MG MGB - car classics

MG MGB

Install the V-shaped eight-cylinder engine in the model of the MGB tried and earlier before the official start of the model by British Leyland in 1973. On this worked many specialists and the perfect engine was available in the stables of the British Leyland, but it was a V-shaped eight-cylinder engine Rover, the design of which was bought from a Buick in the 1960s. The volume of the engine Rover was 3499 cm3 and, being completely made of aluminium, he weighed hardly more than a cast-iron four-cylinder engine MGB. This helped to keep control of the MGB with a V-shaped-cylinders engine is very balanced, even though it was obvious that the model is more inclined to the tourist car, than sports. In front of the used dvuhrychazhnaya suspension with transverse links, MacPherson strut and shock absorbers, while in the rear raised the leading bridge on the leaf springs. At the front were disc brakes, rear drum and the working cylinder brake system assisted brakes cope with the extra speed. All car models of the MGB GT V8 go on sale with a roof, smoothly descends to the rear bumper, and only in 1992 came MG RV8, double convertible and the V-shaped-cylinders engine.