Kewl pics on your homepage..but the Triumph? Gawd...I had a TR-3 for less than a year..and it was about the only car I truly ever hated..one word LUCAS....and those side mounted SOLEX carbs..pure crap..I used to carry a little spray bottle of gas in the boot...if you came to a real sudden stop, the engine would often cut out..fuel backflow surge, or some such..and the best, and quickest way to get it running again was to spray some gas on the carbs...
- 1-3/4 SU carbs - 3 in 1 oil in the dashpots - Volvo P1800S high performance needles -honed carp pistons with MolyDiSufide- precision balance on ported aluminum intake manifold - ported high-port head - ported exhaust manifold - 2-12” straight exhaust - cylinder head mille to give 12 to 1 compression - cc’ed cylinder heads after grinding to enshrouding the valves - raicing pushrods - narrowed and much lightened rocker arms -3 rows of louvers in the hood - remove cooling fan and adapt a dash switch controlled Austin Healey 100-6 heater fan in front of the radiator - a HD
- Rear shocks drained and filled with 90 weight oil - adjustable Koni shocks up front weight oil - constanly protested a SCCA events and at the 1/4 mile strips
- the “Birdcage Triumph” they called it
mph would hit the “P” on MPH on the Speedo - safely turned 6800 RPM - street rod cars and sportscars often blew their engines attempting to catch it
Bendix electric fuel pump at rear fuel tank - battery moved to right rear of the trunk
engine then swapped for a bit larger bore TR4 engine and the SCCA prepped modified head put on the TR4 engine block - Crane camshaft - Sunoco Pemium - Castrol racing oil - transmission oil changed to 10 wight with 1/2 can or STP added to cut friction and give smooth faster shifts
on thruway it would take a big block Corvette - SCCA TR’s would run ahead of Corvette SB’s in SCCA races
You have to be a serious wizard to expertly tune multiple SU carbs properly - instant starting with a Mallory HD ignition coil and aircraft ignition wires and a recurved distributor
Toe set at 0 - camber set at negative 1-1/2 degress - caster set at positive 7 degrees -