Haynes Manuals for the Triumph Spitfire, S.U. and Weber Carburetors

S.U. Carburetter Manual, published by InterAuto

Welder's Handbook, by Richard Finch and Tom Monroe - HP Books

Custom Painting Tips & Techniques, published by Brooklands Books

How To Restore Classic Car Body Work, by Martin Thaddeus

Performance Tuning in Theory and Practice, by A. Graham Bell

How to Make Your Car Handle, by Fred Puhn

Tune To Win, by Carroll Smith

Prepare To Win, by Carroll Smith

Engineer To Win, by Carroll Smith

Tuning To Win: A Performance Guide to Fuel and Ignition Tuning, by Don Gould

Historical & Technical Guide for Triumph Cars, by Kas Kastner

Triumph Preparation Handbook, by Kas Kastner

Racing, Winning and Other Myths in Triumph Cars, by Kas Kastner

A Guide to Racing Your Triumph Spitfire or GT6, by Jon Wolfe

Triumph Spitfire Mk 1 to 1500 Official Competition Preparation Manual

Triumph Spitfire and GT6, by Graham Robson

Triumph Spitfire Gold Portfolio, published by Brooklands Books

Sports Car and Competition Driving, by Paul Frère

Practical Classics magazine on Spitfire Restoration

Grassroots Motorsports magazine

Classic Motorsports magazine

Spitfire & GT6 magazine

Triumph World magazine

Car Domain – Triumph Spitfires

Club Triumph

Graham’s Triumph Spitfire 1500

International Triumph Spitfire Database

Jan Vogel’s Triumph Spitfire Mk3

Jari's Historic Racing Spitfire 4

Jeff’s Classic ’68 Spitfire Mk3

Jim's Triumph Site

Joe Curry’s 1963 Spitfire 4

Jon Wolfe’s Racing Pages

Kas Kastner

MintyLamb Automotive

Netherlands Triumph Spitfire Page

North American Spitfire Squadron

Paul Tegler's Spitfire 1500 Megasite

Scions of Lucas

Sideways-Technologies Forum

Spitfire & GT6 Magazine

The Works Spitfire

Totally Triumph Network

Triumph Owners Tasmania (T.O.T.)

Triumph Restoration Page

Triumph Sports Six Club (TSSC)

Utterly Obscure British Car Humour

Vintage Triumph Register

Wikipedia – Triumph Spitfire

Performance:

MintyLamb Automotive utilities

General vehicle handling setup guide

Effects of engine modifications on ignition timing

Useful formulas

engine:

Spitfire engines and their specs by year

Cam Specs w/ graphical representations of critical camshaft parameters

Compression Ratio calculator---how much to shave off a cylinder head to achieve a target static CR

Making a nice seal with an aftermarket Aluminum valve rocker cover

The Otto cycle engine

Thermodynamic basics of the Otto cycle engine

Important info about oil for old flat tappet engines

Fuel & Carburetion:

S.U. carburetor 101---some great notes on how S.U. carburetors work and how to tune them:

    The S.U. Variable Venturi/Constant Depression Carburetor

    S.U. Twin Type Carburetor

A cool animation of the S.U. carb in action

Burlen Fuel Systems--today’s mfr of S.U. carbs and parts

MintyLamb S.U. needle comparison tool

ExtrudaBody fuel injection

Heat shields to keep fuel from boiling in your carbs that can cause sputter

Refurbing a fuel tank

exhaust:

Exhaust theory and practice---see Performance Tuning in Theory and Practice, by A. Graham Bell

Performance exhaust alternatives—turn-key and a la carte systems

Heating & cooling:

Oil Coolers

drivetrain:

Got Clunk? It could be the following things…

Overdrive vs. 5-speed—what I’ve learned

MintyLamb rpm and roadspeed calculator

Spitfire and GT6 propshaft lengths

Removing a tranny from inside the car w/out removing the engine

Replacing U-joints

suspension & brakes:

Spitfire suspension specs (e.g., spring rates, etc.)

Front coil spring calculator of spring free length as a function of stiffness and target ride height

Mixing and matching transverse leaf spring leaves to customize stiffness and ride height

Joe Curry’s Kas Kastner design camber compensator for early/fixed transverse leaf springs

wheels & tires:

Wheel and Tire size calculator/comparator w/ graphics

Alignment Basics

How Alignment affects Handling

Adapting stock steel 13x5.5” TR7 wheels for the Spitfire

Upgrading to stronger, longer wheel studs

frame & body:

Converting a 1500 to the “early” bumper look, and saving weight for better performance too

Reinforcing your anti-sway bar mountings

Bolts, nuts and other fasteners

Replace your two-piece bonnet prop rod with gas struts

electrical:

Stock GENERATOR to AC-Delco alternator conversion

Driving lights

Interior:

Refinishing and customizing the dash, including adding gauges

Thoughts about carpet

A remedy that keeps your soft top frame from pinching the soft top when it’s stowed

Center armrest modified into a flip-top storage compartment and armrest

hidden AM/FM antenna

Custom shift knobs w/ LED indicator overdrive switches

updated February 2008