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James, just curious, where are you in Ohio? I'm in the Dayton area. mike m

After admiring the Superformance S1 for several years, I finally got a chance to spend some time with one late last year. I loved the aesthetics of the car and the build quality, but my feeling was (despite the beautiful interior) that the ingress/exgress and seat room was considerably more restrictive than my Stalker. Also the low end torque did not compare to my to my little 3.4L. Still thinking about that car but not as much. Having said that, I would think the later models of the S2000 engine with the broader torque range would be huge improvement over the standard S1 engine .

I currently own a 3.4 Stalker and was lusting after a beautiful Superformance S1 last fall located about 70 miles from me . I finally got a chance to drive the car in October 2012. I loved the car and the build quality, but my feeling was (despite the beautiful interior) that the ingress/exgress and seat room was more restrictive than my Stalker and the low end torque did not compare to my to my little 3.4L. Still thinking about that car but not as much. Just my 2 cents.

Looks great in the brg.....

Thanks Michael, I will be ordering the hoodie today!

The one I received a few weeks ago was pretty thin...anybody ever order the hoodie?

Sporqster, have to done anything to resolve the 4 "bad" items from over a year ago?

Really am impressed by the engineering and looks of the Sonic 7...looks like a great effort to me...

Thanks Martin, that information makes a lot of sense...that pic had me going for a while :-)

MHKflyer52, wow, I remember he lifted the building etc. but did not remember the cars being so tight in there....as I recall that was his only option and I would say he did very well....looks like his new garage has plenty of extra room! thanks for sharing

All, I guess the true Stag engine answer is in here (from Wikipedia) someplace: The initial Stag design was based around the saloon's 2.5-litre engine, and Harry Webster intended the Stag, large saloons and estate cars to use a new Triumph-designed overhead cam (OHC) 2.5-litre fuel injected (PI) V8. Under the direction of Harry Webster's successor, Spen King in 1968, the new Triumph OHC 2.5 PI V8 was enlarged to 2997 cc (3.0 litres) to increase torque. To meet emission standards in the USA, a key target market, the troublesome mechanical fuel injection was dropped in favour of dual Zenith-Stromberg 175 CDSE carburettors. A key aim of Triumph's engineering strategy at the time was to create a family of engines of different size around a common crankshaft. This would enable the production of power plants of capacity between 1.5 and 4 litres, sharing many parts, and hence offering economies of manufacturing scale and of mechanic training. A number of iterations of this design went into production, notably a slant-four cylinder engine used in the later Triumph Dolomite and Triumph TR7, and a variant manufactured by StanPart that was initially used in the Saab 99. The Stag's V8 was the first of these engines into production. Sometimes described as two four-cylinder engines Siamesed together, it is more correct to say that the later four-cylinder versions were half a Stag engine (the left half)it has sometimes been alleged that Triumph were instructed to use the proven all-aluminium Rover V8, originally designed by Buick, but claimed that it would not fit. Although there was a factory attempt by Triumph to fit a Rover engine, which was pronounced unsuccessful, the decision to go with the Triumph V8 was probably driven more by the wider engineering strategy and by the fact that the Buick's different weight and torque characteristics would have entailed substantial re-engineering of the Stag when it was almost ready to go on sale. Furthermore Rover, also owned by British Leyland, could not necessarily have supplied the numbers of V8 engines to match the anticipated production of the Stag anyway.[3]

MKHFlyer52, I used to communicate with Steve a lot many years ago..as I recall he also has a 1966 mgb....(and others, T series) I remember his frustration about storage of his cars...didn't he build onto his existing garage in a unique way? BusNostra, the Stag was definitly not the aluminmum v8, it was two iron 4 cylinders cast together...might have been Spitfire but think it was a swedish design 4...they had a lot of head gasket problems.. A few more pics of my sebring clone: http://s1281.beta.photobucket.com/user/foto8mike/library/#/user/foto8mike/library/mgb%20gt%20V8?&_suid=135809203111304397417280309497

When the Austin Healey could not meet the new 1968 saftey regulations production stopped on the Big Healey. In it's place was the MGC, which in reality was an MGB with 15" wheels, a modified bonnet, torsion suspension and the Healeys 2.9L straight six. The car was only in production for the 1968 and 1969 model years. Essentially, the motoring press killed it primarily for it's drastic understeer. BMC, in an effort enhance sales through the racing department, built 6 MGC-GTs with all aluminum panels, revised front and rear valances / fender flares and the 2.9L straight six poured out of aluminum. They raced these cars at Targa Florio, Nuerenburg Ring, and Sebring...they became known generically as the Sebring GTS.. My car is a clone, actually being an mgb gt with the C rear axle, and the Rover aluminum 3.9L v8. The mgb was actually designed to accept the V8 from 1968 on and the factory produced 2700 of these cars from 1973 to 1976. The gt sebring, though forminable in it's day, (250 hp @ 1600 lbs) was never competitive as it did break a lot. Although, as I recall, it did place first in class at Sebring one year.

Rikker, well there was one point in that trip where I felt like going to the wailing wall..but it had nothing to do with the gt :-) :-)

Canadian7, I agree, I have an MGC GT Sebring with the 3.9L also. It is a workhorse..took it on a 2500 mile trip to Palestine, TX last summer..

>>>> Ah yes, but just think about all that dirty, filthy low end torque from that aluminum v8!! :-)

Received both of my seven logos in the mail today...the quality and appearance exceeded my expectations...thanks Stephen!

Like fornication as a teenager, you know protection is the way to go, but you just can't resist the moment...it's too tempting...

Merry Christmas ..and may God bless us all...

Sevenup here...I am the one who ordered two and paid by paypal yesterday..

Count me in...the steel would be my choice....

I'll be shaking hands with 70 in a few months...still enjoy the rush of my Stalker...actually looked at an S1 this afternoon...slow learning curve...

The operative words are little bit ....:-)

Very well stated Bruce K!

I was wondering, is the "50 Years of the Seven" dvd available for sale anyplace?