What reliable engine do you know #carshow #thegrandtour #topgear
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00:00Modifications, James, do you stare?
00:01None.
00:03What? Wait a minute.
00:05You're not telling me it's still got the original engine?
00:07Mr Clarkson raises a good point there.
00:09It's not every single stag, but most stags, I would guess,
00:12have had the original engine taken out and the Rover V8 put in.
00:16The original Triumph Stag V8 is incredible
00:19because it's found so many ways of overheating and destroying itself.
00:23Casting sand left in the blocks fills the galleyways and then, bang, overheats.
00:27They bored air, which made all the waterways smaller, so it overheats.
00:31The clever thing is, two banks of cylinders, V8,
00:33they only put a temperature sender on one bank,
00:35so at least you don't know when it's overheating.
00:37How do you open the bonnet on this?
00:39Around this side, get the wear on that handle.
00:41It's worn the badge off with the picture of a bonnet opening.
00:44Shit, it is the original Triumph engine.
00:46That's a rarity.
00:47Right, ladies and gentlemen, come and have a look.
00:49Original, but still shit.