Fireindc works on old british junk (non-miata content)
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Triumph crew checking in with a 73 Stag, 3.0 V8 and 4spd with od. I actually drive this thing in good weather 4-500 miles a month. There are so many fake "car guys" theses days that driving a weird obscure car is kind of like a F U to all the chumps. Its a 1 of 1 everywhere I go haha Good luck on the GT6. I like the idea of the Ferrari style tail and would change the mouth/grill from square to round, maybe a budget engine swap to something in the 200hp range. That would be fun. In college I had a 954RR and a spitfire for a rain car. Watch the rear end in the rain it likes to snap slide.
I've thought many times about miata swapping the drivetrain with some boost and maybe one day, but for now I'm keeping it original. The sound of the straight 6 is great, and they made 112BHP stock, with a cam, some compression, and the right carbs they made 150+ pretty easily. That would be plenty for this old car that weighs 1904 lbs. ****, it even feels surprisingly peppy as-is, actually faster than I thought it would be, and it sings!
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And that brings us pretty much current. I'll keep this thread updated as things progress. Current hold up is that the press-in wheel studs are lose in the hubs, so I'm going to tack weld them in from the back. Yes, I know a new hub and new studs is the right way to fix it, but the wheel bearings feel great on this thing and I'm not about to disassemble them. Hoping to get the rest of the rear end in and bolted up this weekend. So maybe another drive soon!
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As for building an engine for this thing, I'd go with the 2.5 TR6 lump. Same head, and it's bolt-in, and you can make 180-200bhp out of a well built one.
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Nothing too eventful, but glad to have it buttoned up. Running Corvette C4 air shocks which should allow me to fine tune ride height since it's probably going to sit pretty low now with the lowering block in the rear and stock stuff up front. The plan is to lower the front when I go through the front suspension.
Also new rear brake cylinders, pads (shoes?) and cleaned up inside of the drums. That stuff was all surprisingly tricky seeing as ive only ever had disk brakes.
Test drive hopefully tomorrow!
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Test drive was a success, should have taken more pics but we were too psyched on the drive. The rear end is super solid, NO play in the back wheels which feels awesome because you could literally move the wheels in/out 1/2" easily by hand before. Overall it drives really nice, I got new fluid in the gearbox as well and it's shifting super crisp. Way better than I thought this old transmission would ever feel. Overall it feels great, but the front end is feeling really ghetto now that the rear end is so tight.
The rear is sitting perfect, the lowering block did it's job and the rear is sitting at about 1-2* of negative camber. I just need to drop the front and it will be sitting how I want it.
However, probably going to be switching back to the miata for a bit, so I'll update this in the spring once I switch gears back to this thing. Next tasks on this project:
The rear is sitting perfect, the lowering block did it's job and the rear is sitting at about 1-2* of negative camber. I just need to drop the front and it will be sitting how I want it.
However, probably going to be switching back to the miata for a bit, so I'll update this in the spring once I switch gears back to this thing. Next tasks on this project:
- Overhaul front suspension, all poly control arm bushings, rack bushings, sway bar bushings, etc. New ball joints and tie rods. The works here.
- Modify these NA miata seats to actually fit the car with me in it. I have plans to cut out the bottom so I can get them lower in the car, as well as a foamectomy so I sit lower in them, actually get them bolted to the car.
- Some kind of exhaust. Thinking a single center exit with a conical muffler of some sort. It actually sounds surprisingly decent with the current glasspack on it, so the plan is to add to that and get it out the rear.
- Get lights wired in so I can street drive it, well the wires are there.. just figure these things out. You saw how I plan on doing the rear lights, so I want to pick up on that project.
- Eventually we want to do a quick respray on it, most of the body work is good from our previous paint job though a few areas such as the rear 1/4 need work. The plan is to get it looking good again though.
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