[TR] The Standard-Triumph PE166 engine.

[John Macartney]

I was going through my huge library of (badly sorted) pictures today and
came across this sectioned view of the PE166 engine which I thought might be
of interest to those of you who speculate on various technical aspects of
S-T and BL history.

 

The PE 166 was designed as a replacement for David Eley's delightfully
simple in-line six pot that started life at 1998cc in 1960 for the Vanguard
Six / Triumph 2000 / Vitesse / GT6 and then morphed into the 2498cc unit we
(mostly) all know so well for the 2.5PI / TR5 / TR6.

 

While it was used extensively in the Rover SD1 for all markets outside the
US and Canada in 2300 and 2600 guises,  I don't think any of those smaller
engine variants that used the Ex-Buick V8 for North America and elsewhere,
ever crossed the Atlantic. I had three Rovers with this power unit (1x2300
and 2x2600) powering three company issued cars and I remember it with great
affection. It was very under-stressed, incredibly smooth running and had
more than enough power to move those quite heavy cars along. In fact, it was
very de-tuned to meet power and taxation regulations in mainland Europe and
the UK and was certainly capable of producing a lot more power than it
actually did - and with very little modification. You  can learn a bit more
about it on Wikipedia - just type PE166 engine into the search bar and you
can learn more.

 

Enjoy

 

Jonmac

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