by HoTWire
25. March 2009 04:47
If there is one site that epitomises the Transplant culture it is the brilliant British V8 : "The online journal of the modified British sports car community". We have in the past featured cars from their pages, but as this is transplant week we shall celebrate the site itself, and give you a whistle stop tour of what makes it great.
For a start it is another online "magazine", the current issue of which can be found here. This has car profiles, tech articles, race results and opinion pieces. The "How it was done" features are a great source of information for anyone planning an engine conversion on a piece of old British tin. The magazine also makes full use of being on the web by having a searchable archive.
Next up we have one of our favourite sections on all websites, the Gallery! Jump in, select your particular poison, MG, Triumph, Healey, Sunbeam or Other, then prepare to spend a fair amount of time checking out all the engine conversion. The sites name is a bit of a misnomer, as there are many non-V8 conversions in its ranks, like this Rotary powered Midget or this Jaguar V12 powered Healey. We could in fact spend an entire article picking out great cars from this selection, we already did a bit of that for the MG section with our Attack Of The Killer Bs feature last year, the selection of great cars has grown even more since then.
Rounding the site off we have an excellent forum and details of forth coming meetings as well as photos and results from previous meetings.
The site is a great resource for anyone interested in engine transplants, or wanting to check out just what you can squeeze under the bonnet of an MGB.
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