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From: leiby@masscomp.UUCP (Mike Leibensperger)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: MG engine improvements/swap?
Message-ID: <708@masscomp.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 24-May-85 16:43:58 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 24 16:43:58 1985
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Summary: Q: What all is involved in an engine swap?

In article <625@fisher.UUCP> bae@fisher.UUCP (Shiva the Destroyer) writes:
>    After much feedback from the net, I have gone ahead and purchased
>a '67 MGB....  Failing the ability to raise the output much over 150 bhp,
>I am considering swapping engines.  I am thinking of installing any one 
>of the following... [list of various US and British engines here].

I'm just one of those schmoes who changes their oil every 5K miles whether
it needs it or not.  I've always held a secret envy for folks who could
climb right in their with a screwdriver and swap an engine, etc.  Just
out of shear curiosity, I wonder if somebody could answer a few queries:

1.  Isn't it difficult making an engine fit into a powertrain that was
	never designed for it?  Do you folks have to machine your own
	custom engine mounts or what?

2.  What in general are the steps in performing such major surgery, and
	how much special equipment is needed?  Seems like every new
	combination would be a completely different kind of job-- what
	are the heuristics you generally follow?

3.  How did y'all get started in this business, anyhow?

Thanks for satisfying my curiosity,

	Right Reverend Mike (a.k.a. Mr. Boguswrench)
--
Rt. Rev. Mike Leibensperger, Archbishop of Chelmsford
Church of St. Clint the Righteous  ("Feel lucky, Pink Boy?")
Masscomp; 1 Technology Park; Westford, MA 01886
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