Posted by JohnD on 3/16/2008, 7:53 am, in reply to "Re: easy drive train swap"
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Circus,
'68 Spitfire = Mk3.
What's so unloved about the rear end?
Your engine cannot burst it, anymore than pull the skin off a rice pudding! Big Smiley!
If it's the handling then there has been tons written about how to improve it, briefly camber compensator or go to a swing spring, lower the car by raising the spring, stronger front ARB and more front camber. etc. etc.
If you have fitted some ginormous engine, then you are on your own, though much has been written about that too. The only person I know who has fitted coil overs to the back of his Triumph has endless problems with reliability. Someone on the Club Triumph site is presently fitting his with coil overs, by rebuilding the rear chassis - it's that big a job.
But good luck and please keep us informed!
JOhn
--Previous Message--
: Figures. The most unloved portion of the
: drive train is the hardest to swap out.
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: 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.
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: Another route is to swap in parts from
: the GT6 which is a little more involved
: than the above but still pretty easy.
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: 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...
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: 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
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: 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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