Triumph TR7 with Ford SHO Engine

The Triumph TR7 was built by the Triumph Motor Company from 1974 to 1981. Yamaha helped Ford build the SHO engine which was a DOHC V6 engine for the Taurus. A SHO engine swap into a Triumph TR7 presented a lot of problems. The owner first started this swap about a year after the SHO engine [...]

The Triumph TR7 was built by the Triumph Motor Company from 1974 to 1981. Yamaha helped Ford build the SHO engine which was a DOHC V6 engine for the Taurus.

A SHO engine swap into a Triumph TR7 presented a lot of problems. The owner first started this swap about a year after the SHO engine was first released. His article presents all the problems he ran into switching the engine from a east-west to a north-south configuration. Many of the issues he ran into others might as well doing this kind of modification and should be seriously considered.

As if doing a engine swap wasn’t hard enough he also turbocharged the engine with only $500. Making most of the parts required he has spend roughly $12,000 on this project and got a 13.7 sec quarter mile.

Some future swaps he is contemplating include a Miata with a SHO V-8 or a Northstar powered Fiero or a VR-4 drivetrain into an Eclipse. I would like to see any of these.

Source: Autoblog

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