Mark W. Jackwood's V8 MGB - Page 6

Mark W. Jackwood

Georgia, USA

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AC

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Mark W. Jackwood — Posted on The MG Experience
Wednesday October 28, 2009 5:09 AM

With all this horsepower I decided to go for the ultimate in luxury, air conditioning in a convertible. All components were purchased from Southern Rod. It has a 508 style compressor and the evaporator unit hoses and vents come as a kit from Superfrost.The evaporator just fits under the dash on the passengers side. The condenser comes from Southern Rod and fits nicely in front of the radiator. Note that the rear edge of the radiator duct panel (the pan in front of the radiator) had to be rolled under to provide about a half inch of space for the condenser. The compressor mounts come from D&D.

Evaporator location

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Duel Exhaust

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Mark W. Jackwood — Posted on The MG Experience
Tuesday October 27, 2009 5:38 AM

Jumping ahead, here is what the custom made stainless steel duel exhaust looks like. The duel exhaust was maintained with a 2 in and 2 out true X design MagnaFlow stainless steel muffler. Because the exhaust pipes run under the rear axle, I also had a flange added just in front of the rear axle so I could unbolt the exhaust pipes to remove the rear end.

Stainless steel duel exhaust

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Rear Valance Mod

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Mark W. Jackwood — Posted on The MG Experience
Tuesday October 27, 2009 5:29 AM

Dual exhausts will be used but I will run them down the drivers side of the fuel tank where the stock exhaust ran. So the rear valance was modified to widen the opening for two pipes.
After cutting the valance, a reinforcing strip of sheet metal was added (see picture).
Some folks move the gas tank to the middle of the body and run the pipes on either side of the tank. I didn't want to mess with all the body modifications necessary to relocate the tank, which also puts the filler tube more to the center of the boot taking up space needed for spare tire, luggage, etc.

Rear valance modification for duel exhaust

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All Centered

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Mark W. Jackwood — Posted on The MG Experience
Monday October 26, 2009 5:17 AM

Everything is centered and in place. The length of the shifter rod was about 1/2" shorter than the original MGB shifter.
The knob is a cheap (but it is leather) universal knob from Pep Boys.

Shifter in place.

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Shifter Modification

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Mark W. Jackwood — Posted on The MG Experience
Monday October 26, 2009 5:14 AM

The transmission sits just off center so the shifter had to be modified to bring it back to the center of the hole. I could have cut the transmission tunnel but this created another set of issues with the center console.

The original T5 shifter mechanism was used, the lever was cut off and a 1/2" bolt approximately 6.5" long was bent into an S shape and welded onto it. Wet rags were wrapped around the mechanism to keep the sensitive stuff from melting. (you can see my ugly welds at the bottom of the bolt. The threaded end of the bolt was used to accept the shifter knob.

Shifter modifications to center it.

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Transmission Cross Member

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Mark W. Jackwood — Posted on The MG Experience
Monday October 26, 2009 5:03 AM

The original transmission cross member from this 1977 MGB was modified to accept the mount on the Borg Warner WC T5 transmission. You can see in the picture that the mount for the transmission stayrod was cut off and welded at an angle to accept the mount for the T5.

After getting everything mounted up, it was determined that this arrangement was not strong enough. The transmission was putting to much pressure on the back of the cross member, and bending it down. Additional reinforcement plates to box in the cross member had to be welded on to it.