Triumph Rocket III

Back in 2009 Carpenter Racing, the industry’s leader in motorcycle horsepower enhancement and high-performance component design and development, set their sights on a new project: the Triumph Rocket III.


The Triumph R3 is a heavyweight muscle-touring bike. Think England’s cross between a V-Max and a Valkarie. It has a massive, 2300cc inline 3-clyinder engine producing 120 horsepower and over 130 foot-pounds of torque.

“We saw the big engine and said ‘This monster needs to wake up!’” stated Bob Carpenter in 2009.

The team at Carpenter took the head and applied their signature CNC porting. They then mated it with a custom-ground, aggressive cam, titanium retainers, shim-under tappets and specialized springs. Custom-designed forged aluminum pistons keep the same weight as stock units to retain proper balance but raise the compression to 11.4:1. New clutch springs and a higher volume fuel pump round out the package.

The results are impressive. With stock valves the bike produced an incredible 230+ horsepower to the rear wheel.

“This thing is so strong, at 700 pounds you don’t need 1st gear,” Carpenter said of the prototype machine. “All we basically did was put more fuel in it and let it rev up. The limiter comes in at 5,800 rpm. We had ours up to 9,000.”

“Nobody is beating our Hayabusa's and 1000’s,” he continued. “And nobody is going to beat this bike. We think the Triumph, even with all its mass, will be a contender. We think this bike will give the Hayabusa a run for its money.”

Since then Carpenter tweaked the head-cam-piston package to reliably pump out over 240 horsepower.  We have also added an entry-level package of just the head and cam work without the pistons that produces over 210 horsepower.

We have also produced a stainless steel exhaust system for the Rocket III.

But that is not all.  Triumph North America noticed our efforts and is supporting us in developing "Project Silverback", our production version of the Triumph Rocket III.  Read about Project Silverback and our real-world dragstrip testing with the following articles:

Triumph Rocket III Packages

Choose the “Drive-in, Drive-out” and leave Carpenter Racing with a turn-key, tuned motorcycle. For mail order packages send us your head and cams and we will ship it back ready to bolt on along with the other components. Call for all the details.
*All packages require an aftermarket exhaust and updated ECU.  Call us for details.*

210+ Horsepower Package

Includes:
• CNC Ported Head
• Custom-Ground Proprietary Cam
• Slotted Adjustable Cam Sprockets
• 12 Custom, Shim-Under Tappets
• Custom Titanium Retainers
• Custom Valve Springs
• Custom Clutch springs

Drive-in, Drive-out
$5,100
Includes labor
Mapped and dyno'ed

Mail Order Package
$4,400

With receipt of stock head and cams


240+ Horsepower Package

Check out dyno chart here.

Includes:
• CNC Ported Head
• Custom-Ground Proprietary Cam
• Slotted Adjustable Cam Sprockets
• 12 Custom, Shim-Under Tappets
• Custom Titanium Retainers
• Custom Valve Springs
• Custom-Forged, Domed, Semi-Slipper pistons
• Custom Clutch springs

Drive-in, Drive-out
$6,900
Includes labor as well as all required gaskets, oil, filter and plugs
Mapped and dyno'ed


Mail Order Package
$4,600

With receipt of stock head and cams


265+ Horsepower Package
The Ultimate Everyday Rider

This is our latest excercise with the Rocket III.
It is the ultimate in street performance
while still being and everyday rider.
This package includes everything in the 240+ package plus:


• Updated clyinder head
• Large titanium DLC-coated vlaves
• Aluminum-Bronze valve seat inserts
• Larger intake cam with bored tappet holes and larger tappets
• Includes our exhaust system (choose Street Rod or Sidewinder, Polished or Plain Stainless Steel)

Drive-in, Drive-out
$10,900

Includes labor as well as all required gaskets, oil, filter and plugs
Mapped and dyno'ed

Carpenter Racing: 856-753-1555


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