The 289 Register

My BRA 289 has been on the road for almost 30 years. For the first 10 of them I struggled with the rear springs. I tried different leaf spring sets, different spacer blocks none of which really worked. The exhaust also hit the ground more than I liked - I used to pull the system off driving through ...

My kit is no 52 or 54 and left the factory in 1985 so if yours is no 112 then I guess 18 months or 2 years post 1985 would be about right.

I will take some but probably not until Monday.

David

I use a cut down MGB cover.

David

I run mine at 25psi all round.
David

I use an MGB indicator switch and a centre horn push.
David

My BRA was built with a reconditioned old 3.5 engine. About 14 years ago I had a new engine built with the latest stiffened, cross bolted block and it fitted straight in. If by a 4 litre you are referring to the older 3.9 then that would fit straight in too

I gather Bill is pretending to be a member again this year - just like last year. Should we all try this?

David

I have a 29 year old BRA with a 240bhp 4 litre Rover and an MGB rear axle with a GT V8 differential. I have done 60,000 miles the first 30,000 with a different differential in it and the last 30k with the V8 3.07:1 diff. I changed the diff after some one tried to adjust the back lash in it for me; t...

That looks very nice.