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For the TR-6. One of the things to help it get out of its own way. I'm thinking of sending the head back to the same guy for porting. He does nice work. Not pretty, but nice... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Edit: Before anyone says anything I know the throttle body is on the wrong way up - I just wanted to check for size and I was in a rush. Injectors arrive tomorrow. Wish the rest of the car was ready...
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One more for luck...
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Eech - the image quality sucks. I have to compress down way too much to get a decent pic. The originals are shot raw on a D70 and look much better. Not as good as in person mind you.
 

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Ok, Someone has to much time and money!
 
Yeah me too.

It certainly flows good, so if I ever get the rest of the car back it's going to be fun to get it going...
 
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I actually don't look at it that way.. Most all hobbies, if done correctly, are expensive... I've seen some of my friends drop a grand in a weekend on green fees and I think that's a waste of money... it's all relative.

Alana is attempting to do something that many of us would like to do, but don't have the guts (or sometimes money) to attempt. In many ways the research and work that Alan and others like him does paves the way for others to do these projects with less toil and expense. (This fuel injection project and the hub/axle project come to mind). The fact that Alan has offered to share all the results to the world at large is a testament to his character.

The fuel injection project has benefits way outside the performance aspects... with emission standards becoming more and more stringent; it's not unheard of that fuel injection might be required to be retrofitted to these older cars in order to be dailey driver.

The Axle/Hub project is dealing with a very real weakness of the TR so any money and time put towards that issue is money well spent as far as I'm concerned.

Off soap box now.
 
Supercharger, not turbo.
There's no way I'd do this as a kit. It's way way too much - both $$$$ and hh:mm.
 
I like it. To me a supercharger is the proper method of forced induction for the Triumph. Turbos are too new and too ricey. We have a supercharged Toyota Previa. Even a mundane vehicle like a minivan is appealing to my motor gene when I hear the SC kick in and the header snort.

A mans gotta do what a mans gotta do

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"whatever" - my wife
 
Turbos are too new and too ricey?! My long ago retired Swedish 1984 SAAB Turbo, would tend to strongly disagree with you....or was it a 1986....**** memory!

Steve
 
How about the Buick turbo Grand National or the Pontaic turbo Trans Am, both of the mid and late 80's. Not new and certainly not ricey. I get where you're coming from though, the fast and the furious crowd have seemed to grab all the spotlight lately with regard to turbocharging.
 
Some Corvairs had turbos back in the 60s. BMW did a 2002 turbo in the early 70s. Still a SC seems more 'right' somehow for a TR.
 
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