Mark W. Jackwood's V8 MGB - Page 2

Mark W. Jackwood

Georgia, USA

Total Posts: 53 – Latest Post: 2009-12-04 05:00:52
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Front End Alignment

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Mark W. Jackwood — Posted on The MG Experience
Thursday November 12, 2009 11:29 AM

I used the string method to align the front tires. I learned this trick to align the wheels on a motorcycle. Basically a string is run from each back wheel to the font wheels and some heavy thing is used to anchor the string across the center of the wheel. In the picture you can see I'm using a gas can on one side.
Toe-in is set at 1/8" between the string and the forward edge of the wheel. Both sides must be set at the same time with the steering wheel centered.

Setting Toe in.

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Air Filter

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Mark W. Jackwood — Posted on The MG Experience
Thursday November 12, 2009 10:40 AM

To fit under the hood (bonnet) a drop base and low profile air filter were used. The filter is a K&N with a Summit Racing air filter assembly top.

Air filter

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Carb And Intake

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Mark W. Jackwood — Posted on The MG Experience
Thursday November 12, 2009 10:33 AM

An Edelbrock Performer intake manifold and Edelbrock carburetor were added to the top of the 3.9L Rover V8. The carburetor has a manual choke. Since I used an earlier style dash I was able to install a choke pull in the original place.
The 500CFM carburetor is a little big for the engine so I went one stage lean. That fixed a stumble that was occurring when I got back on the gas.
The large black hose goes on the front of the carburetor provides vacuum to the break booster and the other smaller hose is the vacuum advance for the distributor.
In this picture you can also see the filler for the coolant on the top radiator hose (Summit racing again).

500 CFM Edelbrock Carburetor

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Gauge Wiring

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Mark W. Jackwood — Posted on The MG Experience
Friday November 6, 2009 5:01 AM

The original dash wire harness was cut up and used to rewire the gauges. That way I was able to keep the connectors that plug into the rest of the harness.

The picture shows a mess of wires but eventually all the wires were wrapped with blue wire harness tape from Moss to make it neat and tidy.

Gauge wires

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Comment by Bob Brew at 2009-11-10 13:35:06

Rated this: 9/10

Wow! I just went through your entire journal - very impressive - I wish I had your skills!

Comment by Mark W. Jackwood at 2009-11-10 13:55:04

Thanks Bob. I'm not sure how skilled I was, it felt like fumbling through most of the time. I do know I couldn't have done this (wouldn't have even tried to do it) with out help and knowledge from the folks here.

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Wiring

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Mark W. Jackwood — Posted on The MG Experience
Friday November 6, 2009 4:56 AM

I removed the entire wire harness from the car (makes it easier to paint too) so I could go over every connection with a metal nail file/ sand paper and a dab of dielectric grease.
There were so many changes to the original wiring harness that I can't cover them all here. Briefly, relays (you can see all 5 of them in the picture) were added for AC, Fuel pump, starter, ignition, and cooling fans. The original fuse box was used but only the lights and ignition wiring remained stock.
I used a 2 wire 110Amp Powermaster alternator and ran two heavy wires from the starter to carry the extra load. I also had to run a dedicated wire to the AC circuit because it was pulling to much power from the ignition switched circuits shutting off the ignition relay.

Wiring mods

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Gauges

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Mark W. Jackwood — Posted on The MG Experience
Tuesday November 3, 2009 5:05 AM

The gauges are by Auto Meter and the style is Antique Beige (from Summit Racing). The gauges are set in a 1973 style dash. The oil gauge in the center and the amp meter (bottom left) and clock (bottom right) had to be rounded out for the gauges to fit. All the others fit right in.
The Auto Meter gauges came with instructions and sending units making it easy to install them. For the electronic speedometer, I used the stock sending unit already located on the T5 transmission. The speedometer is programmable. You set it based on a measured distance and it adjusts for any gear ratio and tire size to read the proper speed. Very trick.