Re: 6 Cylinder stags

["Andrew Beckwith" <andrewbe@domain.elided>]

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
>
>