From the video you can see the engine has been setup to … With an aluminum block and heads and careful weight placement/planning, I guarantee you I could make it handle reasonably well, too. Any recommendations on the 2.0 through 2.7 up to 3.0? Never saw one "pop out a windshield'. I am currently starting on my project to put a Chevy small block 350 in my 69 Opel gt and was looking for some tips on how to get it ready like beefing up the suspension and or anything else. We call it the Katrina Beast. It sports a built 215 Buick all aluminum V8 with T5 transmission, narrowed rear, and enough meat on the back tires to let you know it means business. The Opel ones just cant take the power.Arguing online is the same as racing in the Special Olympics;
NINE 5 speeds - (6 sold - THREE FOR SALE) $3000 It sports a built 215 Buick all aluminum V8 with T5 transmission, narrowed rear, and enough meat on the back tires to let you know it means business. Many people think the reason for this is merely because the B-GT isn't as popular, but there is more of a reason.Uh-oh. So if you can help please post thanks.not everyone puts in a V8 for handling.
Time for a quick lesson about one of my personal favorite sports cars, the MGB GT. I've had two of them. Personally, I still like the Rover/Oldsmobubble V8. The front suspension and rear end would certainly need some help, but I'd bet my bottom dollar that my car could handle 400 horsepower easily! Jeff is probably right, that he could put one in his GT and it will handle the power easily, but he's got a full cage inside his, which as he said, radically stiffens up the body. The car will be completely wired, interior work performed, and finishing touches done, so that the owner can finally drive his long project that was almost destroyed by a natural disaster. Come join the discussion about restorations, engine swaps, modifications, classifieds, troubleshooting, maintenance, and more! I am currently starting on my project to put a Chevy small block 350 in my 69 Opel gt and was looking for some tips on how to get it ready like beefing up the suspension and or anything else. But i was wondering if there was anyway to make the frame stronger without replacing it with a tubed frame? I agree to agree....many successful unibody Chevy Vega, Monza, and Ford Pinto V8 conversions. Well i did some more researching and found there are many more things that would need to be done. I am not quite sure of the engine size but the fellow says that it does have a stiffened unibody to help handle the power. Have seen some neat stuff done with them. This 1970 Opel GT is owned by Brandon Sutton and was filmed at 2016 Goodguys Nashville Nationals competing in the autocross course. Thanks for the info.Getting the final invoice together for what's coming this fall.. As always, Thank you, MHas anyone looked into using a bmw M42 4 cylinder engine? Have two of them in my own little collection of bizarre junk. No popped out windshields on the MGB either.
1969 Opel GT Katrina Beast. horsepower on a REAL no B.S. I don't want to come off as anything but helpful but I have to tell you that for every 100 attempts at a V8 conversion to an Opel GT, only one will survive. I am buying a parts car for body and interior panels for my 91 318is and it has a working, complete, m42 with getrag 240/5sp transmission. I have to tell you, I would not worry about putting a V8 in my chassis, which is the original frame and floor and tunnel and firewall, all very radically stiffened by rollcage galore rising up out of my unpatented Speedway Rocker Panels. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.I am currently starting on my project to put a Chevy small block 350 in my 69 Opel gt and was looking for some tips on how to get it ready like beefing up the suspension and or anything else. I'll take the word of the general consensus that I'm approaching the limit of what an almost stock GT can handle with my 160 HP V-6 setup. Things like extra steel panels in the rear wheel well, braces welded in from the frame to the front sheetmetal and a very longish torque arm from the differential to the tranny, just to name a few. To get a small block Chevy to produce 300 real live no B.S. So if you can help please post thanks. ... After being engulfed by Katrina, the project carried on and has become one of the best looking V8 GT customs we have seen. As long as horsepower and torque are kept reasonable. This early production 1969 GT comes to us from the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
You are comparing apples to oranges, most MGB V-8 conversions are done on the convertibles and not the MGB GT because the convertible has a beefed up unibody that allows the car to supports itself and also enough to handle the additional hp and torque that the V-8 puts out (within reason.) I came to love them when I was stationed in Scotland, where a local tavern owner had one called a MGB GT/V8, he also had a Lotus Europa, what a car! Shipping Late September from Poland. Arguing online is the same as racing in the Special Olympics;Yes, I would say as well if you have a 200hp goal I would just build a hot opel engine. Like any conversion, whether it be a Vega, Pinto or MGB ot Opel, if you take it beyond it's limit..you will break it. As long as horsepower and torque are kept reasonable. The video says the car runs a 6.0 L LSx V8 which means it’s probably running a LS2 or iron-block LQ4/LQ9. Please look around this Forum and THEN ask away.You'll need to stop the body twist too, unless you like popping windshields out every time you mash the accelerator. No disrespect to the GT purist...the GT is a neat little car just the way it was built, but if a fella wants to modify it...why not. You'll need to tube the chassis, upgrade the brakes so you can actually stop the beast, and also a whole new rear end is a must.