The Stag V8 was made by putting two 4-cylinder OHC
Triumph engines together. Same engine as early Saab 99's.
Thomas
Paul wrote:
> Lou,
>
> Stay as far away from the Triumph Stag V8 as you can! It was possible the
> worst V8 ever designed. Triumph was offered to share the Rover V8 but their
> engineers thought they could do better. How wrong they were! Early Stags
> overheated on cool days and the timing chains were only good for 19,000
> miles. Most Stags in England have been swapped out to either the Rover V8
> or the Ford V6 (not like any US Ford V6!). Most Stags in the US are garage
> queens. BTDT.
>
> Paul
> 1969 1600 roadster
> 1972 510 wagon
>
> From: lou daly <lou_daly@yahoo.com>
> To: Brian Hollands <Brian_Hollands@adp.com>; Datsun Roadster Mailing list
> <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 11:33 AM
> Subject: Re: Rover V8's (OT)
>
> > one thought i had earlier (there was a stag
> > w/autotranny) on ebay in socal for 2000 that got no
> > bidders
> >
> > ithe triumph v8 is 3 litre i think and probably not
> > high perf. but it might be an interesting swap if
> > available
> > lou
>
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