pennell@isosvax.UUCP (T.A. Pennell) (12/21/84)
*** WANT TO BLOW AWAY BIGGER CARS WITH YOUR SPITFIRE? READ ON! ***
FOR SALE:
Race prepared Triumph Spitfire Mark I engine and transmission.
Basic engine is Mark I 'Big lifter' block (second series)
Bored to 1203 cc
Venolia light-alloy racing pistons with full-floating pins
and Teflon keeper buttons.
Balanced and shot-peened rods
Head ported, polished and cc'd.
Unbreakable 6061 aluminum rocker arms.
Light-alloy pushrods.
Kasner A7 cam (288 duration x .493 lift)
Mark II header (4 into 2 into 1)
Chrome crankshaft
HD oil pump
Baffled oil pan
Lightened flywheel
All rotating/reciprocating parts dynamically balanced
Has REAL 8500-rpm redline (has seen 9000 without harm)
Sorry, never been on dyno but suspect 125+ horsepower
4-speed Spitfire transmission (stock ratios)
This engine was overall Club points champion in 1983, running in G
Production class. Switched to GT-4 in 1984 and won Class championship.
Price with fresh bearings, rings and valve job $700.00 complete with
gearbox. Buyer pays shipping.
This is a very tractable engine and will idle smoothly at 1200-1400 rpm,
so is useful as street or slalom engine.
Interested parties call Tom Pennell at (602) 869-4053 8am-5pm MST weekdays
or (602) 951-8472 MST eves/weekends
*** NEED MONEY TO BUILD NEW MOTOR WITH MORE HORSEPOWER (CHANGING CLASSES) **