By 1973, when the MGB GT V8 with the Freedom logo was born, the best-selling sports car in the UK had a history of 11 years.
needs to be represented by a large engine that is not feasible under its beautiful hood.
History
This is not to say that Party B has received an engine transplant for the first time. This is an MGC with almost the same body. Its characteristics are borrowed from Austin-Healey and Austin Westminster cars. The heavy straight stone 6. Unfortunately, C has added weight, weight, and the new ability to drive straight when it needs to change direction over Healey Westminster (Westminster is almost the same as a cathedral).
Despite the failure of MGC, the recently formed British Leyland team (now owning the famous former Buick all-alloy Rover V8) remained stable, and tried the same idea again. He believed that the engine cover was placed on the engine. Under the hood would be a better idea.
weight
The reason for this is that the weight of the V8 is much smaller than that of Westminster, and even lighter than the four-cylinder B-series engine that MGB is usually equipped with, even though it was worn at the time. Haze gear, but slightly worse.
looks
This car provides you with a set of very attractive alloy wheels, these wheels are the only meaningful visual identity. For many people, this is disappointing. The exterior of the V8 looks much more expensive, although there is an attractive stealth element in the package, which has been market tested by tuner Ken Costello.
Myth
Although his idea is to turn the Rover V8 into Type B after Leyland in the UK-contrary to the popular myth-MG needs to certify the car,This means that the official factory model appeared years after Costello sold his cars, most of which are based on sports cars rather than GTs.
performance
But both are fast, this factory car is capable of 60 mile/ hour speed and top speed 125 mile/ hour speed 7.7 _Strong12strong impact in seconds, although considering that the wind roar produced by the GT is less than half the speed, you may need to use a defender to maintain that speed.
It is much more powerful than the standard car. It outputs 137bhp instead of 94bhp. What's more impressive is the torque of 193lb ft . Although BL did its best to keep the chassis under control, it was enough to disassemble the rear wheel connected to the body through a pair of semi-elliptical springs and lever arm dampers.
Price
Although all the results are exciting, the challenge to keep this flashy V8 moving forward is refreshing. Moreover, finding one today is much easier than imagined-although more than 1 million MGBs have been produced, only 2591 are GT V8s.
I managed to find the 1975 model. After driving 62,000 miles, cost 18,000 pounds , despite the rubber bumpers. There are more examples of earlier chrome bumpers. but,In these era of electronic control, this powerful indiscretion charm is growing.
Finally...
Reasons for wanting it: V8 yowl is packed in a small and beautiful package, and it is a challenge to keep this package.
Disadvantages: Sometimes, oversteer caused by bumps can be painful.
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