GavinJ
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MGB 3.9 v8 Sebring
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Bonnet Bulge suggestionsGavinJ
@gavinj
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Jan 21, 2006 23:41:41 GMT
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I need to fit a bonnet bulge to my MGB for the v8 conversion that i will be start next weekend and i need to either buy an rv8 bonnet with a bulge for £330  or make my own......as i need extra clearance for the carb set up.... I would like to do the latter by modding my own bonnet and i think i may have found a suitable bonnet bulge to use as a donor, Just for comparison my bonnet as it is now,  The proposed 'donor' bulge, (would be used the other way round and would get rid of that curse word vent thing)  Now this panel is only £20 'buy it now' price on ebay so is cheap enough to buy and chop up so the plan would be to chop the required hole out of mine and the use sections of the above fibreglas panel. I've not really worked with fibreglass much before, that panel looks quite thin so i should imagine it would be quite flexible and would bend to the shape of the bonnet reasonably well if needed. Reckon it looks do-able? or can you think of anything else that could have an ideal bulge that i would be likley to find in a scrapyard? ideally steel as i would prefer to use metal... |
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GavinJ
Club Retro Rides Member
MGB 3.9 v8 Sebring
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Club RR Member Number: 209
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Bonnet Bulge suggestionsGavinJ
@gavinj
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Jan 21, 2006 23:46:10 GMT
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Just for info this is what a typical RV8 bonnet looks like although i would not need the little extra bulge,  |
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Jan 21, 2006 23:46:30 GMT
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capri  tomcat  |
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Jan 21, 2006 23:50:17 GMT
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Hmm, thats quite a task, the double curvature of your MGB bonnet is going to make it quite hard to achieve a suitably pro result.  |
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Jan 21, 2006 23:50:21 GMT
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mk5 escort xr3/rs2000  |
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Jan 21, 2006 23:55:37 GMT
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Isn't that one with the bulge already in it an MGC bonnet? Surely this is the ordinary RV8 style bonnet?  I prefer the MGC bonnet like you were thinking about, very period, although I suppose it has been done. |
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GavinJ
Club Retro Rides Member
MGB 3.9 v8 Sebring
Posts: 927
Club RR Member Number: 209
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Bonnet Bulge suggestionsGavinJ
@gavinj
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Yes your right just couldn't find a decent pic to show the bulge on an RV8.
I like the MGC bonnet but i can only find them for a good price in fibreglass but ideally want to keep a metal bonnet and keep using the standard bonnet hinges and catch. I've been told that trying to utilise those on a fibgreglass panel is a right nightmare....so I want to avoid a full fibreglass bonnet if possible..
The capri bulge looks ideal! will have to have a look round in my local scrap yards...
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Last Edit: Jan 22, 2006 0:07:38 GMT by GavinJ
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Lets not muck about now. £69 from Old Ford Autos:  |
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Cut a hole!  (then fit a blower too) that was exactly my thoughts too!!!! ;D  |
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GavinJ
Club Retro Rides Member
MGB 3.9 v8 Sebring
Posts: 927
Club RR Member Number: 209
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Bonnet Bulge suggestionsGavinJ
@gavinj
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Jan 22, 2006 10:39:52 GMT
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Lets not muck about now. £69 from Old Ford Autos: LOL wonder what that would actually look like on? |
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Mr K
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Jan 22, 2006 16:06:56 GMT
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Just for info this is what a typical RV8 bonnet looks like although i would not need the little extra bulge, correct me if I'm wrong, but this isnt a RV8 bonnet.... its a MG C bonnet isnt it?? should have a chrome strip across the middle? compare that to the pic of an RV8 on this thread... very different. edit: that will teach me to not read the rest of the thread before i post!!! lol. |
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Last Edit: Jan 22, 2006 16:09:16 GMT by Mr K
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Nathan
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Bonnet Bulge suggestionsNathan
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Jan 22, 2006 16:19:42 GMT
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I know where there is a MGC bonnet for sale in metal going very cheap. I will send you the details matey. If it was me i would go for the MGC bonnet, but if cost is a factor then you can buy the RV8 Bonnet new now and they aint much more than the standard ones. Plus fit perfectly with no messin
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or make my own......as i need extra clearance for the carb set up....
