Sent the 1976 MGB back to it's owner today.
There's still lots of little things to be sorted but he needs to drive it for a while before tackling all of that.
He's going to have it in the local Canada Day parade as well.
Glad to see another happy customer. #sgmechanicalservice #ifixstuffyoucant #mgb #littlebritishcars
Good job Shawn! How close is the nearest neighbor?
Thank you! My closest neighbour is a mile away. I can barely see his house from my front porch.
You are man after my own heart!
Are those stock wheels? They look slightly wide for the body. Love the background.
No, they're aftermarket mags of some sort. The background is my front yard 😀
Those slotted mags were very popular in the 70s and 80s. I forget the name of them. I like the look.
Yes they were! Had a set on my Chevelle. A number of manufacturers made "slotted" mags.
I had a set from Ansen on my '58 Pontiac at one time.
They looked better than the rusty Cragars that were on the car when I got it.
Personally I'm a Cragar SS Fan.
But not rusty Cragars.
They look great on the right car. Not so much on a 4-door, base model, grocery-getter '58 Pontiac
1/2 the cars in my HS were running those SS wheels. Had a couple of the slotted wheels.
Come on Shawn! Cragars make everything look better! Many I loved those wheels.
My high school was 60/40 cragars /Keystone classics.
Speaking of MG, this ran the tour I was just on. He was running a blower and I wish I got a photo of it. Almost as big as the engine itself. He was messing with the plugs one morning and forgot to attach one wire. Made it to the peak of Mount Greylock on 3 cylinders which is impressive.
What model and year is that?
It is an MGA I believe? 53/54?
I believe that's a MGT-series. Probably a TD because it's wearing steel wheels.
This is an MGA
Shawn, you are correct. I need to learn my 50s MGs better. Dude with the car was an interesting cat. Wore a Kilt although he isn't Scottish. Just thinks they are cool. Electrical engineer that does all his own work and put the blower on the car.
I wonder if it was an old Judson supercharger or something new adapted.
I have Scots heritage and I'm familiar with the comfort of an unfurnished basement.
Funny you should ask. I immediately thought Judson or Scot. But it is a new kit using something like an Eaton. I probably can get his email and ask a few questions and get a photo. I'm bummed I didn't.
He said it made a BIG difference in the performance.
I bet it's one of the little Aisin superchargers that Toyota used on the MR2 and Previa van.
They're compact little units. 1.2 or 1.4 liters of air per revolution depending on the model. China has been making reliable knockoffs of them for a few years now.
Probably one of the Moss kits that uses an Eaton M45 from a Mini S/Mercedes/etc. They must not run a very small pulley on them or they’d blow the head clean off that MGTD. The one in my car can make over 18psi boost breathing through a 1.6l
I think he said 6 psi. I'll try to find his email.
That is a TF, the last gasp of the T series before they transitioned to the sexy beautiful MGA. It’s the Pierce Arrow of the T series. Besides the headlights that give it away, if you could see the dash it’s completely different than the TC and TD. Lots of incorporation of the hallowed octagon in a TF –
That sounds pretty typical for an add-on kit. Boost is good. Boost is our friend. Well….right up until it stops being our friend.
I did that to a Volvo 850 Turbo.
The boys at ARD Tuning in the states did a custom ECM for me. 16lbs of boost, more fuel and more timing.
It was fun right until the ring lands on cylinder number three decided they didn't want any part of my shenanigans.
FWD Burnouts are fun.
Finally got the info on the MG with the supercharger. This is what the owner said: I had purchased this supercharger on eBay. The seller had purchased this supercharger from Moss Motors a few years ago intending to install it on an MG TD. Moss had these made specifically for the TC and TD. My car is the TF 1500 which is the larger of the two models they used.
They have a intake manifold that bolts onto the XPEG engine. It is made from an Eaton 45 supercharger that is all self contained so there is no oil connection needed.
I made a few modifications to the supports and the bonnet to make it fit. I also installed a wideband AFR so I can see how I'm running so I don't burn holes in my pistons or valves. I also have a 123ignition distributor which connects by Bluetooth so I can see boost and timing values and can program my curves for best performance.
Nice setup. Good that he went with a wide band air/fuel gauge or there would be a whole lot of guess work to get it tuned properly.
That's very cool.
And keeps an SU carburetor too.
It ran like a champ for 95% of the 500 miles we did. He had a couple of minor hiccups, one being when he forgot to connect one of the plug wires prior to us climbing Greylock. He still made it to the top on 3 cylinders.
