Posted by circus on 3/15/2008, 2:18 pm, in reply to "Re: easy drive train swap"
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Figures. The most unloved portion of the drive train is the hardest to swap out.
--Previous Message--
: Depends what you hate about it. Simplest
: way would be use the drivetrain from a
: later Spitfire (1500. Although the mk3
: (68) engine is arguably better than the
: 1500 engine the rest is the drivetrain
: is an improvement and more or less a
: direct swap. It is also possible to
: mix and match parts.
:
: Another route is to swap in parts from
: the GT6 which is a little more involved
: than the above but still pretty easy.
:
: Beyond that, lots of things have been
: tried over the years. Everything from
: electric to big V8. Depends on your
: ambitions, skill levels and depth of
: pockets...
:
: In my opinion a Toyota twincam 1600 and
: 5 speed sounds like a good route. The
: rear end is always the catch though as
: to sort this properly is quite serious
: work.
:
: Cheers
:
: Nick
:
: --Previous Message--
: I have a 68 spitfire. Love the car,
: hate
: the drive train. Is there a simple
: complete drive train swap from say a
: diesel or gas pickup. Looking for
: practical not useless.
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