MOTs, i do like doing them sometimes..

[Saloony]

.. cos every now and again you get a real gem come in.

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Originally a 2500TC (straight six) it now has the 3500 Rover V8 lifted from its P6 twin. Sat on Avo coilovers, its 20mm higher than usually in them pics as i had just lifted it to mot it. I've always had a thing for the TC and the P6 but the Triumph always swung it for me. It sounds awesome and goes really well. Really enjoy driving it, just needs the classic seats replacing i think. And before someone gets all girly it has to be driven for the brake test as the system doesnt date back past 1984. What a shame lol

[NovaLad]

She's a beaut!
She shall be named... Stuart.

[Spudly]

Ooh that looks mint, proper old skool motor, i likes :cool:

[MattBrown]

Whats the cage for?

[NovaLad]

Whats the cage for?
Probably incase it rolls lol

[Saloony]

Whats the cage for?

Go ask that question to 70% of the nova owners on here

[SR-Rally]

incase it rolls ;)

Edit - too slow :(

[blue_peg_16v]

ohi

[John]

Whats the cage for?

lol lol lol

Did it pass craig?

[Saloony]

Oh yesh, without so much as a hint of an advisory.

[Jack]

WANT
WANT
WANT
WANT
WANT

Oh yeah, my MOT on the nova is due soon. lol

[Saloony]

Woooo lol

[Lee]

A TC with a rover V8. Thats how to own one properly :)

[mowgli]

the manifold looks ropey......

triumph actually ran some of these as prototypes back in the day & also ones with stag v8's but internal politics killed that one off... then the change to the rover sd1 killed the triumph 2000 off. i knew a bloke who was involved in triumphs, and they apparently had more than a years worth of orders when they were stopped by management

[Saloony]

Im not suprised, the TC just feels better. This bloke has a standard brown one too. Im starting to see a few classics run through me now, has this one for the last 3 years now, ill keep the pics coming of the classics i get in. Yeah i did hear about the stag's V8. I watched the documentary on the whole BL affair, was great watch but was horrific in what went on.

[Sloth]

if anyones keen, i know of a 2500 in white for 600. needs a ls2 motor....

[Lee]

Stags frankenstein dolomite V8 is just horrific lol. Quite an interesting story when you look into it. Its a bit of a myth that Triumph refused to use the Rover V8 due to brand rivalry, it was more down to Rover didnt think they could supply enough engines for the anticipated number of stags.

It probably would have been reasonably reliable if the designers weren't useless (far too small mains as well as incorrectly fitting head gasket designs), and the manufacturers weren't sloppy (a lot of failiures were due to swarf left in the blocks and poor head castings iirc)

[Sloth]

if you mean the inlet, its an mgb v8 setup.

[Sloth]

Stags frankenstein dolomite V8 is just horrific lol. Quite an interesting story when you look into it. Its a bit of a myth that Triumph refused to use the Rover V8 due to brand rivalry, it was more down to Rover didnt think they could supply enough engines for the anticipated number of stags.

It probably would have been reasonably reliable if the designers weren't useless (far too small mains as well as incorrectly fitting head gasket designs), and the manufacturers weren't sloppy (a lot of failiures were due to swarf left in the blocks and poor head castings iirc)

also down to the fact the water pump has to be shimmed and they were set wrong. a well built stag v8 is actually a very good motor. i'd like a 2500 estate in red with a bmw m3 motor....

[Lee]

also down to the fact the water pump has to be shimmed and they were set wrong. a well built stag v8 is actually a very good motor. i'd like a 2500 estate in red with a bmw m3 motor....
You'd want a 3.0 tbh, the 2.5's had the big end issues

EDIT then I read the last bit you posted lol

[Sloth]

lol, i have a 323, and the motor is sweet, id love to see one in one of these. one of the best 60's designs, michelotti. he did the 2002 bmw and the alpine 610..... and the scimitar ss1.

[mowgli]

the mgbv8 was a waste of 2 things, an mgb & a v8, the low comp engine with that hideous inlet had about 135hp........ bl australia actually had a 6pot version of the b series, which fitted straight in & was apparently excellent.... but bl england simply wouldn't touch it

[Sloth]

correct, they fitted it to the aussie marina.... understeers more than an xe nova apparently

[mowgli]

the british marina was actually the scariest car i ever drove.........you really never knew if it was going to turn...it felt like driving something with a rear diff lock on a grass field, it just pushed straight

[Saloony]

If i had one, i would have to show it a V8. But with everything old like this, it will need hell of a load of revising to the body alone to cope with the extra grunt, if you were to fit a proper V8. Personally i would think a 3.0 straight six supra lump (80's) would look at home under there. Nice and smooth, quiet, cruiser (for what the car really is) and totally reliance.

[Sloth]

i have the wiring diag for that/\

[Saloony]

lol im not gonna do it tho, no point pissing around with old tat when you have 6.0ltrs to press down on lol

[Sloth]

aye b ut a 3.0 single turbo soop lump in a thin metal box built in the 60 will prob feel alot more scary. (yep ive driven a monaro)

[Saloony]

It'll only feel scary if its done poorly. Driven one.. round a car park lol. Baby monaros are lazy... just gotta own a proper one, with choice bits, then it becomes very different.