The 289 Register

Happy New Year to Clive and all of you. Best wishes. David Large.

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...