by jcj78 » Sun Jan 18, 2015 4:29 pm
expat wrote:He dropped a 5.0 from an '89 Mustang into a 1974 MG. It makes about 285 rwhp.
With the original 1974 brake servo and master cylinder..........That's brave........
Matt
Yep. It went from 1700 pounds to 1850 with the motor swap (if there is an aluminium part for a 5.0, he's got it, CF driveshaft, racing radiator) so he left em alone. I rode down Deal's Gap with him (318 curves in 11 miles) and the only vehicles that could stay with it were track bikes. He got a little scared of it a few years ago and put a centrifical cut-off on it, so when it gets away from him on gravels like its done before, it kills the engine if it swaps ends.
He drove it to Sturgis about five years ago, and it averaged 29 mpg over the trip.
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