It is Brother-in-law did it. His name is Dan Carrington and he lives in
Simi Valley. His email address is dan@thecarringtons.net
At 05:25 AM 11/29/2003, Group44TR7@aol.com wrote:
>FOTers
>
> Under California regulations, it is possible to upgrade a TR7 or TR8
>street car (or for that matter any other post 1973 Triumph) to a newer
>engine.
>The only caveat is that the car is then subject to the same emissions
>requirements of the model year of the car from which the upgraded engine was
>transferred. The only potentially negative part of this is the car would
>be subject to
>continuing air emissions requirements even after it reached the date that its
>model year became exempted from smog testing.
>
> I am curious as to whether anyone in FOT has investigated the option
>of replacing the TR7 or TR8 engine with a newer Rover V8 engine including the
>Rover's factory fuel injection. What year's in the Rover V8 are basically
>the
>same lineage as the TR8 engine? Is there somewhere were the Rover engines
>have
>been compared?
>
> Awhile back someone referred me to a person here in California who
> had
>done the conversion. Due to computer problems, I have lost my stored
>addresses and emails. Would appreciate a recontact.
>
>Cary
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