The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

RichardHyde wrote: ↑Tue Mar 15, 2022 11:23 am Red Line Tuning by Heathrow is also sadly long gone. Tony was proper old school and did everything by ear or feel….

Those were the days. Took mine to him a few times in its various guises.

Never seemed to strap anything down though. Which was interesting!!!

how much do the upright weighs, is the weight saving worth all the work?


The original Triumph ones weigh a fair bit!! more than I was expecting when I took them off, Maybe around 5kg but someone else will probably have better info.

Estimated for the one above was around 1kg

And it’s a ...

But go ahead and prove me wrong if you think you're good enough!

Steve

Come on Steve, that's not like you to be arrogant! I'm sure you didn't mean it that way. :D


Didn't mean to come off as arrogant! I'd kinda like to see it done, just as intelectual engineering interest!

Problems ...

I think it may be a case of cam profiles, I was once told that you need a mild cam for a turbo engine not high lift, Valve overlap etc and blowing through etc.

Malcolm (not sure what I'm talking about before coffee)


Id suggest the lack of ability to change profile between intake and exhaust ...

shaunroche wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 7:42 pm

new to this wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 7:34 pm Ive fitted 185/60/14 to my car,using Stag Alloys ive not had any clearance issues

Hmmm, that's interesting Dave, I wonder what the Stag offset is?

Even more important is that they are a different stud pattern!!!

The size should be determined by the piston manufacturer. AE and I believe Mahle have the bore size on the piston box for that particular piston but all manufacturers will have their own tolerance as not every piston is made of the same material.

Jeroen


https://i.postimg.cc/qzcc5RfZ/IMG-4664 ...

99,99% does without and it goes fine. When you have some time left you could torque only a head on the engineblock and measure the bores from the cranckshaft side and see the cylinders are marginally oval now. Nothing to worry.

Jeroen


Do you have any thoughts on piston to bore clearance. Book ...

Having decided to strip my engine down to sort out the bore scoring, ive been busy cleaning up the various parts.

Cleaning up the valve spring retainers, out of the 6 so far, 2 are cracked!!!!

No pics, phone was flat :(

Around the spring locating ring/shoulder.

The engine runs an STR91 cam, and ...

Has anyone used a BJS mount? Is it as good as a volvo one in actual service.

I need to replace the mount, and id prefer to keep it as original, but whilst the BJS one is no dobt better than the "other" one, is it as good as the Febi volvo one?

If there is a sample of drawing of something known to work, im happy to help getting them done.

But either way, count me as second on the list.

I guess you have to send your engineblock to NL then. First a skim of the deck with the engine clamped in the main bearing bore to have the deck flush with the cranckshaft bore and then a bore with the deck plate. Our deckplate is as large and alloy as a cylinderhead and torqued the same way so ...

soe8m wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 12:39 am

roger440 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 09, 2021 10:29 pm
According to my parts catalogue, only LHD cars were fitted with different springs left and right.

Is this incorrect?

RHD straight out of the UK..

Jeroen

I'll take a pic of the parts book tommorow. RHD same both sides. Sure of it.

series111 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 10, 2021 8:08 pm Yes PLease roger440 It would be handy to know is this the R----r springs you are measuring or are them from somewhere else.

No, these are genuine unused triumph springs.

I'll have a measure up. They are at work, so it will be early next week.

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In terms of the dizzy 123 I have been in discussions with Leen at the 123 Ignition Shop in Holland. At the present I am going to send my ...

There was talk back in the day, of it being possible to fit a LHD Montego (NOT Maestro as some have said, NO Maestros had PAS from new) PAS rack upside down (or back to front, or both) in a Dolomite and it would work (Sprint, I think) I've never even seen a LHD Montego, let alone a Dolomite using ...