Rare car

[dangerous]

When Honda took over Motorcorp,they were getting rid of BMC stuff wholesale,you could get a complete P76 engine very cheap.Perfect timing for failing Triumph Stags.

AYE! the stag never failed, the 3 liter wasnt the best engine about basicly 2 TR7 blocks knocked up, but shit thers still pleanty of 3L stags running around.

[pete376403]

The original Alloy V8 design was by Buick who sold the design to British Leyland (for Rovers) who licenced it to Leyland Australia to enlarge from 3.5L to 4.4L for the P76. Most ex P76 motors ended up in Range rovers or jet boats as well as a few motorsport specials.

One ended up in my brother-in-laws Mitsi Sigma. With a 4 barrel, 5 speed steel case toyota box and charger diff it went like fuck. Handled well too although the V8 was a bit light for the front (lighter that the 2 litre iron block mitsi)

[98tls]

Anyone remember who it was that had a P76 motor in an escort waaayyy back,remember it at the Ashley forest rally.

[FJRider]

Anyone remember who it was that had a P76 motor in an escort waaayyy back,remember it at the Ashley forest rally.

I remember such things ... when the Ashly forest rally sprint was televised ... every year ...

ALL manner of "home built specials" were run ... with varying degrees of success ...

[BMWST?]

yep for sure,if only we all lived in the desert.It proved nothing,the P76 was a failure,very very simple no matter how sentimental you care to be,

it was a failure mostly because it was launched right on the oil shock

[Kickaha]

Anyone remember who it was that had a P76 motor in an escort waaayyy back,remember it at the Ashley forest rally.

Alec Doig, I think the car was from Rangiora

I remember such things ... when the Ashly forest rally sprint was televised ... every year ...

ALL manner of "home built specials" were run ... with varying degrees of success ...

Trevor Crowes V8 starlet and Kim Austins V8 Chevette immediately come to mind



I've been around the course in 1.11 as a passenger while the top guys on the day were 1.01, fuck knows where they find that 10 seconds

[BMWST?]

I remember such things ... when the Ashly forest rally sprint was televised ... every year ...

ALL manner of "home built specials" were run ... with varying degrees of success ...

prolly the same guy who has all the v8 specials....it will come to me.

[FJRider]

prolly the same guy who has all the v8 specials....it will come to me.

I did the lap once in an Army Bedford once ....

it was timed ... but I had a battle to get it under 10 minutes ...

An interesting link

http://www.ashleyforestrallysprint.co.nz/

[scumdog]

yeah thats it, air cooled flat 6 and flat 6 turbo, a few pics of various model

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There's a motorbike in Dunedin with one of them motors!

[scumdog]

When Honda took over Motorcorp,they were getting rid of BMC stuff wholesale,you could get a complete P76 engine very cheap.Perfect timing for failing Triumph Stags.

Yup, could buy a brand new P76 motor for $1,800 down here in the late 70's.

[avgas]

Anyway,it proved that with very little preparation the P76 could run rings around the ford and Holden.

You make that sound like a challenge...... but the reality is that its not really.

They all raced, won.....got banned.

[SPman]

is that the rear engined transverse air cooled 8 thing?

That would be theCzech Tatra V8, wouldn't it?

[dangerous]

Anyone remember who it was that had a P76 motor in an escort waaayyy back,remember it at the Ashley forest rally.

way back when we could do what we liked all quite leagle n all no damn certs needed, I remember a guy with a V8 in a morrie minor, had a V4 in a herald for a very short time.

That would be theCzech Tatra V8, wouldn't it?

Ok so went googling and fark thats ugley but oddly enough runs either a 3.5 or 4.4 litre 90° air-cooled V8 petrol enginei the arse end.
and how bout an earler 3L
but no not what I was thinking of, Im guesing I have mixed a few togeather in my little nogin and dreampt up my own.

[Motu]

You make that sound like a challenge...... but the reality is that its not really.

The P76 was a 4 door saloon made to compete with HQ Holdens and XA Falcons for Bruce Citizen's money for a family car.That it could run away from a ''sporty'' 2 door Monaro was no real challenge either.There were a lot of reasons why the P76 failed,and the engineering of the car wasn't one of them.

[Kickaha]

Ok so went googling and fark thats ugley but oddly enough runs either a 3.5 or 4.4 litre 90° air-cooled V8 petrol engine

You've seen one in real life you Muppet, they have one at Southwards