With the resurgence of the more power topic and engine swaps... The
latest edition of Triumph World is out. For those of you that haven't seen
it. This issue spotlights a couple of engine swap cars. One is a 1971 MkIV
Spitfire that has been converted to a convertible GT6 on anabolic steroids.
It has a Tri-carb 2.5 litre worked over engine. The owner is claiming 0-60
in 6 seconds and a top speed around 135mph. This article does go into
detail on the swap for all of you Herald based car owners out their
salivating for TR power. :-) According to the article, this same set
up (or one similar) was even theorized by the factory. The project was
stopped because it was though that such a beast would have hurt the sales
of the TR range. Of course this makes one think. If they could have
developed the Herald based Sports Cars into the TR range? How much further
could the TR range have been developed?
Stag owners are not forgotten either, for there is also a highly modified
Stag in this issue. It has so many upgrades, it would be hard to list them
all here.
All of the above articles plus the rest of this wonderful magazine. (No
financial interest...)
Shawn Loseke
1972 TR6
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