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Member Page: Duncan Cowen

Duncan Duncan Cowen

Duncan Cowen

Member ID: Duncan
Member Status: Free Member
Vancouver, Canada   can
Member Since: 2007-12-03
Home Site: The MG Experience
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Last Login: 2013-05-19 01:14:31
Forum Activity: 2013-05-19 01:14:31
Forum Posts: 1,360

My first car was a 73 B, and the madness began!

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Duncan Cowen 1956 MG MGA 1500 Banner Red with Red and Black

1956 MG MGA 1500
HDE4311094


1 Vehicles -- Total mileage: 280,000 mi (450,616 km) -- Average age: 1956

Member Journal – Duncan's MGA - 3.4l GM V6 Conversion Log

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3.4l MGA Conversion Log And Photos Now Online!

Posted on: Friday December 28, 2012

I've posted "the Log" of all my work sessions, and all of my conversion photos, on a Google Drive, so they are accessible with the links below. Note that I have not really gone through the pics, so there are a lot that might be useless! If you're looking for pictures of something specific, use a word processor to search "the Log" for words on the topic of interest, then go look at the pics from the associated log entry date. Voila! It's wonderful that this sharing technology is now avail...

Parts List For A Compact GM 60* Conversion

Posted on: Thursday September 16, 2010

I had to work hard to fit this drive train in the early (low bonnet) MGA with no modifications to the body, and no modifications to the firewall Here are the parts I made the choice to use over others, to make the drive train as small as possible: -Camaro RWD 3.4l upper plenum and throttle body (lowest choice for bonnet clearance) -Gen II FWD Timing cover, harmonic balancer, water pump, serpentine tensioner (thinnest choice, allows drivetrain to move forward, clearing firewall and frame mem...

3.4l Conversion Log

Posted on: Thursday September 16, 2010

I have a 60+ page word processed document detailing the conversion, supported by two or three DVDs full of pictures. My log is NOT a how to, but rather a record. I had several false starts. For instance, I started with a RWD timing cover and changed to a FWD timing cover. I tried 3 different bell housings, 2 different intake manifolds, etc. If you are interested in access to either the text or image files, drop me a line!



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