Hello all. After some time waiting, my authorisation link arrived today so here I am saying hello.
I am a member of the SOC and a regular now on that forum, so expect I will recognise some of the names here in due course.
Here's a picture of mine which is a late 74 car running with a RV8. The PO had a full restoration done in 2001 by E Ward and Faversham's and it's been off the road since 2002.I bought it a few weeks ago and have so far cut back the paint and repolished. It is going to my local garage on Friday to get it running and then MOT's 0 I will soon find out how well I bought!
^^^ Taken this weekend after I had cut and polished the whole nearside and the off-side of the bonnet.
Looks nice- has it been wrapped in cotton wool since 2002? Good luck with the MOT - I've found a local garage that seems to have an understanding of the older car due to my wife's '89 Porsche 944 - so had a chat with him about the Stag, so will take mine there (eventually) but not expecting an easy ride. Let us know how you get on!
Nice looking car. I've got a 3.5 rover v8 in mine with a large pancake filter on an Edelbrok 500cfm carb. I was advised by RPI Engineering that the filter is too much and affects torque at low / mid rpm. They advise blocking off 70 / 80 % using gaffer tape or simmilar would improve matters & they were right. I'm currently fitting a Rover 3900 V8 with fuel injection & the inlet on it is 75mm diameter' as si the recommended filter, so maybe big is not always best.
Nice looking car. I've got a 3.5 rover v8 in mine with a large pancake filter on an Edelbrok 500cfm carb. I was advised by RPI Engineering that the filter is too much and affects torque at low / mid rpm. They advise blocking off 70 / 80 % using gaffer tape or simmilar would improve matters & they were right. so maybe big is not always best.
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Posted - 27/09/2010 : 14:13:42
