RE: Driven: Frontline Developments MG LE50
Discussion
Church of Noise said:
urquattro said:
This is a coincedence, just bought this one this week, wire wheels already fitted, also have a spare 4.2 e type engine and getrag five speed box - they are looking longingly for a home, severe axle tramp here i come. !! p.s. need to get rid of BL 1978 rust first but someone has to think about it.
p.p.s. You dont need to go to the hyped up E Types from e.......le, just make a good job of sorting out an original 4.2, they yield over 300bhp easily and reliably.
Body panels are easily available and its not a major issue, I also think using an Alfa twincam is possible, lovely little engine and with an adapter could be using the 4 sp.od. box already in place.
On subject: I like a lot of things about this LE50, but the engine just doesn't tick the box for me, I'd rather have a V8 or (the sacrilege) an Alfa twin cam or something along those lines...
Gosh £50k and they cant even get the trim and panels to line up on the press car???? Picky? yes, but at £50k you would expect it to be outstanding
A Marmite car without a doubt, but its in a funny market; you can buy a heritage reshelled original resto which won't depreciate, and for half the price!
Ok it wont have modern powerplant and acoutrements, but you can buy an excellent used 911 with the change when you want sophisticated speed...
A Marmite car without a doubt, but its in a funny market; you can buy a heritage reshelled original resto which won't depreciate, and for half the price!
Ok it wont have modern powerplant and acoutrements, but you can buy an excellent used 911 with the change when you want sophisticated speed...
urquattro said:
just make a good job of sorting out an original 4.2, they yield over 300bhp easily and reliably.
Not sure it's a real 300hp though.... not easily anyhow. The productions ones never made 265hp in today's SAE Net/DIN/PS world of rating systems.Think about it, Jag replaced the XK with the AJ6, it made 223hp, then 225hp and 240hp in AJ16 form. If the XK truly made 265hp why on Earth would Jag have spent time and money developing new engines?
I'm not a patriot and some of the blinkered pro-British Jingoists on here really annoy me however...
a Mazda engine in the MGB is the wrong engine.
In the same way that the Relaint SS1 and SST should never have had a 1.8 Turbo Nissan Silvia engine. It's obvious that alot of the folks that these cars appeal to are Pro-British and patriotic- that's part of the MGs appeal.
I recognise it's easier to use an off the shelf engine that comes as a package but nevertheless my comments still stand.
I'm not sure what engine I would choose. I'd probably still rather choose a Ford engine- like an aluminium Zetec SE, even though they're technically funded by the Americans alot of them are made in the UK.
May be when Jaguar start to release their down sized boosted four cylinder engines (you KNOW it will happen!) - one of those engines could be used!
I'm not even an avid MGB fan but I can really see the appeal of a car like this.
a Mazda engine in the MGB is the wrong engine.
In the same way that the Relaint SS1 and SST should never have had a 1.8 Turbo Nissan Silvia engine. It's obvious that alot of the folks that these cars appeal to are Pro-British and patriotic- that's part of the MGs appeal.
I recognise it's easier to use an off the shelf engine that comes as a package but nevertheless my comments still stand.
I'm not sure what engine I would choose. I'd probably still rather choose a Ford engine- like an aluminium Zetec SE, even though they're technically funded by the Americans alot of them are made in the UK.
May be when Jaguar start to release their down sized boosted four cylinder engines (you KNOW it will happen!) - one of those engines could be used!
I'm not even an avid MGB fan but I can really see the appeal of a car like this.
XitUp said:
You'd use a much less powerful engine just because it's possibly made in the UK? Seems a bit daft to me.
It may seem daft to you , but in business you'd be well advised to look at your target market.If I was doing one of my own I would put a Honda S2000 engine into it, but again, that wouldn't be wise IMO for a business venture such as this. Do you understand that concept?
XitUp said:
I do.
Didn't they stop making the Zetec-SE a while ago? Was is made in the UK, I'm not too sure on that one?
I'm not sure I've been out of the UK circuit for a while, I know the bigger 1.8 Zetec (belt driven cast iron block) was made in Bridgend. Didn't they stop making the Zetec-SE a while ago? Was is made in the UK, I'm not too sure on that one?
For some reason Fords are 'perceived' as being British in the UK, a miracle of the Ford marketing machine, no doubt.
XitUp said:
Have Jag proposed such and engine? If not then I don't think waiting around for it to happen will help Frontline's sales figures too much.
http://green.autoblog.com/2011/09/20/jaguar-land-rover-to-construct-484-million-4-cylinder-engine-fa/They're even planning on using leccy motors so you and Mr Gear and blow your load together
XitUp said:
So no mention of when they would start making actual engines.
Just admit you were wrong on this one.
How was I wrong? The premise of what I said was right, and it was my opinion. Certainly better than the drivel you talk in other threads about V6s being better than V8. Just admit you were wrong on this one.
Those who can't teach. Those who talk drivel are teachers assistants, obviously
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