CoronaClassicPerformance Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 Hi all, I've recently purchased a Spitfire inlet manifold (311925 - see photo) from Ebay but it's slightly different to the ones I've seen before and in the usual parts diagrams, having the large vacuum take-off on top. Can anybody tell me which model this was likely to have come from and what the take-off was originally used for? Cheers, Aaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglefire Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 Isn't that for a servo? So not Spitfire - and that part number doesn't come up on the Canley Classics website. But on the Moss website it says this: 1300 FROM (E) FH59689E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglefire Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 Oh it does. https://www.canleyclassics.com/triumph-spitfire-mkiv/1500-manifolds-all-markets-except-usa But doesn't look like yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoronaClassicPerformance Posted March 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 All of those I've seen before have the vacuum take-offs blanked off, if they're there at all. I was thinking it could possibly be from a US spec. car and be something to do with the complicated emissions control equipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 1500 tc fwd has servo and similar manifold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unkel Kunkel Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 (edited) I think it is a Spitfire manifold that has had a servo connection. The “T’ shaped water pipe suggests 1500 Spit. but doesn’t the 1500 come with a screw-in blanking plug at this site? If it was aMk3 or MkIV , the pipe would be straight and the number on the manifold would be 308087) More commonly the 1300 looks like this with just a flat “boss” but if drilled /tapped for vaccuum pipe for servo like I have done here. Edited March 7, 2018 by Vanadium23 incompetence ,poor spelling and grammar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglefire Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 It’s not a 1500 spit - or at least not a 77 one. The part number relates to a 1300. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 Not 1500 as they have HS4 carbs with angled flanges. I've had one very like the OPs in the past that I took off a 1300 Dolomite. I can't be sure if it was original to that car though - was there ever 1300TC Dolly? I pulled the tube out and tapped the hole for a plug. I wondered about 1300TC FWD as they have the servo connection, but they also seem to have the PCV valve fitted direct, so different again. Nic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68vitesse Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 Had 1500 FWD in the past all single carb. was told not enough from for twin, as far as I am aware all RWD Dolomite 1300 are single carb. The 1300 FWD was made in single and twin carb do not know if a servo was standard. Regards Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoronaClassicPerformance Posted March 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 Thanks chaps. I guess it'll have to remain a mystery for the time being! I'll be drilling, tapping and blanking the take-off anyway so not an issue. Aaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave.vitesse Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 Its a 1300TC Saloon inlet manifold. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoronaClassicPerformance Posted March 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 Are you sure Dave? I thought the 1300TC only had a single water pipe and the left hand boss was machined to take the PCV valve; my manifold has never been machined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave.vitesse Posted March 11, 2018 Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 You are right, I stand corrected. The 1300 has the heater valve on the rear end of the pipe. The late MkIV Spit had the T, the vacuum could have been an optional servo? Other than that it looks like part of the Leyland ST tuning kit (Pluspac A C-AJJ 4058) for the Toledo. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave.vitesse Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 More digging, the early, 1973 to 1974, RWD 1500TC Saloon had the smaller 1.25" carbs. As that car was fitted with a servo as standard I would say its off that car. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoronaClassicPerformance Posted March 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 Cheers, Dave. Looks like you've just solved the mystery! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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