The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

It all started at 2 .. and by 6 we had redused my short engine to a lump of pig iron.

Basically. the engine came apart nicely and its in good nick. there was a little bit too much float and the big end bearings on 2 and 3 where scored.

oily as ****. due to a front crank shaft seal letting go a couple of years back

i learnt alot and rich was having a laugh ripping such a simple engine apart after doing his sr20det nissan 200sx engine ( still in progress)

a picture tells a 1k words so. i give you. a dolomite 16v stripdown :thumbs:


Seems i ****ed this then.



ancillaries







Happy Mofo.



Flywheel off. oil pump out





Upended. the front crankcase is off. ( bottom pully was a complete s##t)



Now we are getting somewhere.

The Crank is in amazing cond.

In the Following three photos rich looks like a french worker.







Mains.







Waterpump and jackshaft removed. and its DONE!




Now for the rebuild

Watching this very closely, I have two old engines in my dads lockup that I should get round to refurbing this winter...

Is green the factory colour for the sprint engine,or is it painted that colour when reconditioned?I only ask because mine was green also,but it has got the original engine number stamped on the block as per Heritage certificate.I just wondered if mine has had any major work done to the block in its life..

Yes my spare 1850 engine has a green block too, this is an engine built on a factory short engine purchased in the early 1990's. My block doesn't have any engine numbers stamped on it anywhere.

the engine was reconned in 1993

Looks like it's coming along great! Excellent stuff

Going to be giving the block a lick of paint?

It's gotta be done!

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Sprintless for the first time in 35+ years. ... Still Sprintless.

Engines, Gearboxes, Overdrives etc. rebuilt. PM me.


1997 TVR Chimaera 450

the block is off being honed and im not sure what coulor the block is gonna be


was thinking black?

or taking it back to silver with the rocker cover being black a black block might be too much

Here's mine it's going to be unpainted.

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2009 Mini Clubman Cooper S Daily Driver.
1980 Dolomite Sprint with a touch of BLTS
Balanced Lightened and Tweaked 13B Rotary and SuperCharged.
Back in my possession 22 September 2019.
Rebuilding the Sprint time taken so far, 111Hrs@15/12/2020
212Hrs @31/12/2021
352 @ 28/11/2022
455Hrs @ 20/10/2023
480Hrs @ 14/03/2024
This is time taken at the Sprint not necessary time worked.

Working on a ratio of just 7Hrs a day not including driving to the Sprint.
That equals to 68 days that doesn’t include weekends.
Member TDC no 0471

Project 13B Sprint now back on.

its the mutts in that colour - no paint required. Most of mine are black - its oil based paint....

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Previous owner of 42 Dolomite shaped vehicles, 14 Sprints, 12 1850s, 8 1500s, 3 V8s, 3 Toledos and 2 SEs

Not sure if Martin has any smurf blue left over that you can borrow.

Another vote for black

Silver for the ajp though!

Don't paint the ajp, unneccessary mass

Tinweevil

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1978 Pageant Sprint - the rustomite, 1972 Spitfire IV - sprintfire project, 1968 Valencia GT6 II - little Blue, 1980 Vermillion 1500HL - resting. 1974 Sienna 1500TC, Mrs Weevils big brown.

Nice work there chaps, but is it only me that has to fumble around in the back of a draughty/damp garage rather than these plush workshops

Andy

I've gradually progressed my garage space over the years. Firstly we had a single garage in a compound at the back of my flat with no power, then when we moved, I had a similar sized garage in a compound but mine was the end one so was able to access straight from my back garden plus this one had power. Still not enough room to work in properly though. When we decided we were going to move house again, I said I wanted a double garage or at least room to build one. So we bought our present house which had a single garage but was extended to a double within a year...and it's got a remote control roller door!

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Sprintless for the first time in 35+ years. ... Still Sprintless.

Engines, Gearboxes, Overdrives etc. rebuilt. PM me.


1997 TVR Chimaera 450