rotten herald Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 I currently have a good bare shell for a 1500hl, having been restored in the last 2 years.somebody stole the engine and box, i assume for a herald.the question is what goes in?I'm currently looking at two options;a vauxhall v6 24vor a ford v6 24v,the problem is finding either of the above with a manual box.and dimensionaly they should fit, the problem then is the exhausts how do you make them fit?other thing, does anyone have a sprint rear axle VA------S ie the powerlock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SprintV8 Posted July 17, 2004 Share Posted July 17, 2004 Vauxhall V6 24v gearbox look at a Omega / Calton.Manual Box with the Ford Cossie V6 24V your be lucky only six where made and they where for the Police nearly all ended up Crashed.There is a manual American box (Mustang you'll need to check this) which fit's the Ford Big Bucks though.Powerlok Sprint diff try www.SprintParts.Triumphowners.com in Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotten herald Posted July 17, 2004 Author Share Posted July 17, 2004 could the mt75 be adapted to fit?i am working on surrey amulance at the moment, they have a cossie amulance with manual box, we bought an auto one off them a couple of years ago. i need to find out what the box is though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Keys Posted July 18, 2004 Share Posted July 18, 2004 If your going to that amount of effort, go for a Rover V8. its a tight squeeze, but it will go! Mated with a Rover 5 speed box, makes for a quick car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotten herald Posted July 20, 2004 Author Share Posted July 20, 2004 true, but they have been done. and where i live i need a sound tht stands out, there are too many v8s locally.i have two ford v8s, my mate has a mg with v8, theres two merc v8s, a transam, and a aston, all within a mile.the v6s should keep the q car appeal. the v8 sound is too blatant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 You could always turn it into a Dolomite 2500HL. There was an article in Triumph World a bit back about a chap who'd dropped a straight six into a 1500. It was a bit short on details, but he said it fit surprisingly well and the biggest problem was the radiator. I think he ended up with a modern, long, thin alloy thing out of a Mini Cooper (last of the old style Mini, not a MINI). It'd be a nice big engine but still a Triumph. I think I read of one V8 Dolly where, rather than squeeze the engine in, the bloke lengthened the front end of the car, grafting an extra two inches in at the rear end of the front wings! Seems a drastic way of getting it to fit, but if you've got the necessary welding skills etc, then why not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotten herald Posted July 28, 2004 Author Share Posted July 28, 2004 still, i want something that hasn't been done before.i think the straight would put the weight a little to far forward. started to look at modern 16valvers, now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SprintV8 Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 SpitfireQThe front of the front wing's where lenghten by 2 inche's.Bonnet is in the same position,I could of got round this by moving the engine the same amount backward's towards the bulkhead,Chose this route as the Prop/gearbox and all the other part's can/could be swapped with standard Triumph part's so no lenghty day's of the road or having part's made.If I was to do it over again I would go for the Vauxhall 16v or Ford 16v (Belt driven Zetec) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Blank Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 hi spitfireQ, while it won't be original, why not just put a dolly sprint engine in and tune it to all hell? you can get 180 plus bhp out of that engine quite easily and they go like stink when they're set up right. i've got a mate with a fast dolly sprint that does immoral things to much bigger cars on a local racetrack. mind you, he has steel balls..... most of his passing is done under braking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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