Spitfire engine??????
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Spitfire engine??????
just need a little advice as to the work needed to replace my 71 travs 1098 with a spitfire engine
1300/ 1500 does it make it any harder to fit one or the other
can i use existing gear box?
any other recomendations apart from this (on a budget)
1300/ 1500 does it make it any harder to fit one or the other
can i use existing gear box?
any other recomendations apart from this (on a budget)
Re: Spitfire engine??????
If money's an issue a more straightforward A series swap is best, simply because it's a known quantity. Mind you, that's not necessarily cheap!
Re: Spitfire engine??????
Not an easy swop at all - and no - you would need the Triumph (assuming not Supermarine?) gearbox with different prop shaft, and exhaust would also need extensive changes.
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Re: Spitfire engine??????
Triumph engine isn't the best, especially the 1500 - better off with an A series.
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Re: Spitfire engine??????
You aren't kidding, I saw one run in a torpedo boat.
The guy put a pint of petrol in a milk bottle and dipped the pipe to the tank in it.
Just enough for it to go BRUMMMMMM I'll never forget that sound .
The guy put a pint of petrol in a milk bottle and dipped the pipe to the tank in it.
Just enough for it to go BRUMMMMMM I'll never forget that sound .
"Once you break something you will see how it was put together"
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Re: Spitfire engine??????
owning and working on both of these on a regular basis I can recommend staying with the a series. You can get a 1275 and tweak it up a little it will give you basically what the 1500 does on the Spitfire.... As for fuel economy I get about the same from both the Traveller and the Spitfire, but the Spit is a lot lighter than the Trav... Ease of maintainence, can't beat the a series.... get yourself the tuners guide to the a series and have some fun with what you've got, you'll be surprised.....
Peter Gisby.