Sorry you feel that way...
FWIW, My 74' 1500cc has round about 105,000 since rebuild. The last time
I checked the compression all was fine (144psi). Cant say it was an
isolated case either, my Dads and 2 Uncles all are in the low 90,000 mile
range. Maybe it was the way I was brought up or somthing.....
Guess Im just a Triumph Purest....
Just me.... Playing Nice
At 08:11 PM 8/3/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Don't be so flamboyant. If I wasn't doing the V8 conversion to my spit
the frame would have collapsed within a year. Some cars are pretty easy to
restore to original condition; others are
>sometimes best left to be parts for others. With what I'm doing to my
spit, I've resurected a car and hopefully made it even better.
>
>There are lots of reasons for wanting to replace the engine in a spit. I
think the engine in a mark IV is better, but the 1500s really need a bit of
a rebuild every 50,000 miles or so.
>Play nice.
>
NA Campiglia III
Abilene, TX
http://camalott.com/~spitdrvr
'67 MkIII, '74 1500, '76 1500
Triumphs and Homebrew, what else could you want?
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