Subject: [TR] Sabrina Engines?

From: William Brewer <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 18:34:15 +0000 (UTC)

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=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 So in my TR3 compendium book it shows the TR3A LeM=
ans cars with their Sabrina DOHC engines. Very little data is provided. I w=
as just wondering, does anyone know if the short block of the Sabrina engin=
es is the same as the stock TR3A block with a custom head or were they cust=
om blocks as well? I have access to laser scanning, CAD and 5-axis milling.=
 I was wondering if a guy could laser scan a Sabrina head, get it cast and =
then 5-axis machine it and shoehorn it under the bonnet of a TR3A. If it wa=
s possible, someone would have probably already did it.=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0 Does anyone know if a hot TR3 cam would have worked in a Sabrina or =
if it was some custom cam size/length? It seems like Triumph would have rai=
ded the parts bins for parts rather than get too sophisticated.=20
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Does anyone know if an original Sabrina engine sti=
ll exists? I suspect that they don't exist anymore.=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
 Does anyone know how many Sabrina engines were made?=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0 Just random musings of a madman who should be working at his job, but i=
s bored.
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 -Bill Brewer=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Tehacha=
pi, CA

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=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461867310582_6997">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; So in my=
 TR3 compendium book it shows the TR3A LeMans cars with their Sabrina DOHC =
engines. Very little data is provided. I was just wondering, does anyone kn=
ow if the short block of the Sabrina engines is the same as the stock TR3A =
block with a custom head or were they custom blocks as well? I have access =
to laser scanning, CAD and 5-axis milling. I was wondering if a guy could l=
aser scan a Sabrina head, get it cast and then 5-axis machine it and shoeho=
rn it under the bonnet of a TR3A. If it was possible, someone would have pr=
obably already did it.</div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461867310582_7195=
" dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Does anyone know if a hot TR3 cam wo=
uld have worked in a Sabrina or if it was some custom cam size/length? It s=
eems like Triumph would have raided the parts bins for parts rather than ge=
t too sophisticated. <br></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461867310582_7=
165" dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Does anyone know if an original S=
abrina engine still exists? I suspect that they don't exist anymore.</div><=
div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461867310582_7233" dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb=
sp;&nbsp; Does anyone know how many Sabrina engines were made?</div><div id=
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sp; Just random musings of a madman who should be working at his job, but i=
s bored.</div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461867310582_7300" dir=3D"ltr">=
<br></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461867310582_7303" dir=3D"ltr">&nbs=
p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -Bill Brewer</div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461867=
310582_7304" dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tehachapi, CA</div>=
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From: Hoyt Duff <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 03:08:03 -0400

Here's a story about the restoration of one such car.
http://www.the-roadster-factory.com/Images/Customer-restorations/Runyan/TRS-restoration-folder/TRS%20restoration.html

While it is the TRS version of the LeMans car - not the TR3S, it is
the same Sabrina engine. And it has some pictures.

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Hoyt

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From: Hoyt Duff <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 03:11:58 -0400

And some conversation about the Sabrina engine.
http://www.tr-register.co.uk/forums/index.php?/topic/15524-sabrina-engines/

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Hoyt