I never had any great plans to modify Daffy, but a friend (well, my wife's friend's husband) mentioned to me yesterday that he had a 2500 saloon sitting on his farm which he is going to scrap - the body is shot to pieces but he says the engine looks good. Of course, even the most destroyed engine could look good on the outside, but...
Is the engine in the 2500 saloon basically similar to the GT6 6-banger? If so, will it slot into a 1500 Spitfire with miniumum effort? What about the gearbox? Will it fit up to the existing 'box in my Spit (standard single-rail with O/D), which was re-con a couple of years ago? Or do I use the 'box from the 2500, in which case do I need a different gearstick etc? Engine and gearbox mounts - does it bolt straight down to the same mounts? What else would I need to complete the job? I assume: GT6 tacho (is it electronic or mechanical?) MkIII Bonnet - are these available in fibreglass (in the UK)? I can't really afford a new steel one, and s/h ones are hard to come by, particularly in Scotland Front springs, to cope with the heavier engine GT6 exhaust manifold, and presumably complete exhaust system (and I thought my stainless exhaust would last me forever...). Or is the 2500 manifold the same, in which case I'd just need the system from downstream of the manifold? I guess a brake upgrade to GT6-spec would be good, although that would be gutting as I only just finished spending proper money on some new Spit front calipers. Anything else I would need? I'm happy keeping the existing swing-spring rear suspension, if Triumph reckoned it was good enough for the later GT6s then it's good enough for me. I don't have a bunch of money to spend on this, and the car is pretty shabby-looking (but mechanically sound), so I'm certainly not aiming to do a perfect job. Thanks for any advice (inclding, if appropriate, give up now you're wasting your time!) Richard & Daffy This email and any attached files are confidential and copyright protected. If you are not the addressee, any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. Unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing, nothing stated in this communication shall be legally binding. /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
