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    That ought to put it to rest.

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    there's a bunch of good used ITB cars for sale right now that would be more competative more easily, sooner, and at lower cost than an MGB. leave the old british cars to prod and vintage and save the heartburn.

    I can sell you a caged MR2 project car (has all the good bits except the motor, but would come with a running when pulled driveline and good diff) for 2-4k depending on how much of the good parts list you want. thing has a logbook back to the early 90s. there's a guy named Mike Kamelian in macon GA selling a good Mk3 VW with a bunch of spares for 9k. I'm sure the classifieds on this site list dozens more.

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    Thanks to all for taking the time to opine. We'll move on.

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    Late to the game, Brit car fan and racer, and hell, I don't see anyway that car (the MG could compete in A. You can't fix basic suspension issues with the car and it's never going to make the power it needs.

    If you are serious about a Brit car in B.....there is always the TR7...lol....laugh, or maybe don't... 2.0. Can be made to handle. Decent power torque out of teh stock motor (90ish stock hp, 100ish stock torque), came with Bosh L-Jet the last two years so you have the ability to put a standalone on it and tune. TR7s are cheap/free and parts are plentiful.

    There are a lot better choices but if you love Britstuff, that's probably the only oddball Brit car with a chance in A/B/C.
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    If one is into self-abuse, I think a nice Fiat 124 Sport Coupe would still be awesome in B.

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    Rick Pocock used to run a fast Alfa spyder in iT
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    Quote Originally Posted by JeffYoung View Post
    Late to the game, Brit car fan and racer, and hell, I don't see anyway that car (the MG could compete in A. You can't fix basic suspension issues with the car and it's never going to make the power it needs.

    If you are serious about a Brit car in B.....there is always the TR7...lol....laugh, or maybe don't... 2.0. Can be made to handle. Decent power torque out of teh stock motor (90ish stock hp, 100ish stock torque), came with Bosh L-Jet the last two years so you have the ability to put a standalone on it and tune. TR7s are cheap/free and parts are plentiful.

    There are a lot better choices but if you love Britstuff, that's probably the only oddball Brit car with a chance in A/B/C.
    if it weren't for the stubborn persistnace Jeff laid into the TR8 making it competative among STRONG competition in the south east ITS class, I'd say the above was fanciful at best. but the chassis appears to be capable enough, the displacement is in the upper poart of the range for the class and if it can put down the required power it's certainly got a chance. L-Jet gives you a lot of easy go to options, and I bet Jeff would be helpful with the knowledge, too. I've heard worse ideas.

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    Put a few Lotus badges on a Miata and pretend it's an Elan...

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    Great Idea for using up older generation Miatae.

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