The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

Aaaah, I missed this place. Felt like I'd lost a leg and the temporary forum was boring.

Yay for teething troubles, I hope they're sorted now



So, back to the usual then!

That's better...now where were we

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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

glad the forums back, I was beginning to get the shakes!

Cheers
Mark

Ah, home sweet home.

jeez how high is that Sprint! Mine sits with the rear tyres almost inline with the back arches

unless it's full of tr engines

mine are inside the rear arches, you kind of feel that on the bumps, as the exhaust clanks the axle or something. Never been looking underneath there when it happens!

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

that sprint in the pic at the top is standard height on new springs etc, which totally backs up what I said on a previous post on the old board where everyone was arguing over lowering 2" is too much, no its not, blah blah.

you could take 2.5" - 3" off the height of that thing and get away with it, my point being that most folk see that as too high, and probably have boaty like handling so therefore opt for 1" lower and people commonly see the 1" lowered cars as the bench mark. the other point I made is that 5 yrs down the line, even if was untouched, that car wouldnt be sitting that high anyway.

Yer good point

When I got it



With some weight in it


Two complete TR7 engines




And sitting on a funny angled mound. When Richard had his 205 GTi it would sit on 3 wheels when parked there!