Preparing for race day in an MGB GT!

Pete gets a surprise when we arrive at his house with the new engine installed in his historical racing car the MGB GT, with race day looming we meet Jaun his son and talk about their relationship on the racing circuit and what they expect from the big day! Don't forget to subscribe and check out part 1 where Pete takes us through what's is involved in Historical Racing.
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[@JPBRacing]

Awesome to see the final edit. Thanks DATB team 👍🏻

[@datbs]

Thank you

[@kavinskysmith4094]

I was talking with someone about corvettes and how to avoid axel failure, as they have I think a similar design to this, as when you put oversized rear tires on the back it can really stress out the axels, hence why when they took them drag racing you would replace the rear end, even on the new ones, with ford 9 inch rear axels
and the key thing he said to beef it up was with offset trailing arms, and the diff itself, and the baldwin motions had traction bars on the back end, while using the stock suspension FOR drag racing
not sure how you'd do that on an MGB though,
also safety wise I think a must for this kind of racing is a scattershield if he doesnt already have that on, and the propshaft loop they use for drag racing to keep it from coming in the cabin
granted that might be overdoing it for that second one, as I do see a roll cage in there, and for all I know with the FIA stuff that's already mandatory

[@datbs]

Thank you for sharing this information kavin

[@jamesgraham6122]

That brought back some amazing memories.. My first ever car.. Healey Sprog-Eyed Fright.. I experienced that same problem.. Hard leaning through the chicane at Castle Combe, something caught my eye in my left wing mirror.. instant thought ..somebody's lost a wheel (and half-shaft).. then as I straightened up... Oh Dear :

[@datbs]

Hello James , here’s Pete’s reply to your question
It sounds like we had a mirror experience but with the good luck of a photographer 😜
Those kind of moments are etched in our racing history and fortunately we can talk about them without having suffered physically albeit the wallet took a pounding to fix it 🤣
With the engine rebuild we used a “ new” block and 5 bearing crank for greater integrity 🤞 It’s amazing the power that can be extracted today, complying with the regs but using more modern, lightweight, stronger materials and the development capability of our engine builder.
In 1964 a race spec FIA MGB would put out around 90hp and today, whilst it is a closely guarded secret, our engine will put out at least 50% more power and a progressive torque curve as well.
Handling - we were once told that racing a B was akin to trying to steer a boat around a race track. Thankfully we have tamed the handling, again with development and technology combining to provide a relatively stable, progressive platform to race, but like all race cars, if you aren’t 100% on the case and respecting the car and the race environment , it will very quickly demand your attention to get it back in shape !!

[@jamesgraham6122]

@@datbs I'll be watching :>)