Moderator Curtis Jacobson Portland Oregon (4577 posts) Registered: 10/12/2007 02:16AM Main British Car: 71 MGBGT, Buick 215 |
New to the gallery: Henk-Jan Vonk's cleverly engineered MGB V8
Check out this very nifty car: Henk-Jan Vonk's Rover V8 Powered, Fuel Injected 1977 MGB!
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djw090 David Witham Warwick UK (115 posts) Registered: 06/12/2008 11:20AM Main British Car: MGB 1974 and MG ZT 160 turbo 2005 |
Re: New to the gallery: Henk-Jan Vonk's cleverly engineered MGB V8
Could we have more details as to how the MGF seats were modified to fit.
Popular wisdom is that MGF seats do not fit in a B (but do in a Midget) because of the inner step sill, with its taper towards the back, and the transmission tunnel, with its taper towards the front, make the usable floor widthe too narrow. There is a good supply of MGF seats over here as early cars are being broken. So I would be interested to know what Henk-Jan did. |
ex-tyke Graham Creswick Chatham, Ontario, Canada (1165 posts) Registered: 10/25/2007 11:17AM Main British Car: 1976 MGB Ford 302 |
Re: New to the gallery: Henk-Jan Vonk's cleverly engineered MGB V8
Sure makes a job easier when one has access to a machine shop. Well done!
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undertowrocks David Haywood Madoc, Ontario (24 posts) Registered: 10/05/2010 08:29PM Main British Car: 1962 MGA Coupe Buick 4.1 V-6 |
Re: New to the gallery: Henk-Jan Vonk's cleverly engineered MGB V8
What size coil overs did he use? I mean in lbs.
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chimes david chimes Reading, UK (12 posts) Registered: 12/13/2009 08:40AM Main British Car: JaguarXJ8 & XK8 Original GT V8 (just s 2ltr |
Re: New to the gallery: Henk-Jan Vonk's cleverly engineered MGB V8
Hi, any information on the Gaz coilovers? Spring rate, damper model, lengths etc, Many thanks
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Moderator Curtis Jacobson Portland Oregon (4577 posts) Registered: 10/12/2007 02:16AM Main British Car: 71 MGBGT, Buick 215 |
Re: New to the gallery: Henk-Jan Vonk's cleverly engineered MGB V8
I hope to have more details on the car in general and to have a follow-up article on the front suspension in particular... but I don't have the technical details from Henk-Jan yet - and yes, of course, I did ask him the same questions! His design is especially interesting to me because it appears to meet the letter of SVRA's rules for MG V8 race cars. SVRA mandates that the original shock with its upper control arm geometry be used, but they don't forbid an auxiliary shock absorber. Of course a key advantage of coilovers is that it's easy and relatively cheap to change springs. You could for example run the (soft!) stock MGB chrome-bumper spring rate for street use, and then swap to a much stiffer spring for driving an autocross or a track day. They generally come in lengths from 4 to 9 inches in one inch increments, and stiffness can be selected in 50#/inch increments - sometimes even 25#/inch increments!
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G.E. Guido Elsasser Near Hamburg/Germany (3 posts) Registered: 11/08/2008 10:52AM Main British Car: 1974 Factory MGB GT V8 3.5 Rover |
Re: New to the gallery: Henk-Jan Vonk's cleverly engineered MGB V8
Hi
@ djw090 David Witham David do you know this page? [www.kewengineering.co.uk] there is some information how to fit MGF and MG ZR (fitting low cost seats) Seats. Hope that helps. Bye Guido |
djw090 David Witham Warwick UK (115 posts) Registered: 06/12/2008 11:20AM Main British Car: MGB 1974 and MG ZT 160 turbo 2005 |
Re: New to the gallery: Henk-Jan Vonk's cleverly engineered MGB V8
Thanks Guido, I am already familiar with that site. Their seat is very much a hybrid of an F and a ZR seat. I was hoping this might more pure F.
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