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MGB Why v8 reference?

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My impression is, their designed a little tougher and supposedly last longer. Others that use them will know more than I do. PJ
 
The stock rubber A arm bushes were all rubber. The material they used was normally up to the job and lasted years in service.

The replica all rubber bushes made today are for the most part total crap. They wear out and need replacing in as little as a few months. The alternatives are after market plastic, which has the potential to wear the pins, or the Metelastic bushes used on the MGB GT V8. They were a composite metal sleeve bonded to rubber, implemented to make the suspension a bit less compliant. The ones now available seem to be up to the job and do not have the pin wear issue to worry about, so many people use them.
 
The V8 lower buses are a one piece design that is longer lasting than the two piece design. V8 brake pads offer a slightly larger pad area but interchange with regular pads.

There are other V8 peculiar suspension items as well.
 
So if I read right the better bushings are called "V8" because better bushings were required for V8 models. I can tell the urethane bushings are much better, just did not understand calling them V8 ... Thought that was a juice, and a motor configuration..sorry bad joke but trying..
 
The urethane bushes are NOT V8 bushes. The V8 bushes are superior to the urethane and are made of stiff rubber with an inner steel sleeve bonded to it.
 
I replaced the regular bushings with V8 bushings on my 1978 MGB tourer back in 1995. They are still in good shape. Stock bushings would have been gone years ago.
 
I took the bushings out of my old control arms and they were V8 bushings (steel inner sleeve) . I dug out the rubber bushings from my front end kit and nearly laughed. I cannot see how the original rubber bushing would last a week! Bought new V8's and all is good.
 
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