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

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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
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Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Another gallery addition: Jim Lewenauer's MGB-GT V8
Posted by: Moderator
Date: August 28, 2008 03:08PM

Probably many of you guys are already familiar with this car... Jim Lewenauer kindly sent in a write-up and photos, but I think he's already sold the car. Apparently it needs a softer throttle spring, quieter mufflers, or something along those lines because Jim complained that it's "too fast" for him. If you ARE familiar with this car, please help me fill in the How-It-Was-Done a little more completely.

Jim Lewenauer's Rover aluminum V8 powered 1974.5 MGB-GT (24 photos)

http://www.britishv8.org/MG/JimLewenauer/JimLewenauer-AA.jpg
These Saab "Shelby" wheels... What model/year did they come on?



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/28/2008 05:43PM by Moderator.


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Carl Floyd
Kingsport, TN
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10/23/2007 11:32PM

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1979 MGB Buick 215

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Re: Another gallery addition: Jim Lewenauer's MGB-GT V8
Posted by: MGBV8
Date: August 28, 2008 03:35PM

Lots of pics still on Ebay:

[cgi.ebay.com]


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Graham Creswick
Chatham, Ontario, Canada
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10/25/2007 11:17AM

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1976 MGB Ford 302

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Re: Another gallery addition: Jim Lewenauer's MGB-GT V8
Posted by: ex-tyke
Date: August 28, 2008 03:39PM

Could they be Minilite Sport Rims?
MagSporta[1].jpg
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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
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71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Re: Another gallery addition: Jim Lewenauer's MGB-GT V8
Posted by: Moderator
Date: August 28, 2008 05:04PM

The real Minilites look similar in the hub area but different in the rim. (The rims on the car have a fluted section.)

In this photo on the eBay site...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3279/2724138470_444d8fcf12_o.jpg
there are FOUR small links ABOVE the leaf springs. What are they? Some sort of anti-sway device?

Doesn't it look like the leaf spring would tap the muffler in this photo?
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3186/2724138586_6b8fa9acde_o.jpg


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Werner Van Clapdurp
Lynchburg, Va
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MGB 1977 Rover 3.5

Re: Another gallery addition: Jim Lewenauer's MGB-GT V8
Posted by: WernerVC
Date: September 29, 2009 05:04PM

Curtis,
I have the same wheels like shown here but they came from a Jaguar and have a 5 lug bolt pattern and marked "Maxilite"
They are 15x7 rims. Wonder if the bolt pattern is the same as for a MGC.
I'll post some pics later.


Dave
David Gable
Jax
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Re: Another gallery addition: Jim Lewenauer's MGB-GT V8
Posted by: Dave
Date: October 03, 2009 03:18PM

Glen has the same Saab wheels on his car. They turn up on ebay fairly often.
[www.britishv8.org]


Bill Young
Bill Young
Kansas City, MO
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10/23/2007 09:23AM

Main British Car:
'73 MG Midget V6 , '59 MGA I6 2.8 GM, 4.0 Jeep

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Re: Another gallery addition: Jim Lewenauer's MGB-GT V8
Posted by: Bill Young
Date: October 06, 2009 08:39AM

Curtis, looks to me like the links labeled "1" are for the sway bar. The brackets for it can be just seen on the axle housing and labeled "3" The links labeled "2" I think are supports for the upper shock mounting, probably to keep it from rotating. It appears to just be bolted to the chassis using one of the original lever action shock mount bolt locations and the sway bar end link mount uses the other bolt location.
Rear sway.JPG



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