Spitfire engine??????

[Danny Roff]

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)

[les]

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!

[bmcecosse]

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.

[plastic_orange]

Triumph engine isn't the best, especially the 1500 - better off with an A series.

Pete

[mike.perry]

A 27 ltr Merlin engine is a bit large for a Minor

[bmcecosse]

Fuel consumption would be quite heavy too......

[MarkyB]

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 .

[dalebrignall]

37 litre griffon would be better .

[mike.perry]

A Griffon would be a little nose heavy

[pfgiz]

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.....