William Elliott wrote:
>
> Dan Masters writes: <<Just for the record, a TR6 crank weighs 63 pounds.
> A Ford V8 crank weighs 40 pounds (You didn't ask, but I'll tell you anyway --
> a TR6 bare block weighs 134 pounds vs 127 for an iron Ford V8 block).
>
> Umm....So..... it seems the optimal setup might be a properly-prepared
> British roadster using a Ford V-8. Interesting... ...wonder why somebody
> didn't think about that sooner?
I think a goodly number of people have (including Dan, since he's well
into that conversion). I've seen a few small-block V8 swaps into
Triumphs, some good, some horrible (particularly, a Chevy 350 into a TR4
which included, for some strange reason, a swap to Nissan truck spindles
at the front), and one outrageous (a blown, fuel-injected Ford small
block in a TR7). (!)
Cheers.
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My other Triumph runs, but....
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