Spitfire spit6

[72spit6]

just joined the forum a couple days ago and thought i would share some pictures of my project a 72 spitfire that will one of these days have a gt6 motor in it


https://i768.photobucket.com/albums/xx327/wekeisler/DSCF0504.jpg
https://i768.photobucket.com/albums/xx327/wekeisler/DSCF0089.jpg

 

[dklawson]

Welcome. My Spitfire is also a '72 and it's a project not currently on the road.

 

[Bob Claffie]

Has anyone ever done a GT4+ ? The reverse of a Spit6. Seems it would be better balanced without that big lump under the hood and stop really well with the large brakes carrying less weight. Bob

 

[John_Mc]

But we LIKE big lumps under the hood!

 

[Andrew Mace]

Has anyone ever done a GT4+ ? The reverse of a Spit6. Seems it would be better balanced without that big lump under the hood and stop really well with the large brakes carrying less weight. Bob

Actually, yes. There's a guy by the name of Robert Totten in eastern Massahchusetts who has made essentially a Le Mans Spitfire replica.

You can see a photo or two, and a description, here.

 

[72spit6]

i love the big lump under the hood and with no roof on stop makes it even better the coupe is fun but not fun enough to put a 4 in when if you want a real rood with a four just throw on the hard top

 

[MDCanaday]

Has anybody tried a miata drive line in the Spitfire? it would seem like a good match for the chassis....it was designed for dual Webers,and makes 150 hp in this form.....
MD

 

[72spit6]

there is actually a guy that lives a couple miles from me that i met at a show a year ago that did that. he said the only problem with it was high way speeds the front got a little light since the miata set up is actually lighter than the spitfire set up.

 

[JPSmit]

how does the 6 compare in external size to the 4? Is this something you could put in a Midget 1500?

 

[Andrew Mace]

The Triumph six was based on the "SC" (small car) four, so it's pretty much half again as long as a Spitfire/Midget 1500 engine. Not sure you could stuff that six into a Midget?

 

[swift6]

There is barely room in the midget for the 1500. Your best bet for more than 4 cylinders in any of the spridgets is to go for a "V" configuration. I know a guy that is building a frankenstein midget with a Ford V6. It seems fairly interesting, but I'm not sure I would want to drive it.

 

[jsfbond]

My long time mechanic friend has a 1961 midget with an Olds 315 V8 stuffed in it, and except for the fifty series rubber on all four corners it looks like any other LBC. Until you fire it up! The exhaust was all custom, and the Ford rear end was cut down to about as narrow as you can get. First and second are like new because you can melt the rear tires down starting out in third. He calls it his "Chinese" car.

 

[tomshobby]

There is barely room in the midget for the 1500. Your best bet for more than 4 cylinders in any of the spridgets is to go for a "V" configuration. I know a guy that is building a frankenstein midget with a Ford V6. It seems fairly interesting, but I'm not sure I would want to drive it.

Here is one you might try!
https://www.h1v8.com/H2.html

 

[71MKIV]

I gotta go find the picture, but last year at Carlisle there was a fella with a midget with a Jag OH cam 6 in it.

 

[DNK]

My neighbor in the 70's use to talk about the Jag V-12 they stuck in a Spridget in the NE somewhere. Fuzzy memory

 

[Bob Claffie]

Read a thread the other night written by a guy putting a Miata in a MK2 or 3 Spitfire. Total nightmare as the Miata engine is much taller than the Spit and the gearbox is wider. Lots of custom fab incl motor mounts trany mount driveshaft, cooling, exhaust, instruments, heater etc. etc. Basically, why bother ? Bob

 

[John_Mc]

I gotta go find the picture, but last year at Carlisle there was a fella with a midget with a Jag OH cam 6 in it.

Was it THIS ONE? Found this, and many others at www.britishv8.org

 

[71MKIV]

Sure looks like it. Driving lights, red stripes, lotsa chrome and/or polished aluminum. Sounded sweet, but I can't but imagine that it would be a foul beast to drive in anything but a straight line with the car trying to turn around and see who's driving.

 

[72spit6]

its quite impressive looking

 

[Rhodyspit75]

I can't believe no one saw this car in the March 2008 edition of Classic Motorsports Magazine. There is an article that covers the whole upgrade.