted by: rficalora Date: July 01, 2009 06:25PM Hey Jim... I think you have a PM :)

BlownMGB-V8 Jim Blackwood 9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042 (6470 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 12:59PM Main British Car: 1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS

Re: MGB Roadmaster Posted by: BlownMGB-V8 Date: July 01, 2009 11:08PM Thanks guys! I'll give Tony a call tomorrow and see what is up. Things are shaping up nicely for the first work weekend. I'll have more to write after I get a chance to make a couple of calls tomorrow. Jim

BlownMGB-V8 Jim Blackwood 9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042 (6470 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 12:59PM Main British Car: 1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS

Re: MGB Roadmaster Posted by: BlownMGB-V8 Date: July 02, 2009 10:07PM I talked to Tony Sarvis today (Astro Performance Warehouse, Inc. in Tavares, FL) who turned out to be a very interesting fellow and quite knowledgeable about the T5 transmission and all of it's variations. He is interested in being involved in the project and once he has had a chance to look over the tag numbers I sent him will make some recommendations based on the possible participation of some of his suppliers. The upshot is that we have a very good chance of ending up with an uprated tranny more suitably matched to the car. I'm sure we will be in touch again soon, he'll need axle ratio, tire size and such to recommend tranny gear ratios and I'll pass along information as I have it. Jim

MGBV8 Carl Floyd Kingsport, TN (4516 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 11:32PM Main British Car: 1979 MGB Buick 215

Re: MGB Roadmaster Posted by: MGBV8 Date: July 02, 2009 11:26PM It's looking like I will likely be able to make the 1st work weekend in July.

BlownMGB-V8 Jim Blackwood 9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042 (6470 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 12:59PM Main British Car: 1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS

Re: MGB Roadmaster Posted by: BlownMGB-V8 Date: July 03, 2009 11:03AM That's great Carl! C'mon up. It'll be a good weekend. Jim

mowog1 Rick Ingram Central Illinois (1523 posts) Registered: 10/17/2007 09:36PM Main British Car: 1974.5 MGB/GT 3.9l Rover

Re: MGB Roadmaster Posted by: mowog1 Date: July 04, 2009 02:59PM There are several sets of 455 valve covers currently listed on evil-bay. Are we interested in any of them?

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