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MG B GT - getting an LS1
Added on May 23 by Keith

When your wife says “you know, I’d really like an MGB GT with that V8 rumble”, you don’t ask questions.
So here it is. Pre-rumble, still in the getting-to-know-you-and-what-your-previous-owners-did-to-you stage. It’s a rust-free California blue plate special, just waiting for me to upset the purists.

The plan is to get the car sorted out (more or less), then heave a Ford 302 into the engine bay. I’m not chasing massive horsepower and all the expense and trouble that goes with it, just giving the car a character change.

Comments

AngryCorvair:
Purists, Schmurists! Let's hear that rumble!
May 24, 2008 10:58 p.m.
Carson:
I think you have the coolest collection on the board, how do you do it?
May 25, 2008 12:40 a.m.
minimac:
Nooooooooo………..
May 25, 2008 9:03 a.m.
P71:
So what's the rumble going to be? Small block Chevy? Windsor Ford? Nailhead Buick? AMC 401? LS1?
May 27, 2008 10:54 a.m.
Tim Baxter:
This is an almost perfect V8 candidate. The world's not losing a concours early 70s BGT, it's gaining a Badass GT.
May 27, 2008 8:21 p.m.
HunterJP:
You have all the cool toys. Another, “Can't wait to see it when its done”, project.
May 28, 2008 10:03 p.m.
P71:
Eeeek! LS1! Love it!
Mar 14, 2009 5:38 p.m.
Goldmember:
I love GTs, X 10 with V-8 power!!!
Mar 15, 2009 9:36 p.m.
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