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1. TR3 V8 Conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 13:20:34 -0700; Not wishing to offend the purists, but does anyone know if a small block chevy / auto trans will easily fit in the TR3 engine compartment? I've seen a few TR4s with V8s but haven't seen a TR3 yet. pw; /html/triumphs/2001-06/msg00497.html (7,251 bytes)
2. Re: TR3 V8 Conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 14:06:24 -0700; I've looked into it a bit, made some measurements. It's absolutely impossible with the stock steering. If you convert to R&P, and loose that cute turn signal head in the center of the steering wheel; /html/triumphs/2001-06/msg00498.html (9,025 bytes)
3. Re: TR3 V8 Conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 17:19:51 EDT; Paul, A Chevy will fit, but it's tight. A Ford 302 is a better choice, as it's narrower and a lot lighter. A Rover will also fit, but it's just about as big as the Chevy, so it's a tight fit also. Se; /html/triumphs/2001-06/msg00500.html (8,482 bytes)
4. Re: TR3 V8 Conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 17:25:27 -0400; Randall, might that club member be Julian Burns? If anyone wants to reference the car, it can be seen in the October / November 1999 issue of Triumph World. The car has a 3.5L V8 from a TR8 (Rover S; /html/triumphs/2001-06/msg00501.html (9,319 bytes)
5. Re: TR3 V8 Conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 15:43:45 -0700; Yes, that's the name. Thanks for supplying the details, Kai. Julian's car is very nicely done, far more memorable than his name <g> Randall; /html/triumphs/2001-06/msg00509.html (8,066 bytes)
6. Re: TR3 V8 Conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 21:09:59 -0500; Carroll Shelby knew that. He didn't use the Ford engine because he was a Ford fan. He used it because it was narrower. Worked for Griffith, too. My personal take is that if my TR4 4-banger lost the; /html/triumphs/2001-06/msg00530.html (9,020 bytes)
7. Re: TR3 V8 Conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 21:28:31 EDT; Phil, According to the info I've been able to gather, the Ford 302, with aluminum heads, complete and ready to run, weighs about 65 pounds more than the Rover V8 in comparable ready to run condition; /html/triumphs/2001-06/msg00730.html (10,225 bytes)
8. Re: TR3 V8 Conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 12:27:22 EDT; Greg, No, I'm sorry, but I don't agree with you. No brake improvements are required to account for the extra power. If the brakes are adequate to stop the car from all reasonable speeds now, they wil; /html/triumphs/2001-06/msg00769.html (10,096 bytes)
9. RE: TR3 V8 Conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 10:29:50 -0700; Hi Dan That's true, assuming the cars are the same mass (although didn't you say your V8 is a tad heavier than the stock lump ?). BUT, the other consideration is heat dissipation. Your car with 'thre; /html/triumphs/2001-06/msg00773.html (8,319 bytes)
10. Re: TR3 V8 Conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 19:06:24 FILETIME=[1B40D850:01C0F505]; In any case, a wise man... indeed. I have always felt that whenever a significant change is made to what the designers originally intended, a careful review if the entire system as a whole should be; /html/triumphs/2001-06/msg00784.html (8,748 bytes)
11. Re: TR3 V8 Conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 15:11:51 -0400; required adequate required I think I agrued this with Dan once before, and I still don't agree with him. He is correct however, if you're going the same speed in a car that weighs 2000lb, and then in; /html/triumphs/2001-06/msg00785.html (10,143 bytes)
12. Re: TR3 V8 Conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 15:41:30 EDT; Randall, Actually, the car will weigh LESS - about 25-35 pounds less. The engine itself weighs 35 pounds less than the stock engine, as hard as that is to believe. Twice the displacement, 3.46 times; /html/triumphs/2001-06/msg00790.html (10,724 bytes)
13. Re: TR3 V8 Conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 14 Jun 01 13:00:24 -0700; Oh? Given a constant braking power, your stopping time & distance is a function of Velocity when brakes are applied and Mass. If your mass stays the same in an engine swap you will stop just as quic; /html/triumphs/2001-06/msg00793.html (9,875 bytes)
14. Re: TR3 V8 Conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 12:55:33 -0700; The argument about the engine creating more force has an inherent flaw. Unless your throttle sticks open, you are not fighting the engine's force when braking. You are only fighting the inertia of th; /html/triumphs/2001-06/msg00794.html (11,427 bytes)
15. Re: TR3 V8 Conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 17:07:10 -0400; Message text written by TeriAnn Wakeman function of Velocity when brakes are applied and Mass. If your mass stays the same in an engine swap you will stop just as quickly from the same Velocity as yo; /html/triumphs/2001-06/msg00801.html (9,112 bytes)
16. Re: TR3 V8 Conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 22:28:27 -0400; Kai, Kai, Kai, what are you thinking? How does the true statement that " the quicker you [are] able to accelerate the more force your car is carrying" have anything to do with STOPPING??? Stopping i; /html/triumphs/2001-06/msg00812.html (9,362 bytes)
17. Re: TR3 V8 Conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 19:32:22 -0700; Can't resist throwing this hypothesis out on the table while this debate is going on, at the risk of public ridicule and embarrassment. A V-8 is likely to have more compression or resistance to turni; /html/triumphs/2001-06/msg00814.html (10,793 bytes)
18. Re: TR3 V8 Conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 00:36:35 -0400; the quicker you [are] do with STOPPING??? The only way you need gear and a foot on the gas If you're carrying a heavier engine, and you are able to get to a higher speed quicker, you now have the gr; /html/triumphs/2001-06/msg00819.html (9,208 bytes)
19. Re: TR3 V8 Conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 22:03:26 -0700; Just my two cents worth, but has anyone looked at the Toyota 22R engine for a TR3-6?? Available in tunes from 130 to 245 hp, 4 cyl SOHC carb or EFI, very light and reliable. OR is the thought of a Ja; /html/triumphs/2001-06/msg00820.html (9,103 bytes)
20. RE: TR3 V8 Conversion (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 23:54:25 -0700; Yes... more weight means more momentum... but as Dan clearly states, he is actually a little bit LIGHTER than stock setup. And how quickly you got up to any particular speed has NOTHING to do with th; /html/triumphs/2001-06/msg00823.html (10,000 bytes)

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