Posted by Let me reword. Which vehicle c on 3/18/2008, 2:24 pm, in reply to "Re: easy drive train swap"
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Let me reword. Which vehicle chassis works under Spitfire sheetmetal?
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: Well, you can loose the 4.11 easy enough.
: You can use the 3.89 from later Spit
: (mk4 or US spec 1500)or OD equipped
: GT6, the 3.63 from a UK or Canadian
: 1500 (or gears from a TR7 4 speed axle
: buil into a 3.89 casing). You could
: even use the 3.27 from a non-od GT6
: although that is probably too tall for
: a 1300.
: All of these are near enough a direct
: swap - you just have to change the UJ
: flanges to match the larger flanges on
: the diff.
:
: The other alternative is to fit an
: overdrive gearbox or 5 speed which
: gives relaxed highed speed cruising
: without taking your acceleration.
:
: Nick
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: Just the 4.11 ratio. Your right, I
: can't kill it but it's killing all the
: fun.
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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
:
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: 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.
:
: 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
:
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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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