There's nothing wrong with Stag engines.
Sure they had heating issues forty years ago, but there are plenty of fixes around for them now.
( Kroney, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 15:31, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

taking them out, throwing them in a skip and putting a small block chevy V8 in
being the only actual "fix"

They are fucking awful, Kroney. They're two Dolomite straight 4s welded together in a V. It's the sort of fucktarded piece of engineering horseshit that only '70s era BL could pull off.

They had access to 3 perfectly good V8s from the BL stable and so they made their own which was measurably worse in every single characteristic than any of the ones they could have had for nowt.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 15:34, Reply)

Incorrect. A cursory wikipedia search
will tell you that the four pot came later than the V8. It was designed as a V and then cut in half. The heating issues came from an inadequate rad and bad production practises. The engine itself is a sound design.
( Kroney, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 15:37, Reply)

Well, except for the iron block and alloy head.
Or the lol-worthy expanding timing chain.
( Kroney, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 15:40, Reply)

A cursory wikipedia search
is going to make you look a bit of a chobber here.

"The Triumph V8 is a 3.0 litre V8 developed in house by Triumph for the Triumph Stag. This was basically two Triumph Slant-4 engines 'stuck' together. It consisted of a single overhead cam cast iron block with aluminium heads"
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 16:11, Reply)

Just in case you needed me to check for you as well.
"The Triumph Slant 4 engine was used by Triumph in the Dolomite 1850, the Dolomite Sprint, and the TR7. It was also used by Panther in the Dolomite-based Rio"

You're welcome.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 18 Feb 2013, 16:13, Reply)