[Fot] Any TR7 or TR8 racers in the group?

[GregKerr]

This is my first post so I hope I'm doing this correctly.

My name is Greg Kerr. I own a Triumph TR8 on the street. My friend Bruce 
Luke (TR3 owner) and I have just purchased an immaculate period correct 
racing TR7 from member Paul McDonald. Bruce and I raced
Spitfires together as young bucks in the 1970's and now that we've both just 
turned 60, we've decided to relive the foolishness of our youth and get back 
into racing. :-)

The car is very tricked out but currently has only a mildly modified TR7 
engine in it. This setup will be fine for our first season in 2013. We 
haven't raced for a long time so this engine will get us through driver's 
school and
our novice races in the first season.

For 2014 we're not quite sure what we want to with the engine but are 
considering a either a dolomite sprint engine or converting to the Rover 3.5 
V8. We already have a sprint head and also have two V8 engines.  I'm tending 
to lean towards
the V8 as I'm familiar with that engine but Bruce is keen on the sprint 
engine. Its really an either or, since we could go either way.

There is lots of tuning info and resources for the V8 in North America but 
we can't find any resources on the sprint engine on our side of the pond. 
Just wondering if anybody in the group has any experience or thoughts about
racing a standard TR7 8 valve vs dolomite sprint engine vs the V8.

Greg