uiceJ7

I appreciate you have an opinion on the matter so thanks for sharing, but more specifically what is it that makes it a poor choice and so incompatible in your opinion?  At this point all I have is it is too heavy and tall. Is there an issue with fouling at the top of the engine? The stock pinto is more powerful than the original Spitfire engine plus it is easily tunable so the extra weight can be accounted for by increasing the power. Or is the problem with the pinto is it just doesn't meet what you expect a Triumph to have?

Hi, I am a new member here and not yet a Triumph owner. I have been offered the chance to buy a 1964 Spitfire 4. I am hoping this community can offer some advice.  I don't know too much about the car (or Triumphs generally) but I have been told it has a factory hard top, the engine and gearbox has been removed and it will require some level of restoration. I'm going to look at the car on Friday, so I'll have a clearer picture then.  Is there anyone here that has swapped a pinto engine and type 9 gearbox into one of these cars? Is there any modifications that will be needed to make it fit? I have seen an old thread here and the consensus was that the pinto will be too tall and heavy with suggestions of something more modern. However I am specifically looking at the pinto engine swap as I already have a donor car that I would be taking the engine and gearbox from. If the body and chassis isn't too bad and a pinto engine swap not too difficult it might be a viable project for me.  Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.