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Frontline Cars<\/a> built this MG MGA<\/a> roadster at their company in the UK. The small engine bay surrounds a naturally aspirated 2.0 L Duratec inline-four making 225 hp (165 kW) and 241 Nm (177 lb-ft) of torque. It is paired to a Mazda five-speed manual transmission sending power to a Quaife limited-slip differential with upgraded axles. The roadster rides on a double-wishbone front suspension and 5-link rear suspension with Frontline Cars’ shocks. The braking system uses four-piston calipers with 273 mm rotors in front and two-piston calipers with 265 mm rotors in back. Frontline Cars reports the 815 kg (1796 lb) car can reach 0-60 mph in 4.8 sec. <\/p>\n

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Frontline Cars built this MG MGA roadster at their company in the UK. The small engine bay surrounds a naturally aspirated 2.0 L Duratec inline-four making 225 hp (165 kW) and 241 Nm (177 lb-ft) of torque. It is paired to a Mazda five-speed manual transmission sending power to a Quaife limited-slip differential with upgraded… Read More »Duratec-Powered MGA Roadster<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":139024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":100,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[478],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mga"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MG-MGA-with-a-2.0-L-Duratec-inline-four-01.jpg?fit=2200%2C1467&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":105382,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=105382","url_meta":{"origin":139020,"position":0},"title":"Frontline Cars’ MGB with a 4.8L Rover V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"September 26, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Frontline Cars built this MGB \"LE60\" at their company in the UK. 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