IainR Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Thought I'd pop in here and see what's afoot. The beastie doing what it was built to do. Sadly not often enough these days and currently sipping electrickery from it's trickle charger. 577674043_8aba7ee70a_b by ringTR, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshire_spam Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtuckunder Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 That a nice opening shot, thanks for dropping in, a few car details? Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire6 Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Hi, what size tyres? Look right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iani Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 I had a look at your flickr feed, very tidy looking engine bay. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil T Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Cadwell Racetorations car welcome Ian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainR Posted November 4, 2018 Author Share Posted November 4, 2018 15 hours ago, Neil T said: Cadwell Racetorations car welcome Ian. Hello Neil. Wondered where you'd headed off to. 17 hours ago, oldtuckunder said: That a nice opening shot, thanks for dropping in, a few car details? Alan Ok though it may get a bit long I acquired THA610G in 2004 when it looked something like this: TR6 at the Ring by ringTR, on Flickr Some may recognise the rather famous bit of tarmac which was actually responsible for a major assault on my wallet! I spend most of my time in Nigeria where I've worked for donkeys years. But in the middle of 2005 I went off to Hamburg to work on the detailed design of my next project. So as you do I went via UK and picked up the six and for the next four months spent nearly every other weekend driving a long way South to Nurburg where said tarmac is located. As a result of this an extensive wish list of "essential" mods was formulated and the car dropped off with Racetorations for them to do their thing on it for me. Sadly when the body was lifted off the chassis was shot along with all the matching parts of the floor etc. So... The front suspension turrets were sent off to CTM to be turned into a new chassis and what ensued was: Engine. Triple Weber, fully mapped Omex ignition. Steel rods, forged 77.5mm pistons. 16 row oil cooler and thermostat. St./steel ceramic coated manifold and supersports system, Alloy sump. Lightened flywheel. Tuftrided crank. Fully modified unleaded cylinderhead. Block strengthening kit. Gearbox and Overdrive. Stag roller thrust conversion and lay bearing improvements. Uprated 28% reduction A Type. Both units fully rebuilt. Co-axial clutch release kit. Drivetrain. Competition driveshafts. Balanced propshaft. Uprated rear hubs. Salisbury Limited slip differential. Rebuilt differential. Roller bearing trailing arms. Uprated coil springs. Rose jointed anti roll bars front and rear. Posiblox. Quick rack. Uprated poly ,nylon and s/steel suspension bushes. Aeroquip hoses. All fuel and brake piping replaced. Rose jointed top arms. Alloy front hubs with new bearings and studs. Chassis. New upgraded and strengthened chassis c/w tow eyes. Full roll cage fitted. 5 point full harnesses fitted to chassis/cage. Body. Repair bodyshell throughout. Fit new floors and sills. Convert for wing louvers. Make louvers in both front wings . Fit repaired body to new chassis and realign panel and door fit. Seal, stonechip, undercoat and paint as required. Fit alloy firewall between driver compt. and boot. Fit long range alloy foam filled fueltank. Fit aerostyle fuel filler. Fill all bumper holes in body.Fit new n/s rear wing. Electrical. Change loom to accommodate various improvements. Fit electrical cut outs.. Fit increased capacity fuse box. Fit relays for driving lights. Fit new alarm and immobiliser kits. Move radio to H section. Fit electronic tacho into existing tacho. Interior and various. Fit lighting bar between dumb irons. Fit f'glass covered door panels. Fit new sub frames and Ridgard sports leather seats. Upgrade door locks.Fit new leather steering wheel. Repair leaking screen and pedal bushes. Fit f'glass rad cowl. Fit new Afin rear drums. Fit duck material hood.Fit door tops without finger top channels. Fit pull handles.Fit fireproof and waterproof underlay.Fit new crash pads. All finished off with magnesium Racelites fitted with 205-60-15 Dunlop D84J type R tyres. Since then the Webbers have gone replaced with EFI and due to needing to have a new engine build after throwing the fan belt at Blyton (ouch!) the cc reduced from 2.7 to 2.6 and the wick turned down a bit, though still managing 155 RWHP according to Dennis Vessie's rollers. Still makes me smile every time I go out in it. I just wish there was more time to enjoy it, maybe once I can hang my boots up. IMG_0411 by ringTR, on Flickr IMG_0408 by ringTR, on Flickr 577674005_5f93b91af9_b by ringTR, on Flickr 577673991_a26eb74948_b by ringTR, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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