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Thurlowb Silver Member Brad Thurlow
Coquitlam, BC, Canada   CAN
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1975 Triumph TR6
1977 MG MGB MkIV
Is there some sort of cheap I-Phone app that we could use to measure 0 - 60 times for our various cars? Instead of quoting original specs as representing cars that are no longer original, we could have some sort of comparison. Of course, finding a good spot to do a safe, legal run up to 60 might take some time. cool smiley

I'm curious...because my car (being a 1977 RB with only minor mods)...is likely very slow. But I really don't know how slow in comparison to other MGBs.

Would that be fun?...

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OpenTop Lionel A
Perth, WA, Australia   AUS
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Giday Brad, you'll find a good Hour Glass would do the trick......lol.

Regards,
OT

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Splitting Atoms Eric L
Clemson, SC, USA   USA
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I don't want to know. I do know that my 80 MGB is not nearly as fast as my modified Mustang GT.

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Thurlowb Silver Member Brad Thurlow
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1977 MG MGB MkIV
In reply to # 2995358 by OpenTop Giday Brad, you'll find a good Hour Glass would do the trick......lol.

Regards,
OT

Ha.. Yes, I have attempted to come up with a number for my own car a couple of times. I realized that it wasn't possible to do this easily with a stopwatch. Too busy driving to have any accuracy starting and stopping the timing device. Also, I'm not really certain that my speedo is accurate in any case.

While I'm curious. I'm not $500 curious to buy some of the REAL gadgets to do this stuff.

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Splitting Atoms Eric L
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I would use a stopwatch and a GPS unit. My portable GPS has a speed indication that seems to be very accurate. You should be able to get accuracy within a couple of tenths of a second. You can average out several runs.

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ohlord Rob C
A tiny Island off the coast of Washington State, N.W., USA   USA
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1957 Land Rover Series I "EYEYIYI"
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not as accurate as the 0-60 or 1/4 mile function of a speedhut GPS speedometer but close.

12.41 @ 112mph
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Denis Denis Hill
Bearii, Nth Victoria, Australia   AUS
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1973 MG MGB V8 Conversion
The GPS speedos from Speedhut have a 0-60 and 1/4 mile timer, or the metric equivalent 0-100k and 400m works great. The B was fast enough in its day and two gear changes take time, but a warmed one can still be pretty quick. Denis


68 B roadster, Daffodil yellow, supercharger, Burgess SC head, SC cam, Mikuni HSR 48 carburetor and engine built for supercharging.

73 BGT V8 conversion starting with a bare shell. Built the engine "3.9L Rover" early in 2016 with high comp pistons and a few other nice bits, plus a T5 ford trans. Started on the body late 2016 and complete late 2017, Did all the work myself, mechanical, body. paint etc.
Finished and going well, great to drive and quick. Now has a nice 3.23 LSD.

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Perambulator David D
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There is an app for that...grinning smiley


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MG Cruiser Keith Delta4
Rockingham, WA, Australia   AUS
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OpenTop, where are you in Perth Lionel?
I am in Safety Bay
Keith

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Sarge101st Silver Member Brian S
Carlisle, PA, USA   USA
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1980 MG MGB "Piddles"
In reply to # 2995358 by OpenTop Giday Brad, you'll find a good Hour Glass would do the trick......lol.

Regards,
OT

Acceleration for my '80 would be best expressed in furlongs per fortnight per fortnight. Grin!

Cheers,
Brian


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gnflanagan Greg Flanagan
Des Moines, IA, USA   USA
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1980 MG MGB "The B With No Name"
I like the hour glass line. I can't remember where I heard it but they said that the car was so slow you could time it with a sun dial. I think they were talking about a Citroen CV2.

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ErnieY Ernie Y
Albatera, Alicante, Spain   ESP
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1976 MG MGB GT
Best not to know is my advice sad smiley

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mac townsend
Fairfield, CA, USA   USA
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0-60 times depend a lot on how badly you want to treat the clutch and drive train for the launch.

"Drive it like you stole it" means you don't care what breaks, just pedal to the metal. That's stupid.

So a ??? launch? (what's that, I dunno. the magazines then had their own standards)

I tried it once, off gravel, and got about 14 something and didn't side step the clutch but tossed lots of small rocks.

So what. Want faster? Get a Kia Rio.<G>


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Stewart Stewart Langenberg
Santa Barbara, CA, USA   USA
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1966 Citroen 2CV
1972 Citroen DS (ID)
1975 MG MGB
Slower than a raging mother in an average modern mini van full of kids.

My 67 will get to 60 just under 8 though with a lighter driver and one who doesn't have to fix it if something breaks could easily shave a second off.


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forestghost07 Marco Sinai
FL, USA   USA
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1972 MG MGB GT "Viajero"
1999 Chevrolet Blazer "Works For Gas"
All this negativity about Bs being so slow ... eye rolling smiley

@ 1800 mi on my B's tweaked motor I'm not yet about to subject it to 0-60 runs, but it's sure holding its own stoplight to stoplight now; noticeably zippier than pre - overhaul (of course it was tired then lol)


~ Marco and Viajero ~

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