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I bow to IndyWave how cool to motor today in a MGA!

One of the nice things about the MGA was that it had a hand-crank, which was very useful for starting it in the winter.

I can remember driving across country from California and tweaking the SU's for the elevation, I'm anal like that hated to loose RPM’s......I guess it is like adjusting the sails?

Yes Mary I remember that. Did anybody ever use a hand crank? I bet so if Lucas made Batteries!

You got it. Since I am a power junkie, I really noticed if it started to fall off. I rebuilt them, put in Gross jets, and had the synchronizer in the glove box. That car was crying for a lightweight, small block V8. An aluminum headed, Ford 302 was less than 100lbs more than the stock 4.

Don't people stuff the Buick/Rover V8s into those?

Yup, all aluminum 215 (or more depending on year). Nice light motor, but if you wanted more than 250hp, go with the SBF. My current 347 should hit right at 500hp.

At a recent IBMD car show, one of the other A's had his crank handle in the bumper with a sign on it "MGA Remote Starter". Unfortunately, my crank handle is missing, but I don't drive mine if the temp is below about 50.

I do drive mine a lot in the summer. At the shows, people with museum restorations see all the dents and smudges and say "You really drive this car, don't you? And you're not afraid to leave it in a parking lot, are you?" Sometimes I accidently leave the key in it, but I don't think a thief could figure out how to start it, no less drive it.

The only problem I have with my SU's is when a float sticks, the bowl overfills, and it dumps gas on the ground. That and parts rattling loose.

I don't know about other people, but I used the hand crank a lot. I was disappointed when my MGB didn't have one.

I was always careful using the crank, though, because a lot of people have broken their hands or wrists when the crank kicks back. My grandfather broke his right hand cranking his car, and it put an end to his career as a court reporter.

Ha! That's funny. I have a set of dual Weber 40 IDFs on my '66 bus (2110cc) and when we go up in elevation I always pull over and give them a little adjustment.
J

What kind of mileage do you get?

Motorcycle kick starters can be brutal on ya in a kick back as well.. i had a 750 with both elec and kick starts but while serving in Greece (Crete) my regulator rectifier went bad and parts were non existent so i had to kick every time..

23-25, unless I'm trying to humiliate some lowered Hon-duh or something.

519 rear wheel horsepower 280z (not including the nitrous), Turbo Yamaha R1 with Nitrous(current project), Twin GT35R Z06 corvette.

The 280Z and bike are my own personal projects...Helped build a Twin GT35R Zo6, Turbo Fiat 124 Spider with SR20, etc....

Are you saying you are beating zupped up hondas with your VW bus?

Its possible Andrew.....hahaha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XvjVvFdMIY

I gotta get one of these to tow the boat to the beach

Between my dad and I we have owned many british cars. Currently have a '52 MGTD, '74 Midget, '78 midget, and a '79 MGB. Also have an '87 300zx lowered with nitro. Worked on many SU carbs in the past. My fav was the XKE Jag inline 12 with six of those babys to syncronize.

That must be the "sport" option (520hp Porsche 993 twin-turbo drivetrain)

My first car was a 74 bus. We dumped all the smog stuff first, then after about 50K miles we rebuilt the engine and re geared the trans axel. Helps to have friends who worked for VW. Punched it out to a 2.2 liter, dumped the Solex Carbs for Weber etc.....

CHP said they clocked me 90 MPH and I still had some room on the tach for more.

Yep! That's exactly what I'm saying.

Utterly rediculous, huh? It really hurts dude's manhood to get annihilated by an old bus.
J