-----Original Message-----
From: Paul J. Burr <tigerpb@ids.net>
To: sujit roy <sujitroy@hotmail.com>; triumphs@autox.team.net
<triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, January 06, 2001 7:36 AM
Subject: Re: stag engine and gear box wanted
>
>Sujit:
>A 5.0 Mustang V8 and 5 speed box come to mind as a good cheap replacement!
>Just think- 2.5 times the horsepower and torque. 1000 times more
>reliable!
Better a Buick/Old/Rover aluminum V8. Lots of them around. Much lighter
than a Ford iron-block. I think there are quite a few Stags that have
already made this change.
Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L
LOON, MAC pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/
"It makes a nice noise when it goes faster"
- 4-year-old Adam, upon seeing a bitmap of Grandma Susie's TR4.
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