tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62277122009-07-31T10:08:27.319-07:00<b>The ongoing story of my trials and tribulations in shoehorning a fairly stock big block Buick 455 into my tired 74 1/2 Triumph TR6.<!-- I'm in pursuit of a &quot;Baby Cobra&quot;, but looking to give a real AC Cobra a run for its money. With a 6.5:1 horsepower to weight ratio it should be big fun no matter how it comes out.--></b>mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11596677150365087137noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227712.post-49446741639668672662008-02-13T07:42:00.004-08:002008-02-13T07:48:56.904-08:00

some updates coming, this is the first post of a few that have been far to long in getting in hereinjector part #: 23250-50020Engine: SC400 1UZFEColor: Dark GreenConnector: Type EImpedance: highFlow Rate: 251 cc/minInlet Length: .625"Inlet Diameter: .410"Outlet Length: ..261"Outlet Diameter: .365"walbro fuel pump: GCA312, 43.5psi @42gph, ~$110equates to 24lbs per hour per http://users.erols.com/

mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11596677150365087137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227712.post-1103872313215911292004-12-23T23:07:00.000-08:002004-12-23T23:16:11.396-08:00

Well just as I jumped back into the TR6 project in July I also jumped back into working towards getting my private pilots license. I'm just about done and ready to take both my written test and my flying test, just need to knock out my written first. The downside of this is that the TR6 has pretty much still been sitting. I did look into a 4 point ladder bar system for the rear end - the rear end

mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11596677150365087137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227712.post-1089995159872274602004-07-16T09:01:00.000-07:002004-09-11T07:35:10.596-07:00

Its been along time since I've updated the blog, not much new on the car. still sitting with the front clip off and the inline 6 in place. The 455 has been cleaned up and the block and heads have been painted Buick Red (duplicolor 1604 i think). I ended up getting a set of large port 430 heads from a fellow V8 guy in San Jose and had them done up by Richard Hamilton out in Tuolumne. I still

mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11596677150365087137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227712.post-1075149108757443872004-01-26T12:31:00.000-08:002004-01-26T12:33:56.763-08:00

going full tilt - installing a fairlane tilt front end on a '53 f-100 I found this today when I took afew moments to investigate how I'm going to build the tilt front, the search term that returned the most on topic hits via google was "tilt front end". Not sure I've got enought room to put a motor setup to lift the hood automatically but its got great pictures. real close to what I had

mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11596677150365087137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227712.post-1074960546075131862004-01-24T08:05:00.001-08:002004-01-24T08:13:40.780-08:00

Ashton Little emailed me this morning asking if I'd add this site to the Triumphs webring. I've been actually abit concerned (not losing sleep or anything...) about the reception I'd get from the owners who have the nicer cars that they tend to think of in "restoration" terms. My car is in no way a restoration candidate, never has been. So when I thought about customizing it to make it more

mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11596677150365087137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227712.post-1074960222732275982004-01-24T08:03:00.000-08:002004-01-24T08:07:02.046-08:00

Cannot find server thats not good... The BritishV8 site is down... hope thats just a temporary issue. Tons of great info and links on that site. Its actually run by Dan Masters but I hear from those in the know that he's kinda burnt out on running the site. I dropped him an email afew months back offering to help out, but got no reply.

mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11596677150365087137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227712.post-1074750800788615422004-01-21T21:53:00.000-08:002004-01-21T22:17:49.356-08:00

I'm commited. The Eastwood part was a whiff, it didn't work out well at all. I tried it on one or 2 spot welds but given the way the welds were done on the corners there was no way it was going to be effective. The tool itself seems like it would work well on a flat surface -- in fact the picture below shows just the way it would work well. What the picture doesn't show is how short the thing

mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11596677150365087137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227712.post-1074293630552641992004-01-16T14:53:00.000-08:002004-01-16T14:57:14.593-08:00

The spotweld remover bit arrived today. I'm concerned that I'm not going to be able to reach all the spot welds once I've started... I don't really have a backup plan if this goes south once I've commited myself by drilling the first one out. The tool looks almost too big across, wondering if I should have gotten a 5/16" one instead, but Eastwood doesn't offer one. Time will tell. I didn't

mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11596677150365087137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227712.post-1073597366066921972004-01-08T13:29:00.000-08:002004-01-08T13:35:15.330-08:00

Spent a few minutes on the car today. I've got the hood, front valance, and outer front fenders off. Now I'm looking at getting the inner fenders unattached. I figured out that these inner fender panels are held on by a ton of spot welds on some pretty thin, and old, british metal. I've tried the "beat it with a thin screwdriver to see if the welds will let go" method, but I'm hesitant to

mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11596677150365087137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227712.post-1071939858421106632003-12-20T09:01:00.000-08:002003-12-20T10:07:38.596-08:00

In setting this blog up I realize that I don't have a single picture of my TR6... anywhere. I've owned it since early 93, I'll have to remedy that later this morning. I've got abunch of info already gathered regarding the "upgrade" to the drivetrain. I'll try to organize my thoughts and bring you up to speed as I can. Between work and the holidays there is not much time, but I'd like to do

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