pervertJPB wrote:Mmm, Ital..
1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850
Re: 1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Re: 1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850
we had several marina/itals in our family including several vans...
Re: 1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850
Where cars are concerned, definitely! On the other hand, any rumours involving livestock, latex or leather may be taken with a pinch of salt. Other alliterative sequences are available.TerryG wrote:....pervert
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: 1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850
Have you been eavesdropping in the works tearoom?? Chatting to one of the mechanics with a P5B, who happens to have a spare 3.9 and box sat there doing not a lot!TerryG wrote:You could always put a v8 in it
What I want to do to it, and what I actually can be bothered to do are 2 different things
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Re: 1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850
2.6 IOE 6. It wouldn't be in there long....JPB wrote:Yep, a nice DOHC Triumph V8 would drop in nicely, or you could go for a crude pushrod device with a Rover label on it..
Landrovers and Welding go together like Bread and Butter. And in the wet they are about as structurally sound
Biting. It's like kissing except there's a winner
Biting. It's like kissing except there's a winner
Re: 1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850
Or you could ayeways do what Ken Wood did (no, not Vestel, who used the name of the once proud manufacturer of kitchen stuff on their cheap PVRs but Ken Wood, two words, rally driver extraordinaire) and fit a nice quad camshaft V6 in the Automite. In case anyone hasn't seen Ken at it, here's a link to some action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8GeiUdt0tY
More?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY0cz8JGzEg
(Fastest 2wd time on the Snowman seen there - by a Dolomite)!
Or that proper V8 that actually looks like it belongs. This is in a Toledo, but same engine bay layout so it'll work in a Dolly just as well. I say "well.." (it does start so bear with it):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDOhAbTHdsA
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: 1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850
Or, I could just flog it and buy a manual Sprintomite, would save the reply "It's not a ****ing Sprint" all the time
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flog it and buy a manual Sprintomite
You could, but where's the fun in that? Unless of course you did a 4" roof chop, shortened the body and drove it everywhere naked?
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
Re: 1972 Triumph Dolomite 1850
I really do need to keep clothing on!