[TR] Fwd: Re: Ford-powered TR4

[Kurt Johnson]

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:28:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kurt Johnson <kajohns64 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [TR] Ford-powered TR4
To: Skip Gurnee <skip47 at powernet.net>
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Just look at the engine compartment of a tr4-6.  that
space is just begging for a v-8.  The V-8 is a better
fit in a TR than the mgb or sunbeam tiger.  You know
if the Triumph engineers would have had the money to
play around with they would experimented with a small
block Ford or Chevy.  Hell, Shelby became a legend for
his Anglo-American Cobra.

I've been having evil thoughts thinking of my TR6 and
the 4.6 sohc in my Lincoln.  



--- Skip Gurnee <skip47 at powernet.net> wrote:

> There's a website devoted to putting V8 power into
> LBC's.  See:
> http://www.britishv8.org/index.htm
> There's several triumphs there, including a TR4 with
> a Chevy 427, and a
> spitfire with a (gulp!) Chevy 460!  The article on
> putting a Ford in a TR6
> said that the engine was actually LIGHTER than the
> stock TR, and they had do
> do some work to balance the car.
> As for breaking stuff, I can tell you that even
> though the TR gearbox was
> fitted to the Daimler SP 250 with a lovely hemi V8,
> it won't hold up for too
> long under Ford power.  The driveshaft and rear end
> probably would need
> changing, maybe a Dana 44 like the Corvettes....
> Skip Gurnee
> 64 TR4
> 66 TR4A
> 70 TVR original block, twice original power (how do
> you think I know about
> changing drivetrain components...?
> 
>  From: "Craig Foch" <cbfoch at charter.net>
> 
> 
> > I saw this advertised in Hemmings Motor News. I'll
> bet it runs like a
> > scalded cat, but for how long before something
> breaks?
> >
> > See http://www.showroomclassics.com/index.php and
> type "Triumph" in the
> > search field.
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