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MG MGB GT V8 Factory Originals Technical - Factory turbo 215 v8

Look at this!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2488471164

Any guess how much this will bring?


Paul
P Harrington

weirldly it only looks like the turbo runs from one bank of cylinders...

Stuart Robson

Seized so that will rerstrict folks' enthusiasm to bid freely.
John McFeely

Ahh to bad it is gone now?? Invalid item #.
Larry Embrey

i believe that same item was listed on ebay about 2 years ago and did not sell than for some reason also??
james madson

It was pulled early for some reason. It was on for 2 of the 8 days listed. I suspect someone bought it outright.

Paul
P Harrington

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=34202&item=2488910774&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

its still there. it does look like it runs off one bank of cylinders but there might be a connector tube from one manifold missing.
Jarrod Hills

The one manifold does look a little odd in the photo, but it is set up so the other manifold feeds into the rear of it. Why else would there be a connection there? I've got a set of them out in the shop with my old turbo parts. I would think it'd bring a pretty good price as it's nearly complete other than the air cleaner and possibly the oil return pipe. I nearly sold that bunch of parts for $400 a couple years ago. The guys who are restoring F85's are fond of things like that.
Jim
Jim Blackwood

My father-in-law had a Jetfire Olds back in the day, (67-68). I recall him having to add alcohol and water to an anti-detination injector bottle. When the fluid got low a float switch prevented the engine from stating. The static compression was so high, the turbo could only add a handful of pounds of boost and the turbo version was rated just 15 ponies over the non-turbo engine. Few mechanics had any idea how to work on it.
In 1963, I took driver's education highschool. A brand new Olds F85 (not turbo), was my favorite of the school's 4-car-fleet. But I bought a very neglected Simca Aronde for my first car. It cost me about 3 hours work/repair for each hour of driving. After 1 year of bleeding, suffering & cursing (in & at the French).. I traded it for a 57 Chevy.
M
Marc Judson

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