I'M RACING AGAINST TIME to Fix My MGB for Race Day!

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 👍🏻

[kavinskysmith]

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

[jamesgraham]

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 :</ Sadly, no photographer. When you replaced that 1964 engine.. did you go for a later 5 bearing crankshaft or stick to the earlier 3 bearing? My second car was a brand-new 1966 B Roadster but didn't have the money to sort out the handling.. too much understeer.

[engineer]

It’s a roadster, not a GT. interesting video though.