I believe thisought tohave been announced on our own website first, but instead it has been posted on another.
PRESS RELEASE
Stag Owners Club.
SOCTFL unveils new heads for Triumph Stag V8 engines!
At the Stag Owners club National Day, on 20 July 2008 at West Midlands
Safari Park, the Stag Owners Club Tooling Fund Ltd (SOCTFL) were
delighted to unveil a pair of freshly made Brand New Heads for the
Triumph Stag V8 engine.
See Photos at
http://s508.photobucket.com/albums/s323/SOCTFL/Stag%20Cylinder%20Heads/
Also present was a car which has run 2000 miles with a pair of these heads.
The heads are the property of Abinger Hammer Motors who are the main
contractor for the project employing sponsorship and substantial
expert technical input from SOCTFL.
In the small Surrey village of Abinger Hammer, Abinger Hammer Motors
have been servicing and mechanically restoring Triumph Stags for 30
years.
Additionally on show was a resin copy of the complex model of the
core, which is a 3D representation of the cores in the heads and which
are made from casting sand in production and use 18 components.
This casting is just the first stage in a multistage process involving
5 subcontractors.
When a casting, made in LM25, the alloy as used in the original Triumph
heads, passes pressure testing, the detailed machining takes place
including the very critical line boring of the camshaft bearing
surfaces.
Thereafter the head is assembled with valve gear and other
parts. The customer's existing camshafts will normally be used as they
are generally good and new ones scarce or expensive.
The patterns for making castings and machining drawings have been
produced by a process called reverse engineering. This means working
back measuring unused original spare parts.
In the case of these heads, the measuring was done using a very
accurate computerised process organised by SOCTFL.
SOCTFL only supply funding and expertise and act on behalf of the Stag
Owners Club. They own no tools, no patterns and no parts stock except
an example library collection. They have no liability for product.
If you are interested in these heads please contact Abinger Hammer
Motors directly.
This is a very exciting project, which most would have been thought
virtually impossible and yet SOCTFL's Mike Fisher and Roger Morrish of
Abinger Hammer Motors have pulled it off.
Major Vehicle Manufacturers find similar projects costly and
difficult, and when a Classic Car Club and an enthusiastic Motor
Engineer work together to achieve component production at this level
of complexity, it has to rank as almost being in the same league as
Miracles.
Hearty congratulations to those involved with much of the effort being
purely voluntary
Peter Howells Admin Officer SOCTFL
For further details about SOCTFL or the Cylinder Head Project contact
Mike Fisher at fshrmc@aol.com or on 01285 821640
For further details about the Cylinder heads of contact Roger Morrish
at Abinger Hammer Motors, Felday Road, Abinger Hammer, Dorking,
Surrey, UK RH5 6QX Tel: 01306 730427
PRESS RELEASE
Stag Owners Club.
SOCTFL unveils new heads for Triumph Stag V8 engines!
At the Stag Owners club National Day, on 20 July 2008 at West Midlands
Safari Park, the Stag Owners Club Tooling Fund Ltd (SOCTFL) were
delighted to unveil a pair of freshly made Brand New Heads for the
Triumph Stag V8 engine.
See Photos at
http://s508.photobucket.com/albums/s323/SOCTFL/Stag%20Cylinder%20Heads/
Also present was a car which has run 2000 miles with a pair of these heads.
The heads are the property of Abinger Hammer Motors who are the main
contractor for the project employing sponsorship and substantial
expert technical input from SOCTFL.
In the small Surrey village of Abinger Hammer, Abinger Hammer Motors
have been servicing and mechanically restoring Triumph Stags for 30
years.
Additionally on show was a resin copy of the complex model of the
core, which is a 3D representation of the cores in the heads and which
are made from casting sand in production and use 18 components.
This casting is just the first stage in a multistage process involving
5 subcontractors.
When a casting, made in LM25, the alloy as used in the original Triumph
heads, passes pressure testing, the detailed machining takes place
including the very critical line boring of the camshaft bearing
surfaces.
Thereafter the head is assembled with valve gear and other
parts. The customer's existing camshafts will normally be used as they
are generally good and new ones scarce or expensive.
The patterns for making castings and machining drawings have been
produced by a process called reverse engineering. This means working
back measuring unused original spare parts.
In the case of these heads, the measuring was done using a very
accurate computerised process organised by SOCTFL.
SOCTFL only supply funding and expertise and act on behalf of the Stag
Owners Club. They own no tools, no patterns and no parts stock except
an example library collection. They have no liability for product.
If you are interested in these heads please contact Abinger Hammer
Motors directly.
This is a very exciting project, which most would have been thought
virtually impossible and yet SOCTFL's Mike Fisher and Roger Morrish of
Abinger Hammer Motors have pulled it off.
Major Vehicle Manufacturers find similar projects costly and
difficult, and when a Classic Car Club and an enthusiastic Motor
Engineer work together to achieve component production at this level
of complexity, it has to rank as almost being in the same league as
Miracles.
Hearty congratulations to those involved with much of the effort being
purely voluntary
Peter Howells Admin Officer SOCTFL
For further details about SOCTFL or the Cylinder Head Project contact
Mike Fisher at fshrmc@aol.com or on 01285 821640
For further details about the Cylinder heads of contact Roger Morrish
at Abinger Hammer Motors, Felday Road, Abinger Hammer, Dorking,
Surrey, UK RH5 6QX Tel: 01306 730427
, although quite expensive it has to be said!
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