Re: [AMC-List] Metropolitan Swap

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: Don Johnson <donjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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" >>>" To keep it somewhat on topic, would this swap into a Metropolitan???!!!!<<<
" 
" >>>with enough money anything's possible...  i'd sooner go for a mgb 1.8
" swap myself.<<<
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" If you're gonna swap another engine into the Met, why pick the only engine out there that's probably more antiquated than the original.
" The MGB is a pushrod engine, with electrics by Lucas (the prince of darkness) that is reliable if it doesn't rain within 200 miles.

the mgb engine is in fact not older than the met's but an evolution of
it.  it has 5 mains for one thing, instead of 3.

i've heard that the cure for lucas electrics is bendix replacement
parts, more reliable than the originals.

" There are a bunch of DOHC 4 bangers out there that bolt right up to 5 speeds and would move that Met down the road smartly.
" Get something with a carb so you don't have to change the fuel system and wire in a computer.
" Cheapest thing I can think of is a Fiat 1.8 DOHC with the Weber carb and 5 speed tranny. Probably pick up everything you need for $500.

fiats aren't known for reliability either...  [fix it again, tony]
i'll grand the 1.8 is on the better end.
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