MGC Car
The MGC car or truck was speculated to be an extension to the MGB selection, but it really only lasted for two several years, from 1967-1969. It was equipped with all the Austin-Healey straight-6 of 2912cc potential which wanted a definite bonnet bulge to clear the additional height of the motor. Another obvious external variance to the MGB was the 15" wheels as a substitute of 14".
Unfortunately the additional 200lb of weight the motor extra induced the MGC car or truck to become nose large and impacted the handling. Increase within the actuality the size of the motor had produced it tricky to squeeze in an enough size of radiator and overheating was widespread, as well as a grievance a couple of standard insufficient torque from the unit which makes it unpleasant to push and you may see why the product only lasted two or three several years.
Having said all of that as there were a lot less than 10,000 of the MGC car or truck developed in that point so they use a value, once more simply because they are very scarce. And in recent times, practically forty several years on, every one of the problems are conquer and it may be very a nice car or truck to push if you're looking for a two-seater tourer relatively than a pure athletics car or truck. Manufacturing numbers ended up break up practically equally amongst convertibles and coupés.
Modifying Your MGC Car
The exact motor as being the MGC car or truck had was employed within the manufacturing unit staff Austin-Healey 3000 rally autos, all whether it is using an aluminium head and gasoline injection equipped, and so they place out well more than two hundred bhp, some say as higher as 240 bhp. And just after market aluminium head conversions remain offered - in a price (about £3,000/$4,000 previous time I looked).
The MGB GT V8 was a far better all spherical car or truck but produced in even scaled-down numbers and hardly ever exported to America, the main market for MGs of all descriptions. It would in all probability be much easier and much less expensive to find a 1798cc engined MGB and slap a supercharger on it, despite the fact that personally I desire the V8 burbble to some whiney tiny four-pot. But:
In 1967, an MGB with just a thousand miles was overall performance examined and recorded a time of eighteen seconds to go from zero to 70mph. With all the Derrington head and certain SU inlet manifold, nevertheless the relaxation of the spec staying regular, the vehicle now reached this in 14 seconds. Using a pair of forty DCOEs time dropped to 12 seconds and with a 714 cam and totally free circulation exhaust it arrived all the way down to 11 seconds. (Source: 'BMC B Sequence Tuning and Modification' by J.D. Hansen and released by Haynes within the sixties).
Source:The MG Owners' Club website
Allowing for the actuality these sections, modifications and engineering are forty several years outdated I would be expecting to become ready to view improved figures with contemporary sections and facilities.
