Check this out: www.speedydelivery.co.uk/car-tuning-power/triumph-...l
"Boost your Triumph toledo engines power by up to 20+ BHP and increase your fuel economy for an amazing £4.95!
This simple, yet effective unit will allow you to boost the power output of your Triumph toledo cars engine, without sacrificing reliability or comfort. It consists of a small electronic device that is inserted between your Triumph toledo cars air sensor and the ECU."
Errrr..didn't they stop making the Toledo in 1976, about 20 years before ECUs were introduced?
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"It will however not work on turbocharged Triumph toledo vehicles. "
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I think that someone has been overusing the "find and replace" function.
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Sounds good though, a doubling of horsepower from what I can remember!! lol
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Looking at the number of times they say "Triumph toledo" (sic)
I would guess that some Japanese bloke has looked up Triumph Toledo in a dictionary and translated it as "Car".
Some UK marketing girlie has then scanned the manufacturer's blurb
onto their advertising without noticing the error.
And nobody picked it up.
Until now.
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I couldn't let that slide.
I've told them. What else could I do on a lazy Thursday?
;-)
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Adam
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Look at the whole list of cars that the mod chip can be used on:-
www.speedydelivery.co.uk/car-tuning-power/
Quite a few in there that don't have ecu's.
Austin allegro, healey, maestro, maxi, mini, princess, etc.
And then there's the Hillmans range,
Morris ital, Morris mini & Morris minor
Scoda??
And what is a Mini mini??
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Ahhhh the Princess. My old man had one of these when I was 10. I really thought it was the dogs? wotsits and I promised myself I would have one when I grew up. Never did though, nor did I become a spaceman. I always laugh when I watch the Full Monty where that fat bloke is trying to gas himself in one.
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back in early 80s, we (2 families) went camping in France with pal who'd bought his Princess new a month before. He wasn't entirely happy with feel of his prize car and while in Loire Valley we called at a BL main dealer. "Mon dieu, incroyable" the mechanic said from underneth the ramp and called us over - only 1 of the 3 engine mountings had bolts in....
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Wasn't it the Princess that had a Rolls Royce engine?
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Not sure.
The worst Princess incident I saw was one coming towards me on a wide road and then hitting a puddle.
I have never seen a car go completely out of control before without ending up in a hedge.
This thing was wallowing everywhere and luckily missed me, the driver regaining control at the last moment. It was a Chocolate Brown exterior - and after this probably Chocolate brown inside as well!!!!
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My Dad had a princess, because the typical BHL hydraulics played up the front tyres only lasted about 3k before replacement. But believe it or not the garage where he purchased the tyres from replaced them free of charge as they were guaranted for at least 10k!!!
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Its not what you drive, its how you drive it! :-)
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Wasn't it the Princess that had a Rolls Royce engine?
Wrong princess!! The earlier princess from the late 50s and early 60s had the RR engine in. This was an up market/prestige vehicle for company managers etc.
The princess from 1975-1980 was an entirely different species. It had engines designed and manufactured by British Leyland, like the B, O and C series engines installed. An underrated car IMO
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Totally underrated - suffered from lack of investment and development money, my father had one for a while, it was the roomiest car in its class with a shape that still has an attractive edge to it. Shame they got it so horribly wrong..
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"Shame they got it so horribly wrong.."
Waddya mean? Great wedge shape, acres of room in the back, front and rear arm rests, classy bronze metallic hue, vynil roof...? Do you know of what you speak?
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Do you know of what you speak?
No Hatchback ('cos the Maxi had one of them and BL failed to latch on to a good thing)
Engines with cylinder walls so thin that they burst
Horrible gearboxes.
Splitting bulkheads..
Nothing much wrong with the interior toough - Veloooooooooooour !
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Not sure on this but didn't the Princess (wedge) have a boot and the Ambassador a hatch?
In fact a quick Google reveals : www.motorbase.com/vehicle/by-id/-454797891/
Confirming the Ambassador was a hatch
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Just out of interest, what was the top speed of them because although they're pretty...awful - I'm sure it was a little quicker than the 14.3mph that site suggests.
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The princess (and specially its hatch based ambassador) coul;d so easily have been a wonderful car.
Fabulous shape, cavernous inside, front seats like armchairs, good ride, and very versatile with the hatch (which it should have had right from the start)
Utterly appaling build quality & reliability and saddled with possibly the worst gear change ever inficted on a motorist.
I could still give it house room now. (but not in chocolate brown)
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>>I'm sure it was a little quicker than the 14.3mph that site suggests.
Well, it depended upon what engine it was blessed with:
1.8 (b-series) = 16.2
1.7 (o-series, in replacement for the above) = 14.8
2.0 (o-series) = 12.9
2.2 (E-series 6 cylinder) = 12.2
But, if you added the twin SU carbs to the 1.8 from British Leyland special tuning, it could outrun an MGB, with a 0-60 time of 11.6.
The reason why the Princess was never produced with a hatch, was due to the simple reason that the men at BL thought that a saloon was more up-market.
From what I believe, the gear change wasn't the best on the market, but wasn't by any means the worst. That title was unfortunately given to the Austin Maxi, with the cable operated gearbox.
Provided you look after it, it would probably be a capable everyday motor, even today. I don?t think the reliability was as bad as it was made out to be, and when the Ambassador was introduced, build quality was much improved, but no one noticed.
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Somebody mentioned Triumph Toledo; cue ramble ...
Mrs H bought one about 2 weeks before failing her first driving test. Not a bad little car with a definite air of class. We did nearly 2000 miles through France in it on honeymoon in 1978, herself declining to take a much more suitable car, my excellent Renault 16TX, because it had column shift.
The dreadful Bendix starter-motor drive stuck at the dockside petrol station nearly causing us to miss the ferry so I took it upon myself to strip it and lube it at our first stop, a demi-pension in Rouen. Mid operation at the kerbside, a vile French mongrel decided it would relieve itself on the Toledo's front wheel, some of which liquid splashed on to the debonair young newly-wed's jeans. After that, things could only get better ...
Hawkeye
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Stranger in a strange land
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