Triumph Spitfire Engines by Year

The small Triumph roadster.

Pick a year to see every engine offered that model year, with its code, rated horsepower and the trims it came in. Each engine links to its full specs.

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Spitfire Mk I / Mk II (1963–1967): 1963 · 1964 · 1965 · 1966 · 1967

Spitfire Mk III (1967–1970): 1967 · 1968 · 1969 · 1970

Spitfire Mk IV (1971–1972): 1971 · 1972

Spitfire 1500 (US) (1973–1974): 1974

Spitfire 1500 (1975–1980): 1975 · 1976 · 1979 · 1980

Spitfire Mk I / Mk II (1963–1967)

1963 Spitfire engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
70 inline-four (FC)	63 hp gross	Spitfire 4 (Mk I)

1964 Spitfire engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
70 inline-four (FC)	63 hp gross	Spitfire 4 (Mk I)

1965 Spitfire engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
70 inline-four (FC)	—	Spitfire Mk II

1966 Spitfire engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
70 inline-four (FC)	—	Spitfire Mk II

1967 Spitfire engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
70 inline-four (FC)	—	Spitfire Mk II
79 inline-four (FD / FE)	75 hp gross	Spitfire Mk III

Spitfire Mk III (1967–1970)

1967 Spitfire engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
70 inline-four (FC)	—	Spitfire Mk II
79 inline-four (FD / FE)	75 hp gross	Spitfire Mk III

1968 Spitfire engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
79 inline-four (FD / FE)	—	Spitfire Mk III

1969 Spitfire engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
79 inline-four (FD / FE)	—	Spitfire Mk III

1970 Spitfire engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
79 inline-four (FD / FE)	—	Spitfire Mk III

Spitfire Mk IV (1971–1972)

1971 Spitfire engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
79 inline-four (FH / FK)	—	Spitfire Mk IV

1972 Spitfire engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
79 inline-four (FH / FK)	—	Spitfire Mk IV

Spitfire 1500 (US) (1973–1974)

1974 Spitfire engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
91 inline-four (FM)	—	Spitfire 1500

Spitfire 1500 (1975–1980)

1975 Spitfire engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
91 inline-four (FM)	53 hp net	Spitfire 1500

1976 Spitfire engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
1.49L / 91 inline-four (FM)	—	Spitfire 1500

1979 Spitfire engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
1.49L / 91 inline-four (FM)	—	Spitfire 1500

1980 Spitfire engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
1.49L / 91 inline-four (FM)	—	Spitfire 1500

Working on one of these engines?

• Engine displacement from bore and stroke
• Static and dynamic compression ratio
• Which camshaft for your build
• What size carburetor
• Horsepower to torque at any RPM
• Torque converter stall speed

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