smart1275gt
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| posted on 2/8/08 at 08:22 AM |
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Anyone Running a Triumph Rocket 3 Engine?
Just discovered it and with a 2.3L capacity, 140bhp and 200Nm of torque, sounds like a good motor to use.
Would make an alternative cruiser style BEC eh?
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ReMan
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| posted on 2/8/08 at 09:10 AM |
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Good alternative to a Pinto more like, just as heavy, only revs to 6k 
Seriously, it would be great to to to be different though.
Stick the supercharger kit on it for 220Hp and bingo
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scootz
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| posted on 2/8/08 at 09:40 AM |
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The Rocket doesn't do anything that a car engine won't do... just a bigger headache to use!
It doesn't have any of the appeal that the Superbike engines give you!
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ReMan
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| posted on 2/8/08 at 09:46 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scootz
The Rocket doesn't do anything that a car engine won't do... just a bigger headache to use!
It doesn't have any of the appeal that the Superbike engines give you!
I totally agree.
The appeal would only be doing it to be different, "because you can".
I doubt there would be much in the weight over any alloy car engine?
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MikeCapon
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| posted on 2/8/08 at 09:52 AM |
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And what about the noise? Would it not be worth it just to hear that beautiful 3 cylinder music?
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scootz
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| posted on 2/8/08 at 10:23 AM |
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No!
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Shamrock GS
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| posted on 2/8/08 at 10:51 AM |
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Would cost more than building the car to buy one. If you want a fruity triple what about a Laverda?
Gary
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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sucksqueezebangblow
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| posted on 4/8/08 at 08:31 AM |
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I'm not sure it is such a bad idea. Don't forget it has a sequential gearbox. Would cost you over 3 grand to put one on a car engine! With
ReMan's supercharger it would be quite a package!
Better to Burnout than to Fade Away JET METAL ~ AndySparrow © 
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scootz
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| posted on 19/3/13 at 02:27 PM |
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I stand corrected (as I often do ).
The Rocket engine without TB's and starter is only 82kg!!! 
It's Evolution Baby!
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Irony
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| posted on 19/3/13 at 02:38 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeCapon
And what about the noise? Would it not be worth it just to hear that beautiful 3 cylinder music?
Bloke I work with has one and it's really quiet unless he completely guns it. Even then I don't think it sounds great.
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twybrow
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| posted on 19/3/13 at 11:47 PM |
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Loads of torque, easily tunable, lovely sound (with a decent exhaust) and I think it is shaft drive too! Do it - just to be different and
because.....! I had a Triumph Daytona engine in my kit, and it pulled like a train, and sounded amazing - the problem I had with it was the gearing -
it topped out at 110mph. Have you checked the ratios of the Rocket?
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scootz
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| posted on 20/3/13 at 07:07 AM |
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Guess what I've done...
It's Evolution Baby!
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Ivan
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| posted on 20/3/13 at 07:52 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scootz
Guess what I've done...
How many?
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40inches
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| posted on 20/3/13 at 08:20 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scootz
Guess what I've done...
1st dibs!
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scootz
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| posted on 20/3/13 at 09:10 AM |
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Just one...
... and dibs noted!
It's Evolution Baby!
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