Stag update

---------- Forwarded message --------- Would love to know if anyone in the group has or knows of anyone who has made a custom inlet manifold, by far the hardest bit so far. Cullum Thanks for the update. There is a mob here caalled the Crankshaft Builders that reckons that they can build a Stag 4 litre crankshaft. On a visit there thay showed me a TR6 crankshaft built from a single piece of steel for $6500.00 Looked like a work of art. Imagine a 4 litre Stag engine???? I have seent this out to the group. Keep the photos and reports coming in.

John S.: If it were me, I would take a long look at a set (4 pairs actually) of these: keihin-na.com/aftermarket/fcr-flat-cr-racing-carburetor/ other than the Stag, my other fun wheeled beast is a Ducati 900 SS (old like me) set up for vintage enduros the Stag is 375 cc/ cyl, a good fit for this range, also very compact and supported. great project! John

Cullum D.: Good idea if I wasn't going down forced induction path. We have a member in the club who has done this with a tr6, looks awesome, drives well

Wow, amazing. Wouldn't it be nice if Triumph had just looped one long duplex chain over the cam sprockets and under the jackshaft sprocket - like half the rest of the world does? So, seeing I just do NOT trust the water pump hanging off that single chain setup; I went the elec water pump route. They ONLY chain/sprocket dramas I have ever had have ALL been water pump drama related.........I just don't trust it anymore, no matter WHAT chain drives it. Didn't want to, but with IWIS single chains and NO water pump hanging off it, that will do me. Stag still gets driven most days Sept til April; but I don't drive Perth/Melb and back every Xmas anymore like I did for 7 years, so only has to be reliable local, not for "3,500 miles in 50 hours in 40 degrees" reliable. Elec pump here in Perth - it is going to be 40 here today and it is fine, so that does me...... But on that front - is a 4 dual throat Weber set up a consideration? Or don't they make them small enough? Ferrari have had 6 DCOE Webers on V12's (so, again, one per cylinder); but that is a 300 HP engine. Back in the ancient days of Speedway there was a problem with multi carbs on small engines - so the speedway racers (speedcars/midgets) used to make their own manifolds (crude simple tubes) and hang as many single motorbike carbs as they needed. Tuning is a pain, as is linkages, but doable. Ford small block V8's have a raft of set ups with 4 webers. All you would need would be a flange on the end of your small ram tube. Or is injection an option? But looking at the pics; you probably have most bases/ideas covered. Didn't mean any "suck eggs".