Re: 6 Cylinder stags

[George Richardson <gprtech@domain.elided>]

I'd be more interested in fitting a modern injection system to the Stag V8.
Is there anyone who has done this?

George Richardson

Richard Brake wrote:

> The 2.5PI will deliver 132BHP (Saloon) and 150BHP (TR5/6). These would I
> believe have been acceptable amounts of power and the engine bay was
> designed around the Triumph straight six. The gearbox fits better as
> well.
>
> The PI system could not meet proposed American emission specifications
> so they went for the V8. Although I did read somewhere that they tried a
> 2.5 V8 with injection (where can I get one of them?).
>
> Richard  Brake
> richard.brake@domain.elided
>
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From:   Andrew Beckwith [SMTP:andrewbe@domain.elided]
>         Sent:   16 March 1999 11:45
>         To:     stag@domain.elided; Brian A.Tink
>         Subject:        Re: 6 Cylinder stags
>
>         I know some people put 6 cylinder Triumph engines in Stags as
> its supposedly
>         cheaper then a Rover V8 or new Stag engine if the original blows
> up.  One
>         wonders if they are counting the drop in value they have
> inflicted on
>         themselves in their calculations.  I have heard of people
> putting V6
>         Commodore ( Australian GM muscle car) engines in Stags to
> improve the
>         performance.  I suspect most engines have been put into a Stag
> at some time
>         or another.
>
>         I thought the original prototypes used a six cylinder engine
> just as a mock
>         up and the original engine was to be a 2.5L V8 engine.  This was
> to low in
>         power after emission control bits were put on for the US market
> and hence
>         the move to the 3.0L engine.
>
>         The 3.0L engine lacks a bit of grunt but I shudder to think what
> a 6
>         cylinder engine or even a 2.5L V8 engine would have been like.
>
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From: Brian A.Tink <batink@domain.elided>
>         To: stag@domain.elided <stag@domain.elided>
>         Date: Tuesday, March 16, 1999 10:00 AM
>         Subject: 6 Cylinder stags
>
>         >Gents
>         >
>         >My reading of the history of the stags has revealed that the
> proto-types
>         were built with the 6 cylinder motors, however in orfder to
> complete with a
>         couple of other cars of the time, the stag was converted to the
> V8 to give a
>         little more grunt.
>         >
>         >Question:   did the stags ever get produced with the 6 motor?
>         >
>         >and more specifically, did the 6 motor stag ever get to New
> Zealand?
>         >
>         >The reason is that we have a chap here in Canberra who has a
> "72 stag with
>         a 6 motor, and he claims that is how it was exported to Oz from
> NZ.
>         >
>         >keep staggering   Brian
>         >
>         >