Owner: Diane Gaskin
City: Feilding NZ
Car Model: MK 4 Triumph Spitfire
Old Engine: Triumph 1300
New Engine: Toyota 4AGE 16 valve slivertop
Cooling: Mazda RX3 alloy radiator electric fan
Exhaust: Custom
Front Susp.: Triumph new bushes springs and shocks
Rear Susp.:Triumph, New transverse leaf spring, bushes and shocks
Brakes: Triumph
(master) STD
(front) After market vented discs
(rear) Std drum
Wheels/Tires: 13" hot wire mags Tiers TBA
Body Mods: New paint, V Green ??
Interior: Mazda MX 5 seats
Out with the old
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RWD 4AGE and T50 combo
4Age.jpg
First trial fit. Trying to get engine to sit back and low as poss. Alloy radiator will need to mount lower
Spity4age+radiatorRHS.jpg
Removed the sump as bowl is at front of engine, right where the crossmember is.
sumpoff.jpg
Also steering rack and harmonic balancer clash.Trimmed the large pully to get front of engine lower.
steeringrackclearance.jpg
Fire wall - tappet cover clearance. Heater hoses fuel lines etc to be sorted
Firewallclearance.jpg
LHS engine mount. Main plate tacked in. Front brace to be welded in once thats all done
EnginemountLHS2.jpg
RHS engine mount, steering shaft has to be clear.
enginemountRHS2.jpg
Gear box rear mount. Needs more clearance at the back. Gear box support was custom made.
T50LHSrear2.jpg
T50LHSrear.jpg
T50RHSrear.jpg
Clutch lever and chassie need some work.
clutcharmchassie.jpg
Trimed off the end of clutch arm, and knotching the chassie for arm and slave cylinder clearance.
clutcharmRHS.jpg