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This is the engine I am considering - Had trailer trouble last week and plan to head out this week for a look...
thoughts?
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As far as is it a 2.8 or a 3.4 or other. I cannot say. It is a 60 degree V6 from a rear drive with the passengers side starter but need to see photos of the sides of the block to see the ribbing or sensors.
Fiero valve covers. Nice. Not the correct hardware for the covers so they don't look quite as nice as they could (kind of a duhh what were they thinking moment) Also, the fill cap usually goes towards the front and near the dip stick- they just installed the left on the right and the right on the left.
So the distributor, wires and a lll that will work.
The lower intake will work along with the carb but if you want it to fit the MGB engine bay without cutting a huge hole in the bonnet, the CCE upper intake will be required or possibly one of our MGR V8 Bonnets. :)
Being a Jeep fitted engine, the timing cover and oil pan are the old type fitted to the earlier S10 2WD most likely meaning the old cork gasket which seals pretty good and nothing wrong with it, just the older style.
The water pump length does not fit early engine bays and the pulleys that fit with that do not fit the MGB engine bay so the best way to cure this is the CCE pulley kit or cobble something together out of a later serpentine kit but most kits were for CCW water pumps which would mean you would have to change your water pump which would mean you would have to change your timing cover which would mean you would have to change your oil pan type. Much easier and cheaper just to use the CCE pulley kit- not to mention it looks very nice.
Basically, i think you have a good deal there from what you were insinuating you paid for it. Send some very good clear shots of the sides of the engine or detailed photos of the rest of the engine and maybe we can say what it is more exactly.
-BMC.
