Three months of toil

[Guest]

Here she is, after three months of heartache, finally back together. She runs, but only half-fast. Certainly some tuning issues but I think I should be on the road by Christmas. Improvements are: Triple ZS carbs (Gary Martin), triple intake, 1.55:1 roller rockers, GP2 cam, oil separator, solid steering rack brackets, aluminum shroud (all from Richard Good), reworked head with 9.5:1 compression and 3-angle port and polished with bench flowed intake (CDA Machine), Chromoly push rods, Kent adjustable cam sprocket and chain, new thrust washers, aluminum radiator (Ron Davis Racing), Sport Coil (Budweiser), 16" electric fan (Spal), fresh distributor (British Auto), aluminum water pump housing (Rimmer), steel front sealing block, no crank fan, new heater (me). I think I am burned out for awile. Anyone want to make an offer? (halfway kidding) I just have to adjust the gremlins out of her, gotta get used to the rougher idle with the fast street cam.

Bill

 

[Brosky]

You guys are killing me!! Now I have an even bigger guilt complex over my lousy looking engine compartment. At least I can stall over the winter due to the freezing garage.

Seriously though, it looks great and I'm sure you'll have it tweaked in no time. Congrats!!!

 

[vettedog72]

I can’t believe you made it look better than it looked at the British Car Show in NO this past summer.

First, the reflection of the polished fan shroud makes me take a double take; gosh it looks good. The reflection of the plug wires on the valve cover is great. Now I know what the brake fluid reservoir is supposed to look like. Even the new electric fan can be seen by the new alternator. The coil and fuel pump appear new as well as the dizzy. Send a shot of the other side and include that water pump housing!

 

[Guest]

I really like the way that that aluminium shroud in there looks with the aluminium radiator. Please don't post any more pictures where it looks that nice, or I'll be forced to go do the same while it's out...
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Oh and is that the stock alternator? I never saw one that clean before.

 

[Guest]

Here's the other side. No, that is a Delco-style alternator conversion (66 amp). Here you can see the aluminum water pump housing. I also had my Falcon headers Jet Hot coated. I have to apologize, I haven't had a chance to detail the engine yet.

Bill

 

[trboost]

It's a thing of beauty Bill, now the real fun begins /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
As strange as it sounds it's a natural reaction to protect & preserve the hours of labor & sweat. Do your break in & treat her nice for at least five hundred miles while tuning & tweaking, then enjoy the fruits of your labor.
Truly a beatifull job , have fun.

 

[tdskip]

Holy cow! I'm not sure if I'm inspired or depressed? LOL.

Beautiful Bill, just beautiful.

 

[pa297pass]

That is awesome Bill! You have done an incredible job.

I am Laurel Green (or is it Emerald Green) with envy.

I am saving your pictures for inspiration for when I redo my engine.

 

[Dennis]

Wow! That is simply beautiful Bill!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif

Dennis

 

[Brosky]

Now I have a model picture to take to the body shop that will be painting my fender wells and under bonnet to show them what I want to try to make it look like. Thanks for the posting.

 

[JamesWilson]

That's very, very nice. Makes you want to leave the hood up to admire the view....

 

[John_Mc]

I like the Christmas color scheme!

 

[bobh]

Bill,

Would you please check the picture in the initial post? It's not displaying. The second one is fine. Or should I say FINE!!

 

[Guest]

Bob, the picture got deleted somehow. And I don't have it on my hard drive anymore. Sorry.


Bill

 

[swift6]

Bill,

We should get more photos of tri-carb engine bays together. My engine bay is always getting complimented as well. Better get used to it. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[bobh]

Bill,

Thanks anyway. Maybe we'll meet one day and I can see it for myself.

 

[Guest]

Very nice Shawn. I looked at your car's bios on the posted website and see that we have done some of the very same things. The main difference that I noticed is you went with some voodoo electronics and I pretty much stayed stock. I had very bad luck with three different electronic ignition setups so I just opened the gap and added a hotter coil to get the juice to it. I admire those that can get an electronic ignition to work but will shy away for awile. If anything, the next big change will be to have a better dizzy (Mallory perhaps), fully electronic ignition and an tach conversion to electric (to keep the "look"). Right now I like my points. Too, you went with a hotter cam and a little less compression. I gotta show you my rear wind deflector. Your setup is quite nice, but I decided to weld in a frame inside my roll bar and slipped in a Triplex glass rear window/wind deflector with a high third brake light moulded into the roll bar. Works very well. You engine compartment is very slick. I too had the air box but decided to louver my bonnet over the tri-carbs and go back with 3" air cleaners. Smoke testing (not Lucas brand) showed the air to be sucked into the carbs at speed and heat to escape at idle. Plus I like the look of louvers, growing up with the Barris cars of the 60s. Keep up the good work. I think Richard Good's setup is becoming wildly popular but the next phase seems to be the superchargers that are coming onto the market. Hope you can think about coming to New Orleans for the March 25 annual British Car Day.

Bill

 

[swift6]

Thanks Bill /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif

I've been thinking of colorkeying some items in the engine bay to match the body color. Pulling in some ideas from the hot rod crowd. Speaking of hot rods... many of the local hot rod/street machine clubs are more than accepting if I want to show my TR6 in their shows. (I'm even getting personal invites.) Most likely since it is a "Hot Rod TR6". I get nods and smiles when they hear the rumble (they know it's not a V8 but they like it anyway) and have even had crowds gather waiting for the bonnet to go up. Then they see the triple-carbs and they love it. Then of course the ribbing starts about how small the car is. When I get home I'll post a pic of my car at a local GTO club gathering. I'm parked next to an early seventies GTO and the little TR6 really looks little.

I did go with the bigger cam and nearly regret it. It really is a lot of cam. The engine does not like to poke around in traffic. It does like to excercise all the way to 6k though. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/driving.gif I have been driving it the way it is for nearly four years though so I think I have gotten used to it. Although I still might up the CR a bit more and unlock some more power. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devilgrin.gif

Had to laugh at "voodoo" electronics. I've been running that system and a pertronix under the dizzy cap for nearly eight years now. I used it for four years on the stock engine. The only drawback that I have encountered is the ability of the system to eat distributor caps and rotors, I'm guessing due to the higher voltage and lower quality caps and rotors available. For that reason I am looking at going to a Mallory dizzy. Maybe then I could see more than 5k miles per cap.

I would like to see your wind deflector set up. I made mine as a prototype. Haven't gotten around to making the improvement yet. I want mine easily removable so that it won't get in the way when I have the hard top in place. Something I have occasion to use here in Colorado. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/iagree.gif Your right that the Goodparts set up is getting popular. When I bought mine in mid '00 not many others had them. Now a whole lot more have them. I think it's great. I also like the triple DCOE's but the cost is scary. Another reason I went with the ZS's is that they can handle changes in altitude much more readily than Weber DCOE's can. As I can go from 5,000 feet to 10,000 feet in an hour, that is sort of important to me. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I also agree that the supercharger set up is really gaining ground. I also know of at least two turbocharged TR6 still using the 2.5 I-6. A few others have transplanted turbochaged ford four cylinders, which I personally don't agree with as I love the sound of that 6, but to each their own.

I'm hoping to make it down there but it's not looking to good right now. Good luck with your break in.

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[jerrybny]

Awesome Bill.

 

[swift6]

Bill, Here's the photo of my car at the GTO show. It's parked next to a '71 or '72 GTO. See the attachment.

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