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MGBV8
Carl Floyd
Kingsport, TN
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10/23/2007 11:32PM

Main British Car:
1979 MGB Buick 215

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Another Blown 215
Posted by: MGBV8
Date: July 26, 2014 01:09PM

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.


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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
(4577 posts)

Registered:
10/12/2007 02:16AM

Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Re: Another Blown 215
Posted by: Moderator
Date: July 26, 2014 06:19PM

Cool!

Doesn't this bellhousing detail indicate that it's a 215 (aluminum) block that's been painted?

215-not-300.JPG


MGBV8
Carl Floyd
Kingsport, TN
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10/23/2007 11:32PM

Main British Car:
1979 MGB Buick 215

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Re: Another Blown 215
Posted by: MGBV8
Date: July 26, 2014 11:33PM

Yep, the pic doesn't seem to match the text. Sure would like to find some more info it, though.
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roverman
Art Gertz
Winchester, CA.
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04/24/2009 11:02AM

Main British Car:
74' Jensen Healy, 79 Huff. GT 1, 74 MGB Lotus 907,2L

Re: Another Blown 215
Posted by: roverman
Date: July 28, 2014 11:28AM

Good catch-Curtis. Keep em honest.


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
Posted by: MG four six eight
Date: July 28, 2014 12:49PM

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
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Registered:
02/15/2010 03:49PM

Main British Car:
1962 F-85 Deluxe wagon 215 Olds

Re: Another Blown 215
Posted by: joe_padavano
Date: August 03, 2014 04:46PM

"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

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Re: Another Blown 215
Posted by: MGBV8
Date: August 03, 2014 05:13PM

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.



joe_padavano
Joseph Padavano
Northern Virginia
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02/15/2010 03:49PM

Main British Car:
1962 F-85 Deluxe wagon 215 Olds

Re: Another Blown 215
Posted by: joe_padavano
Date: August 16, 2014 03:40PM

"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
(6469 posts)

Registered:
10/23/2007 12:59PM

Main British Car:
1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS

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Re: Another Blown 215
Posted by: BlownMGB-V8
Date: August 16, 2014 08:03PM

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

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Re: Another Blown 215
Posted by: danmas
Date: August 16, 2014 09:28PM

Quote:
....put in a big-ass Buick V8 that weighs more than the entire car.

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.


MGBV8
Carl Floyd
Kingsport, TN
(4512 posts)

Registered:
10/23/2007 11:32PM

Main British Car:
1979 MGB Buick 215

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Re: Another Blown 215
Posted by: MGBV8
Date: August 17, 2014 10:04AM

I think Dan has solved it. :)

I have not been able to find any more info on that TD.
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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
Posted by: eyeosteverino
Date: November 29, 2015 12:40AM

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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