A little tip I learnt when in historical motorsport engine build, when you fit the valve stem collets make sure they are evenly gapped between each other….little details make a winner ❤
Thanks for the tip and yes I spent a lot of time getting everything as good as I could. So any additional suggestions for future builds welcome :-) - The Stag has done 1k Miles now and the engine is very sweet so all the time spent (and ££) was worth it !!
@ Any time Chris….I’ve had the pleasure of rebuilding a couple of stag v8 I think they are the best sounding V8 still and if look after can be as reliable as any other. Try Bob Beere for after market parts like cylinder head studs and nuts they are far superior to standard items 👍
Hi Chris, A massive piece of advise, you’ve had the crank re ground, have you had it Nitrided or at least tuftrided? The Stag crank is not a cast item like most cars, it is made of steel and factory Nitrided to give a case hardening, this gets ground off. As these are classic and hence old cars, modern engineering companies may not know and not harden the journals, you then assemble and carefully run in and in a thousand miles or less your crank is trashed. Please double and treble check with your engineer it could save your rebuilt and expensive engine. 👍
A little tip I learnt when in historical motorsport engine build, when you fit the valve stem collets make sure they are evenly gapped between each other….little details make a winner ❤
Thanks for the tip and yes I spent a lot of time getting everything as good as I could. So any additional suggestions for future builds welcome :-) - The Stag has done 1k Miles now and the engine is very sweet so all the time spent (and ££) was worth it !!
@ Any time Chris….I’ve had the pleasure of rebuilding a couple of stag v8 I think they are the best sounding V8 still and if look after can be as reliable as any other. Try Bob Beere for after market parts like cylinder head studs and nuts they are far superior to standard items 👍
Hi Chris, A massive piece of advise, you’ve had the crank re ground, have you had it Nitrided or at least tuftrided? The Stag crank is not a cast item like most cars, it is made of steel and factory Nitrided to give a case hardening, this gets ground off. As these are classic and hence old cars, modern engineering companies may not know and not harden the journals, you then assemble and carefully run in and in a thousand miles or less your crank is trashed. Please double and treble check with your engineer it could save your rebuilt and expensive engine. 👍
Hi Ian, yes crank was sent to be hardened (nitrided I think) 🙂