1969 Triumph Vitesse *Megasquirt EFI on motorbike ITBs!*

[93fxdl]

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ttfn glenn

[MrSpeedy]

Well, a little more progress now.

Engine is going back together.
Crank is fitted, rods and pistons balanced and fitted also.





Coming to a stop shortly tho cos i'm missing a big end bolt and need to sort out the oil pump. (Anyone got any ??)

So, I did what any normal R-R'er would do : I split my original wheels and started sticking in bloody great bit of steel !!!







*edit for 'action' shot*

[funkyhunk]

Cool build m8
Is the vitesse engine a smaller version of the Triumph 2000 mkII engine?
My uncle have a mkII 1972 standing in his barn, and the engines look alot similar.

[MrSpeedy]

It's exactly the same block on the MK2 Vitesse. I think the early MK1 1600 is a different block but i could be wrong.
The engine i'm building is actually a late MK2 2000 saloon engine as they have a better cyl head.

[jrevillug]

Ah. that's all good. The work looks great, too - I hope it goes as well as it looks.

[MrSpeedy]

Mini update.

Spent the last couple of evenings making an engine stand to make it easier to handle (pics in other mods).

Wheels finished and away for paint.
So, now fitted a re-worked oil pump

Camshaft timed



and new chain, tensioner etc fitted along with cover and front pulley

[MrSpeedy]

Another update ??

Only a little one !!

New oil filter fitted, along with an oil cooler take off sandwich plate.
Also fitted a freshly rebuilt (tonight!) distributor.
It's a dizzy off of a 2.5PI. I'm reckoning that the advance curve for this will be more appropriate for the spec of this engine rather than an ordinary Vitesse one. (If there's any difference at all. lol)

[Dez]

have you tried fitting a tyre to those bandeds yet? I think you may have problems............

[MrSpeedy]

No i haven't yet, but i have a tamed tyre fitter on standby. He's done a fair few before. I can't see any big issues tbh.

[BenzBoy]

Nice engine work! What width are the wheels banded to?

[Ditch]

Very jealous of all you guys on here having the tools and knowledge to band your own wheels. Looking forward to seeing them on and done!

[MrSpeedy]

The wheels are now an amusing 7" & 8" wide. Probably gonna be shod with 165 & 185 tyres. The rears stick out fair bit so a set of arches are on order !

[mdh]

Arches on a Vitesse?

Engines looking good though, and slightly less pink!

What cam are you using? Isnt the GT6 dizzy supposed be the most sporting? Bit late now, but Toyota pistons wou;d have given you some extra cc's.

[Dez]

Feb 9, 2011 22:27:18 GMT MrSpeedy said:

No I haven't yet, but I have a tamed tyre fitter on standby. He's done a fair few before. I can't see any big issues tbh.

the issue is youve banded it on the wrong bit- you wont be able to get the tyre over the rim bead as youve banded it on the larger diameter part. if you look at the original wheel, the two rim profiles arent the same (inner/outer)- you need the shallower front 'step' to get the tyre on as you sit the bead half into the rim well in the centre at an angle to get it on.

if you look where ive banded mine, its in the rim well, this is how youll see all other bandeds done, as it still allows you to get the tyre on and off-


compared to yours where youve banded the bit that the tyre sits on, the actual tyre seat-


if youre really lucky, you might be able to get enough flex in the tyre to pull it on over the back lip as the profiles arent too different on wheels that were originally so skinny, but they're inst much give in the beads for obvious reasons. as it stands theyres no way youll get a tyre on that in the conventional way.

I'm not trying to be clever, just pointing it out cos you might want to try to get a tyre on it before you go making and painting a full set then find they're useless as you cant get a tyre on!!

[oldschoolgeezer]

You may be lucky with those rims but id take Dez' advice & try a tyre first....

I purposeley had mine banded on the outer bead like yours as i prefer the look of a smooth dish & think they give the illusion of a much deeper wheel. I was aware there may be difficulty fitting the tyres but my old rims had been done the same way (to 7-8") & id had a few sets of tyres on & off those without any trouble.

My current set have gone from 3.5" to 6" & 6.5" so i was a little worried when it came to fitting the tyres, though one tyre took a bit of extra lube but the other four went on just fine.

Great project, & it looked nice enough on the revolutions (?) in the first pic

[MrSpeedy]

Yh, i understand what you're saying about were the band is.
This is the 6th or 7th set of wheels i've done, and i've banded them both ways.
The band is slightly smaller than the bead seat diameter, so the tyre will go on ok.
The main reason i cut them on the rim rather than the well, is to help with the seating process for stretching the tyres on, and i also prefer the way it looks !

I appreciate the concern fellas but i'm confident they'll be sound !

[MrSpeedy]

Well.........

I HAZ NU RIMMMZZZZ

Wheels painted last night and took them over to my tamed tyre fitter this afternoon.

Got virtually given some rather sexy 200/540 x 13" (non)Road Legal race tyres for the rear. Equivelent to 205/55R13

Fronts are 165/65R13. Might look out for some 175/60's though.

Tyres slipped on beautifully as I predicted

Pics;

[MrSpeedy]

Feb 10, 2011 2:14:32 GMT mdh said:

Arches on a Vitesse?

Engines looking good though, and slightly less pink!

What cam are you using? Isnt the GT6 dizzy supposed be the most sporting? Bit late now, but Toyota pistons wou;d have given you some extra cc's.

I've got a Kent cams TH7-6 race cam. Proper lairy ! lol
I've heard of some japanese pistons (i thought it was mazda but probably wrong) being used for a massive overbore, but you need to re-machine the little end bushes and a custom headgasket and it's a bit thin between the walls for reliability.

[BenzBoy]

Woah! That looks amazing. Presumably the wheels now have a negative offset? Great to see there's plenty of room to squeeze 205's under the rear arches.

[hoopsontoast]

Looking good with the banded steels!