Bent (or not) cars, Wealth (or lack of) and Scrutineering (ex Goodwood thread)

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Originally Posted by simon drabble

a BRDC member racing in the Fordwater who raced MGB's in period told me in the changing room that due to the size of something technical (I glazed over at this point) it is impossible to make a legal sized B with any poke... and never has been. Is that correct? Also somebody must tell Sideways to stop being such a miserable git...

That would depend on the amount of 'Poke' being looked for Simon,in standard form,ie,off the prodution line,they deliver about 85bhp at the flywheel,in todays 'legal' form thats more like 145/155 depending on who's building what and how much BS you ordered with the build. As for Slippery Diff,why change the habbit of a lifetime!
With my old engine,it was giving a conservative 144 Flywheel reading.That was with the late type 18V head on it [Jeremy,if you hadn't been so busy in Scrutineering and come and looked,you would have seen the oft requested reversion back to a period head.]But,as above,the reversion to a period head casting,Burgess Modified,has increased that to 152bhp.Yeah,I was amaized as well! Time for a longer look at cams methinks.

[He's OK really,just need's someone around to give orders to.