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) **