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Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 21:21:36 +0000
From: C Sutherland <cggsnopsamere.co.uk>
Subject: Re: What makes a Saab Engine so durable ?


In article <3E022787.E1786C83nopsamspamtrick.org>, J Dexter <stillcomplet elylamenopsamspamtrick.org> writes > >And - if you pulled off all the Leyland wiring and replaced it with delco pieces >- the Stag engine would last forever.. Very tough unit.. If I remember right - >the big tricky bit was the remaking a Buick CID unit for the distrib.. I never had a Stag (just a Spitfire) but I think the main problem was with cooling, water pumps and head gaskets. It's notoriety was considerable. A great many Stags and possibly many of the survivors had the Triumph V8 removed and replaced with what we in the UK know as the Rover V8 (3.5) but which I think was originally the small block Buick. Chas --

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