heres both of my babys
 

Sorry, had to show them off! My Cougar just got sponsered by a performance store, hell ya time to race legally!!!!!! If anyone here knows anything about that 1961 MGA 1600cc please let me know, wanting to do a motor swap in her. Thanks.

both cars look good to me!

Cars look good

Very nice cars!

Hey, if anyone needs any kind of upgrade for your car i can get you a big discount!!!!!

Sweet cars man

has anyone here been sponsered before? What kind of rules do i have to abide by?

my old man used to own an 1961 mgb

Re: heres both of my babys
 

What kind of motor are you wanting to put in the mga? Sweet cars by the way.;)

those look very very nice

Nice!



You have to give me free parts. That's the only rule I know of.:paranoid:

it all depends on the sponsorer, but usualy they own your car besides the title. they put money into it, you must go to shows and show it off. sometimes shops will give you a discount as long as you show off the car for them, but most the time a shop either wants a brand new car(350z rx8 etc.. new to the market) so they can be known as the first to make this car nice, or they want a already relly nice car so they can claim to alot of stuff they didnt do.

Nice cars man:yes:

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Really wanting to put a striaght 5 cylinder in it. Volvo makes one but i would rather put a Four cylinder (honda) in it. The British were pretty good at making the suspension but not to bright w/ the motor. Only puts out 90HP. Be nice to put a 170HP motor in it.

nice cars....dont touch that mga..leave her in piece...beautiful car..

You should look into a 13b rotory engine. There's a Austin Healy bugeye sprite around here with a 13b turbo in it. I watched him race at a local autocross......and he was kicking major a$$. He has faster than the vettes out there.

Thanks ill look into that one!!

holy moses that is a nice looking coug
one of the best i've ever seen :bow:

Fellow MG owner
 

Nice cars! I'm familiar with both of them. THe Cougar looks great. Have you had it dynoed with the SVT UIM and LIM?


As for the MGA, there is a site that deals with an MGA bottom end swap. I am not sure if yours is a twin-cam. If it is, the only way to keep the stock appearance and get more output is by adding the greater displacement of an MGB 3 main bottom end. with some minimal head work, the MGA head will fit on the MGB block. I am not sure if it is the same case with the MGB 5 main engine. Then you can rebuild the MGB blcok to about 1900cc. With single cams you'd be looking around 90 crank HP. With twin-cams, probably closer to 110 or 115. But I am speculating.

I'll try and find that link for you when I get home.

Have fun! And email me any time. I love talking about these old cars. I am looking to do a Ford Zetec conversion in my 79 MGB roadster....

also go to : http://www.mgcars.org.uk/namgar and become a member!

Well, im almost pulling the motor right now. Had to stop for food. Ive decided in the 1800cc engine swap w/ the MSX aluminum cylinder head. Also looking into some forged pistons to bump up the compression to 9.1! So far w/ this swap and the high flow head and header(coated) i should be pushing around 115 HP's, and only weighing 1900lbs!!! Also getting a dual point Mallory ignition. Right now im not sure what transmission to go w/, do you? Im buying from Shadetree Motors Ltd. have you heard of them before?

sounds ambitious! good luck with it and be sure to document the process for all of us to learn from!

i have heard of shadetree, but i don't know much about them. did you get the crossflow head? let me know how it works out for you. that might be a possibility for me if the Zetec conversion is too much work.

as for trannies, i was planning on using a BorgWarner T5 from an 80's era Camaro for my project. bell housings are available to bolt right up to the MGB 1800cc engine without much extra work. the prop-shaft may have to be modified on a 3-main, IIRC. and the driveshaft may also have to be shortened. the other option would be to fit an MGB 4 speed with overdrive. the final option would be a Ford MT75 with bellhousing adapter plate. that will fit under the tranny tunnel of a B, but not sure about an A.

The MGA is sweet!!:yes:

Thanks for the info!! Im taking pictures as i go and ill start posting when i figyre out how to download them from the digital camara. Im about to pull the motor, just a few more trans bolts to break loose!

niceeeeee!!!

Heres a couple pics.

one more!

last one i promise!

Ok, i lied!!