MGBV8 Carl Floyd Kingsport, TN (4512 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 11:32PM Main British Car: 1979 MGB Buick 215 |
Another Blown 215
Ran across this MGTD. Still looking for more info on it.
[www.laroke.com] A couple more pics. Text says it's a Buick 300. [ticktickvroom.com] Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/26/2014 01:14PM by MGBV8. |
MG four six eight Bill Jacobson Wa state (324 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 02:15AM Main British Car: 73 MGB Buick 215, Eaton/GM supercharger |
Re: Another Blown 215
I like it!:-) Appears to be very nicely done.
I believe that the blower is an earlier Magnuson unit. Perhaps Jim B will chime in and know for sure. Bill |
joe_padavano Joseph Padavano Northern Virginia (157 posts) Registered: 02/15/2010 03:49PM Main British Car: 1962 F-85 Deluxe wagon 215 Olds |
Re: Another Blown 215
"Text says it's a Buick 300."
No, the text says it is a 215 block with mods: "...has a 300 cu.in. (reconfigured from 215 cu.in.) 1961-63 Buick V8..." |
MGBV8 Carl Floyd Kingsport, TN (4512 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 11:32PM Main British Car: 1979 MGB Buick 215 |
Re: Another Blown 215
Actually, the text does not say it is a 215 block. It does say it is a cast iron block with aluminum heads. I read that to mean not a 215, very likely a 300. Maybe the pic is the former 215 setup.
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joe_padavano Joseph Padavano Northern Virginia (157 posts) Registered: 02/15/2010 03:49PM Main British Car: 1962 F-85 Deluxe wagon 215 Olds |
Re: Another Blown 215
"Actually, the text does not say it is a 215 block. It does say it is a cast iron block with aluminum heads. I read that to mean not a 215, very likely a 300. Maybe the pic is the former 215 setup."
Well, I read the "reconfigured from a 215" to mean that it's a 215 that's been bored/stroked. I attributed the cast iron block comment to ignorance, but perhaps that's assuming too much. |
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: Another Blown 215
The ears on the bellhousing identify it as the BOPR pattern, so 215 or Rover. Nothing else uses that pattern that I've ever heard of. There were some rumors of cast iron prototype 215 blocks built into test engines in the 50's but it seems highly likely those would have been destroyed rather than ever making it outside of corporate control.
Jim |
danmas Dan Masters Alcoa, Tennessee (578 posts) Registered: 10/28/2007 12:11AM Main British Car: 1974 MGBGT Ford 302 |
Re: Another Blown 215
Quote: I've never seen a reporter yet that got his facts straight. Whoever wrote that article talked to the owner, asked a few questions, screwed up the answers, and then posted that nonsense. No need to be looking for answers in the article, it's just pure BS. |
eyeosteverino Steve Kimball Southwest NM (30 posts) Registered: 03/02/2008 10:58AM Main British Car: 67 Sunbeam, 2.8 L V6 Ford, |
Re: Another Blown 215
Late again, but that blower is for a Ford due to the front dizzy clearance problem., It has an offset imput shaft . Looks good on a Buick too.
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