Member Page: Vance Navarrette

Vance Navarrette

Member ID: Darth V8R

Status: Free Member
Beaverton, OR, USA

Member Since: 2013-09-12
Home Site: The Triumph Experience

Last Login: 2026-04-19 11:49
Forum Posts: 0

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Personal Vehicle Registry

1974 Jensen Healey
17963
"Rusty"

1980 Triumph TR8
TPVDV8AT214196
"Wedgie"

2 Vehicles — Total mileage: 161,480 mi (259,877 km) — Average age: 1977

Previously Owned Vehicles:

CF29625U

9988776655443322

FAKEVIN007

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Building A TR7 Sprint

Posted on: Sunday May 20, 2018

Dolomite Sprint head showing exhaust rockers

This year I decided I am going to build a TR7 Sprint. This is despite having a TR8 which I love to pieces and seeing at least one Sprint for sale, just because I love tinkering. What is a Sprint? Originally they were all TR7 coupes, with just 60 being built to homologate the engine, and as a project demonstration. The Sprints were plain vanilla TR7s, but with the Triumph Dolomite cylinder head. The Sprint motor used the same slant 4 bottom end as the TR7, but used a SOHC 16 valve head. The...

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