eBay Find of The Day: Stag Party, ed.

"Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire" (arch-duke-maxyenko) 04/09/2014 at 14:55 • Filed to: ebay

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1973 Triumph Stag, 3.0L V8, Manual, 76,000 miles, Currently at $5,200 with no reserve and just under !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

Was this a pink car originally?

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 04/09/2014 at 15:13

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Love the Stag. That pink/fuchsia is frightening, though.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 04/09/2014 at 15:14

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Ghastly. I needs to be properly painted ASAP.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 04/09/2014 at 15:21

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Holy shit, there's a Stag in the US with it's original V8? Considering how readily Americans yank out XKs from E-Types (and people over here swap RV8s in), I'm surprised the slightly iffy Stag V8's found a home anywhere :)

Saying that, the V8 itself isn't actually all that bad. 145bhp might sound a bit weak, but compared to the other 3.0l cars knocking about Europe at that time it's solidly midfield.

Also, it's the truly lacklustre way they were put together that caused most of the overheating problems. A couple of times I've heard of people rebuilding them and pouring out half a kilo of casting sand from the waterways. Stuff like that would cause overheating in any engine :)

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 04/09/2014 at 15:26

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I have a lot of respect for tiny V8's are there any good speed parts for them on your side the pond?

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 04/09/2014 at 15:38

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Or....you could just rattle can the trunk area and hoon the shit out of this thing on the cheap!

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 04/09/2014 at 15:40

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It's not just the trunk, look at the interior shot.

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 04/09/2014 at 15:44

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Welp, only one choice: plastidip everything!

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 04/09/2014 at 15:49

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There's certainly a lot of reliability mods :) that's what people tend to aim for with these engines.

I know these guys do things like cylinder head porting, Holley carbs and tubular manifolds. That should be good for about 180bhp-ish, which is pretty reasonable.

I also know of a chap called Tony Hart who went racing with Stags, just to prove it could be done. I think he managed to coax 270bhp out of one in a reliable package, so they've certainly got legs.

Personally, I want to adapt a pair of Dolomite Sprint heads onto the Stag V8 for a 32v 3.0l :) you need to do a good deal of modification, but it is technically possible.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 04/09/2014 at 15:53

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Cool shit!

Thanks!