Wow a V8 in that little thing? Car like that should have a small, responsive, high-reving engine.
On Mon, Aug 8, 2022, at 11:38, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: > Looking at the wiki for this car, they wanted to put a V8 in it > originally, but scrapped the idea because of a deadline to bring it to > production. Apparently, it’s a common conversion. > > -D > > >> On Aug 8, 2022, at 12:36 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> They look good though. If I had the time I'd be tempted to drop in a Ford >> Zetec engine from a Focus. Those things are bulletproof. >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 8, 2022, at 11:31, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: >>> I recall these, along with the Spitfires of similar vintage. They were >>> notorious for overheating and stretching timing chains within about >>> 20k-30k. Dissimilar metals in the engine (iron block, AL head) wreaked >>> havoc on the cooling system, too. >>> >>> -D >>> >>>> On Aug 8, 2022, at 12:15 PM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> It was a miserable car when sold new. It has not improved with age.. >>>> Sourcing parts was a horrible problem, right off the showroom floor. That >>>> is unlikely to have improved. >>>> Ohh... did I mention is has Lucas electricals? >>>> >>>> On Mon, Aug 8, 2022 at 9:11 AM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < >>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Don’t, you’ll be doing yourself a favour. >>>>> >>>>> -D >>>>> >>>>>> On Aug 8, 2022, at 11:56 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes < >>>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I would be tempted to go look at this if it had a proper gearbox. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> https://bloomington.craigslist.org/cto/d/bloomington-1973-triumph-stag/7518769526.html >>>>>> >>>>>> Allan >>>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>>> >>>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>>> >>>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>> >>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>> >>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
