Re: stag-digest V4 #74

[lgmtr6@domain.elided (Lawrence G Miceli)]

Hello Glenn,

Guess I touched a nerve. Not  my intention. I was simply pointing out
that a Stag motor is a complex motor and that it IS more expensive to
rebuild than a standard American lump. NOTWITHSTANDING, it is worth every
penny to put the original motor back in. I know, I just finished mine.
BTW, the difference in costs in building the Oldsmobile motor was the
cost of parts. You can buy a total rebuild kit from the muscle car mags
for a fraction of the costs of parts for a Stag or even a TR6 for that
matter. The machine work was much less expensive in the crank work and
balancing. Why? They said because their machines were "set up" for the
350, and not the Stag. Now, maybe I was shafted by the machine shop, but
I experienced the same nonsense when I had the crank trued on an XJ6
motor. The cost was 3x what the American crank would have cost. BTW, I
was not disagreeing with you that the car was designed around the Stag
motor, and that every conversion I have seen has a host of compatibility
problems; bad handling, being the primary problem, as well as hack shops
cutting sub-frame members to "fit" the new engine in. All-in-all not
worth it.

 
Larry Miceli
Gold Coast Triumph Club
'73 Stag
'66 Herald

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