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MG Car Club of South Australia
CLUB REGISTRATION NEWS From .. Geoff Goode
CLUB REGISTRATION FOR HISTORIC VEHICLES JUST 3 DOCUMENTS - AGAIN
rom now onwards , Historic Vehicle owners have only three documents to worry about when log book updates or renewals are required ( at the end of the Club ’ s current financial year ) in January and February this year . No need to present your car for reinspection or bring in a stat dec .
We , the inspectors , need to see just three things : your new membership card to show you are continuing as a financial member , your blue rego papers for us to stamp to prove you are the owner of the vehicle and finally , your log book , for updating or for cancellation and replacement . The red printed date on the front cover shows when replacement is due , still at a cost of only $ 5 . From now on , it ’ s now that simple !
So , for the rest of this year , we will be available for receiving subscription fees and updating or replacing log books on Saturdays from 10am to 12 noon on the following dates : February 3 , 10 , 17 and 24 . Normal operations resume for the remainder of the year from March to November 2018 on the 2 nd and 4 th Saturdays of each month , finishing for the year on December 1 and 8 .
Alternatively , you can post in a stamped self addressed envelope , log book and blue rego papers with your subscription payment and the renewal notice . Don ’ t forget to include $ 5 in your payment for a new log book if your old one is about to expire .
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On MGA matters , unless you modify your vehicle , your standard SU electric HP fuel pump will be OK for all possible hard driving conditions . For example , consider a drive up a very long steep hill at 110 KPH on a hot day after driving in the country for several hours . At this speed your engine is probably at or just past its maximum torque output and therefore , consuming close to its maximum rate of fuel per kilometre .
If the engine begins to lose power only to regain it after you have eased off , then another loss of power after you have resumed with accelerator ” flat to the floor ”, you probably are suffering temporary fuel starvation in the engine . If you stop and examine the spark plugs and their insulators are completely white , this confirms the temporary lack of fuel . Could be caused by any number of possibilities such as a blockage in the fuel line , carburettor problems or almost completely out of fuel !
However , if you have increased the engine ’ s specific output through fitting a fast road camshaft , modifying the cylinder head with larger valves or even used an early MGB engine in an engine replacement operation , the inadequacies of the electric fuel pump may well be the cause of your difficulties .
The minimum rate of output from the pump , in good condition , is 7 gallons per hour . Standard MGB ’ s may require up to 7 gallons per hour , reference Peter Burgess ’ book “ How to Power Tune MGB 4 Cylinder Engines ”, appendix 1 .
I suspect some MGB ’ s exceeded this occasionally . Perhaps , based on feedback from drivers in America experienc-