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

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BMC
Brian Mc Cullough
Forest Lake, Minnesota, USA
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Registered:
10/30/2007 02:27AM

Main British Car:
1980 MGB '95 3.4L 'L32' SFI V6, GM V6T5 & 3.42 Limi

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MG Magnette Vee-Six & Tee-Five
Posted by: BMC
Date: March 26, 2014 01:01AM

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As arrived at our Garage.

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Three-point-four-litre as test fit with new motor mounts and the welded mounts on the chassis the originals moved to a location perfect for the V6 conversion.


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The 'After' of the replacement floor.


Check this link out for photos of our V6 powered Magnette project: [plus.google.com]

MGA front disc brakes and disc wheel hubs (those are not easy to find anymore)
2WD S10 axle = if memory serves, this is about 1/2 inch wider than the Magnette axle
2.2L S10 T5
3.4L L32 SFI engine

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Now before anyone says the Magnette is not a sportscar, this was the MG and this was the sports version of the Wolseley body (Heavily Modified and lowered to become a proper MG sports-saloon) with an Austin engine. If anyone wants to say we are removing the "MG" engine to install a "GM" engine, they are wrong. We are removing the "AUSTIN" engine to replace it with a "GM" engine. That said, maybe it is closer to correct for MG?

-BMC.


rntanner
Roger Tanner

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Registered:
04/02/2013 05:59PM

Main British Car:
1977 MGB None-proposed GM 3.4L V6

Re: MG Magnette Vee-Six & Tee-Five
Posted by: rntanner
Date: March 26, 2014 01:43AM

Brian:
I guess I have alway started on old cars, when they were a lot newer than this Magnette. Your repairs look great.

My first old car was a 1929 Model A Ford Sports Coupe, my twin brother and I bought in far South Texas in 1955.

By the time we finished high school in 1958, it had a flathead Ford, hydraulic brakes, and we rewired it (roll of wire and a soldering iron).

I think you all already know that I am mechanical engineer.

The 1977 MGB I plan on putting the 3.4L V6 in had a 1/2 diameter hole in the dog leg when I bought it in 1985.

Now, it has just been repainted (stripped, smoothed, and urethane color and clear coat) after a $4000 deer hit.

No engine, waiting for me to get stuff together for Bill to do the engine. I just moved to my daughter's house in Ventura. My wife of 52 years is in assisted living in Camarillo. She is well enough to go for at least one more ride after the engine is installed.

Roger Tanner, Ventura, CA


danmas
Dan Masters
Alcoa, Tennessee
(578 posts)

Registered:
10/28/2007 12:11AM

Main British Car:
1974 MGBGT Ford 302

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Re: MG Magnette Vee-Six & Tee-Five
Posted by: danmas
Date: March 26, 2014 11:18AM

Brian,

No matter what anyone says, that's a cool car, made even cooler by what you're doing. That would well up on my list of desired cars.
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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
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Registered:
10/12/2007 02:16AM

Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Re: MG Magnette Vee-Six & Tee-Five
Posted by: Moderator
Date: March 26, 2014 12:09PM

I'd forgotten that Magnette came with telescoping shocks, both front and rear.

I'm looking forward to a fantastic "How It Was Done" article!


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