Lee Janssen's TR6
Greg Lund's TR6
Dick Joksch's Spitfire
Rick Sadewitz's 2500M
Dick Taylor's TR6
Junkyard Turbos
Engine Knock
EGR
Your first question should be - Why would anyone turbo charge a Triumph engine?
Triumphs had a successful racing history for a long number of years. Unfortunately, race cars and production vehicles had little
in common. This was particularly true in the late 60's and early 70's when the EPA tightened auto emission standards.
Manufacturers tried a number of 'unique' techniques to reduce carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon emissions. This included;
low compression ratios, very low cam overlap and retarded timing. As a result, the same engine that would generate 150 HP in
Europe could only generate 100 HP in the US market - 1/3 of the total HP was lost to emission controls. Forty years later it is
hard to imagine how cars were designed without computer control, electronic fuel injection and catalytic converters.
My path to turbo charging was a result of the following events in late 1999:
Using a little creativity and junk yard components I was able to transform an 85 HP wallowing pig into a 205 HP howling coyote for about the same cost as a set of triple Webers. For me it was a cost effective method of significantly increasing horse power, reducing emssions, while teaching me modern engine control techniques.
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