DOLOMITE 135

[john 16v]

THIS is a boot badge for auction on e-bay.<br>
states badge is rare. never heard of it!

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[jo]

this badge is pretty rare seem to remember a few sprints with it but not very many think it had them on the pillars<br>
and the boot<br>


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[simon]

There was one at a event I was last at.It went for big money. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :smokin --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... smokin.gif ALT=":smokin"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br>
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[jo]

i meant 135 they didn't all come in yellow either

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[LenHughes EPX347L]

There is a previous thread on the 135. Briefly it was the original name for the Sprint but because the engines could not deliver a constant 135bhp is was changed to Sprint.

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[speedracer]

here's one:<br>
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speedracer

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[alun n]

None were actually sold as 135s, the badges became available afterwards and personalisation occured. Home made badge engineering if you like. SNG Barrett used to have boxes full of them but now they are Jag only they seem to have "forgotten" all things Triumph!<br>
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Now if someone finds a "Swift" badge that would be a true rarity!!

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[george]

they did come with the badges on but i didnt see very many when i was at the main triumph / rover dealers i worked for and they wernt early ones either they infact were about 75 / 76 ish

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[SMIFTER]

Alg1K has one on his car - I think he's aiming to put a zero on the end of it<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START ;) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... s/wink.gif ALT=";)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->

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[MaddMart]

A guy was selling one of these at Cosford. He wanted £30 for it but it was nowhere near as good condition as the one on ebay.

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[Stan Part]

They did produced early cars as 'Dolomite 135'. I knew someone who had one as a company car, Yellow, all the Sprint bits just a 135 badge as a difference.

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[speedracer]

Here's a thought - where does the extra 8 (supposedly) unreliable horsepower come from to make 135bhp from 127bhp??<br>
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speedracer

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[Jod Clark]

It probably isn't extra BHP as such, more that the variations in production engine spec meant that 127 BHP was a truer typical output. <br>
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I would hazard a guess that a properly built Sprint engine with everything at optimum tolerances (...blueprinted) would easily make 135 BHP with good reliability. I would guess that even with a warm camshaft and big carbs (170ish BHP) it could still be reliable, if a little lumpy round town.<br>
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Jod

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[bodgerben]

Dunno about an extra 8, how about an extra 47!<br>
Reading 'The Works Triumphs' the Group 1 cars - Standard carbs, cam etc. were making 174 bhp, with a rev limit of 8200!<br>
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You can relatively easily match the inlet manifold to the inlet ports, and make sure the inlet ports have no obstructions. Also the su's can be modified (being about the only carb than can) - getting 8 bhp, or even 20 bhp, may be possible.<br>
Also bear in mind that this was 'new', new cam, followers, dizzy, carbs manifold etc. You can easily loose 10bhp from having a duff set of dizzy springs!<br>
Ben<br>
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[Jon Tilson]

I doubt that somehow with a std cam.<br>
I also heard that Sprint engines have to be seriously well balanced to get much past 6500 with any safety.<br>
Jonners

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