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Re: Spitfire sprint

To: John Hobson <goalie_john@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Spitfire sprint
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 08:57:07 -0700
In 1978 the Dolomite Racing effort was reported to be making about 215 hp 
according to Graham Robson.  So one can assume that the
street version was somewhere just over 100 hp and maybe as high as 120 hp.

Joe



John Hobson wrote:
> 
> I'm not sure what hp it's rated as, anyone know?
> 
> --- "Michael D. Nugent, Ph.D." <nugentmd@gte.net> wrote: > Four banger,
> eh?  Over/under 100hp?
> >
> > John Hobson wrote:
> >
> > > The Triumph Dolomite Sprint was a very successful rally car, the
> > sprint
> > > is the engine used, a 2 litre lump.  Apparently Triumph were going to
> > use
> > > it in TR7s, but never got round to it.  The TR7 Sprint is quite a
> > popular
> > > conversion apparently.
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > > --- "Michael D. Nugent, Ph.D." <nugentmd@gte.net> wrote: > For those
> > of
> > > us who can only relate a Sprint to a 1960s Ford Falcon,
> > > > what is
> > > > a Sprint engine (cylinders, displacement, hp, decade, etc.)?
> > > >
> > > > Mike
> > > > Renton, WA
> > > >
> > > > John Hobson wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I bought a spitfire restoration manual the other day and it said
> > that
> > > > you
> > > > > could put a dolomite sprint engine into a Spitfire.  Has anyone
> > done
> > > > > this?  Is it easy to do?  I'm not planning on doing anything like
> > > > this,
> > > > > just intrigued about it.  You can pick Dolomite Sprints up quite
> > > > cheaply
> > > > > too.
> > > > >
> > > > > John
> > > > >
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