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(More customer reviews)Having over thirty years of experience owning, driving, racing and working on MGs, I had hoped to find this book a gold mine of information. It is--fool's gold. The standard MGB engine, required in forms of racing and used by thousands of owners in their cars, is not even covered. Williams makes a vague comment about the 1800 engine not being large enought and states that his book is only concerned with the larger 1950 and 2100 cc modifications. Immediately, he has made this section of the book usless to the vast majority of MGB owners. Additionally, these two engine modifications have some serious problems, well known to the MG community, which the author does not bother to discuss (cylinder bore flex and excessive oil consumption). In a similar vein, the author mentions the MGC automobile, but only in passing. When discussing suspension modifications, he does not mention that the MGC has a completely different form of front suspension than the MGB and his recommendations will not work on the MGC. For the most part, this book would be useless to the owner of this very rare model car. Most of his "improvements" in the suspension area would cost more than the value of a good car (L 2,000 for the rear end modifications, or about $3,600, plus the cost of modifying the body and installation). Throughout the book, Williams makes use of the phrases, "This should be possible" or "I was told by". He offers no supporting documentation (as in personal knowledge based on his experiments) for these broad statements, no results of anyone's experiments, nor does he relate the actual steps involved in most of these modifications. Very poor technical research for an engineer. He does, however, maintain a very consistant quality as his poor research is combined with poor technical writing and some of the worst technical photographs I have seen. (One illustration is of a brake caliper. He does makes a vague comment about a brake line which is barely distinguishable and does not even bother to insert an arrow into the photograph to point out which line.) This book is of very little value to most owners and should not be purchased. It is unfortunate that the SPEEDPRO Series has published this book as it detracts from the overall quality of their line, many of which are excellent and a few of which are truly outstanding. This book is neither.
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Your complete guide to improving the grip, handling, braking and overall performance of MGBs, MGCs and MGB V8s. Topics covered in depth include 4-, 6- and 8-cylinder engines, fuel and exhaust systems, five-speed gearbox conversions, suspension, brakes, wheels, tires, heating, engine cooling, Heritage bodyshells, body, soft top, interiors, electrics and much more. Included are details of international specialists and suppliers.
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