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MG MGB GT V8 Factory Originals Technical - 3.4 Nears Finish

Will probably fire up the 3.4 in the MGA/Jamaican for the first time tomorrow.

Pesky thing about staying with injection is that you can't just hot wire it, pour some gas down the carb and see if she'll spark......

Engine now looking more finished:



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Bill Spohn


Bill - it sure is looking cool!

When you've got it running, please consider writing up a "How It Was Done" piece for the British V8 newsletter. (Don't let the name put you off. V6's are equally welcome, of course!) You can see other "How It Was Done" write-ups by linking through here: http://www.britishv8.org/British-V8-How-It-Was-Done.htm or here: http://www.britishv8.org/Photos-MG-Conversions.htm

Good luck with that first firing!
-Curtis
Curtis

nice looking install bill, how's about making a matching set of engine mounts for me?
james madson

Well, it fired for the first time today with little drama.

As always, a few things to attend to, and the main one is the gas tank that suddenly decided to leak, but the fuel system with return line and twin pumps works well and silently.

And the exhaust note with the small Magnaflow is actually quite restrained.
Bill Spohn

Spent last weekend working on the Jamaican MG. I'm used to having to fiddle with new engines when trying to fire them for the first time. Is there enough gas, enough spark and are they at the right time? Choke the SUs/Webers and churn away until you get fire in the hole (my old Chrysler sixpack is notorious for flooding the first time I start it every year).

With the injected 3.4 GM engine, I turned the key, checked to see if there were any high pressure fuel leaks (I built my own external air separator/swirl pot), hit the starter button and it fired right up first turn.

Ah - the wonders of modern engine management - sets fuel and timing (no distributor on this one). I thought later that if it had NOT fired up, I would probably be sitting there scratching my head wondering what expensive diagnostic instruments I'd need to figure out why not.....only to find that it was one wire that hadn't been connected....
Bill Spohn

This thread was discussed between 05/08/2006 and 09/08/2006

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