That Lorne was a really good assessment of the V8 and true of the V6 too.. for me on our welsh roads I just couldn't get the V6 roadster to be comfortable and driving briskly shall we say, I found on changing down I always needed the next gear down as the ratios just aren't close enough and the MT-75 box was perfect for me. some describe this box as difficult but working for Ford during the development of the original Sierra Cosworth I just can't agree and in the Mog its the remote linkage that is problematic, not totally in design but that it suffers from an area of location in the car which gets turbulent air and being close to the ground the open linkage which is greased gets covered with road grit and just becomes horrible in action. I find I am cleaning and re lubricating mine about every 1000 miles.
I also agree with Lorne in that a 3000 ml oil change is the ideal for the V8 although in a Morgan with really no weight 5000 is probably ok. My reasoning being that most owners won't cover more than that annually and the gentle demand driving a Morgan rear end is kind to the LT77 or R-380. The R-380 is a far superior box and sorry Lorne but the LT-77 is a bit tractor like! Oh, and I'm afraid the V6 also has a land rover fitment gearbox although of Ford design and manufacture, again though a great improvement on it's predecessors. The 3.5 has gone as far as 4.6 now along with other developments but as Lorne has said there's now't wrong with the 3.5 and it certainly sounds the business!
Anyway I like carbs! Oh how sublime they are! where ever you put the throttle they respond and work perfectly!
