Extreme
MGBGTV8 on steroids - an MGB GT3
An extraordinary
MGB spotted by Peter Beadle. He will welcome your views on the car on the V8BB
thread.
There is obviously quite a bit more fabrication required
before the car will be race ready but it there is no doubt this will be an unbelievably
fast car when it is finished. More
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Posted:
170823 | 
 | Peter
Beadle has spotted an extraordinary MGBGT V8 which is being built by APS
Motorsport and featured in a report on the Turnology website where
they report "Jason Shalders and
the crew at APS motorsports aim to take the impish looks and performance of the
MGB to a much more sinister level. His 1966 MGBGT, currently being built to FIA
GT3 Specs, is gunning for the street-legal record at the Nurburgring's Nordschlefe.
The
car sheds much of the original bodywork in favour of massive fender flares and
functional aerodynamics. The underpinnings are just as cutting edge as the body
alludes while the inside of the cockpit resides a full cage and other safety equipment.
At the heart of the project is a Land Rover 4.0-litre V8 engine. The low-flowing
factory pushrod-operated heads were discarded in favour of Lotus designed DOHC
four-valve aluminum racing heads. In order to further bolster the engine's breathing
abilities, a pair of Owen Development GT3582 turbochargers were installed.
Planned output for the
motor is an earthshaking 1300 horsepower,
and to handle all of that power, Shalders designed his own custom pistons, connecting
rods, crankshaft and cams. Some F1 technology has trickled down into this engine
as well, as a set of highly-specialized pneumatic valve springs help return the
valves travel from peak lift back to their seat quickly and reliably at possible".
Turnology | | Peter
Beadle says "better known as an MGB GT3, it has a Rover V8 Engine block developing
1200 bhp in there somewhere plus the remains of an Ebay MGBGT bodyshell including
door skins, and it's going to be road legal! The engineering is "Out of this
World". It would certainly be a "crowd draw" at next year's celebrations
either on the track or as a static display. What do fellow members think? I believe
the English project by Jason Shalders started in 2014". |
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