Building a Reliable Spitfire Engine
for High Performance  v1.45
    Title Page | Table of Contents | I-Forward  | II-The  Golden  RuleIII-Use Which engine?
    IV
-The Cylinder Head | V-The Induction System | VI-The Ignition System | VII-The Engine Block
    VIII-
Appendix of  Interest | IX-My Engine | X-Bibliography

 

Bibliography and Helpful Persons:

At this time most of the below companies have web sites, all books are available from Amazon.Com and the people below can be contacted for a chat & help through their workplace.

People & companies:

bulletMark Field of Jigsaw Racing Services: In TTG supplier list
bulletTerry Hurrell of Triumph Tune: Tel: 0208 867 2025
bulletGower & Lee: carburettor specialists
bulletFrozen Solid: Cryogenic tempering Suffolk UK:
Tel: 01449 674 914 (£600 for engine & gearbox)
bulletEMS Engine Machining Services
Web: WWW.ENGINE-MACHINING-SERVICES.CO.UK
bulletCES Power Buckingham UK: Tel: 01280 815 333 Web: http://WWW.RACECAR.CO.UK/CES800/

Books & Publications:

bulletMoss Europe: Triumph Tune Performance Manual
bulletJon Wolfe: The Guide To Modifying Your Triumph Spitfire
bulletBL: Official Competition Preparation Manual & Repair Operations Manual
bulletGraham Robison: Triumph Spitfire & GT6 File
bulletDes Hammill: How to blueprint & build a 4 cylinder short block for high performance
bulletAllan Staniforth: Race & Rally Car Source Book
bulletDavid Hardcastle: Tuning Rover V8 engines
bulletHaynes: Weber Carburettors & Spitfire Workshop Manual
bulletDavid Vizard: Theory & Practise of Cylinder Head modification
bulletDavid Vizard: How to Build Horsepower (volumes 1 & 2)
bulletLarry Atherton: Desktop Dynos, Using computers to build & test engines
bulletKelsey Publishing: Practical Classics, Spitfire Restoration
bulletSA Design: Engine Blueprinting, Practical Methods for Race & Rebuild
bulletRace Car Magazine
bulletCars & Car Conversions Magazine
bulletForbes Aird: The Racers Encyclopedia of Metals, Fibers & Materials

 

Places to Buy The Parts Mentioned in The Guide:

bulletRover V8 Engines: RPI ENGINEERING
bulletAmerican V8 Engines: REAL STEEL
bulletUsed Weber carbs: Back of MOTORING NEWS Weekly paper
bulletNew Weber carbs, Exhaust wrap, Air filters, ARP Fasteners and MUCH more besides: RALLY DESIGN (in TTG Suppliers guide)
bulletRoller Rockers, chrome moly push rods, rocker pedestal spacers, vernier duplex timing chains, fast road camshafts, manifolds (inlet & exhaust), ignition components, Stainless valves, Valve springs, guides etc. etc. TRIUMPH TUNE (of Moss Europe)
bulletWeber & SU Carb parts & rebuild service: GOWER & LEE, CARBURETTOR SPECIALISTS
bulletMany other bits: JIGSAW RACING SERVICES
bulletHead gas flow work: CES POWER, THE CYLINDER HEAD SHOP
Web: WWW.THECYLINDERHEADSHOP.CO.UK
bulletBLYSENSTEIN ENGINEERING
bulletAluminium Radiators, Intercoolers, dry sump kits & Charge coolers PACE PRODUCTS,
web: WWW.PACEPRODUCTS.CO.UK

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