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Well having sold my 1998 TVR Cerbera 4.5, I am about to embark on the next motoring experience of buying the old mans TR2 Long Door.
I cannot think at this time that it will be anything but "different" but am looking forward to seeing the reaction from friends and colleagues who have endured me batting on about 0-60 times of sub 4 seconds and 180+ top speeds for the past 2.5 years!
I am not entirely new to Triumph motoring having owned a 1500 Spitfire with overdrive for many years, and prompting my dad into a GT6, then TR6 then a basket case of a 2.
So looking forward to conversing with you all on a regular basis.
Take care all
Jon
I cannot think at this time that it will be anything but "different" but am looking forward to seeing the reaction from friends and colleagues who have endured me batting on about 0-60 times of sub 4 seconds and 180+ top speeds for the past 2.5 years!
I am not entirely new to Triumph motoring having owned a 1500 Spitfire with overdrive for many years, and prompting my dad into a GT6, then TR6 then a basket case of a 2.
So looking forward to conversing with you all on a regular basis.
Take care all
Jon
Thanks for the replies chaps
Your right the sheer speed of the Cerb is certainly addictive, however having seen the old man loose most of the skin on his knuckles rebuilding it the TR I just could not let him sell it on!! Daft I know.
There is another benefit in that the "rev limiter" wont go off so often in a 2 and that will be a blessing.
What she does not realise however is that I am thinking of maybe, twin 40's, more rorty exhaust and ,to be safe, uprating the brakes and suspension - but very much in character with the thing.
Any suggestions on tuners/fettlers in the Hampshire area?
Cheers
Jon
Your right the sheer speed of the Cerb is certainly addictive, however having seen the old man loose most of the skin on his knuckles rebuilding it the TR I just could not let him sell it on!! Daft I know.
There is another benefit in that the "rev limiter" wont go off so often in a 2 and that will be a blessing.
What she does not realise however is that I am thinking of maybe, twin 40's, more rorty exhaust and ,to be safe, uprating the brakes and suspension - but very much in character with the thing.
Any suggestions on tuners/fettlers in the Hampshire area?
Cheers
Jon
weatherboard said:
Any suggestions on tuners/fettlers in the Hampshire area?
Cheers
Jon
Not in the Hampshire area but Neil Revington is your man in "the South" - www.revingtontr.com - making TR2/3/4 go faster/handle better/stop is his business.
First thing would be to ditch the non - rack and pinion steering - this is a joke and spoils the whole experience - can substitute for a 3 / 4 one and it does not dtract from the periodness of the car - well it does make it ALOT Better to drive though!
CTM maybe worth a look - but do take time doing things!
CTM maybe worth a look - but do take time doing things!
jellison said:
First thing would be to ditch the non - rack and pinion steering - this is a joke and spoils the whole experience - can substitute for a 3 / 4 one and it does not dtract from the periodness of the car - well it does make it ALOT Better to drive though!
I do not agree.
Firstly, any sidescreen TR needs a well set up steering box and mechanism, but many of them aren't. The steering being a joke and spoiling the whole experience is in most cases the result of bad maintenance.
Secondly, I think rack and pinion steering will distract from the periodness of the car, since the steering 'feel' (which is part of the period character of the car) will be totally different and you'll lose the head unit with the indicator switch. It just looks out of place on a sidescreen TR.
IMHO of course and YMMV.
tr3a said:3's an 3a's had rack and pinion I think well most seem to know - the older system is stone age junk and is best binned - IMHO!
First thing would be to ditch the non - rack and pinion steering - this is a joke and spoils the whole experience - can substitute for a 3 / 4 one and it does not dtract from the periodness of the car - well it does make it ALOT Better to drive though!
I do not agree.
Firstly, any sidescreen TR needs a well set up steering box and mechanism, but many of them aren't. The steering being a joke and spoiling the whole experience is in most cases the result of bad maintenance.
Secondly, I think rack and pinion steering will distract from the periodness of the car, since the steering 'feel' (which is part of the period character of the car) will be totally different and you'll lose the head unit with the indicator switch. It just looks out of place on a sidescreen TR.
IMHO of course and YMMV.
jellison said:
3's an 3a's had rack and pinion I think well most seem to know - the older system is stone age junk and is best binned - IMHO!
You don't seem to have much hands-on experience with 3's and 3A's. FYI: all sidescreen TR's had a steering box.
I happen to own a TR3A in very good nick. There's nowt wrong with its steering, which is precise and suits the car perfectly.
The 'stone age junk' you're talking about probably consists of badly maintained and maladjusted steering boxes. There are a few of those about and I do agree they can be lethal. But that's no reason to condemn them all.
tr3a said:We had the race regs changed specifically for this in the TR Register Race series - (to allow all early cars that had non- rack and pinion to be allowed to run with one for safety, etc) Even in good nick they ARE CRAP compared to a rake a pinion setup.
3's an 3a's had rack and pinion I think well most seem to know - the older system is stone age junk and is best binned - IMHO!
You don't seem to have much hands-on experience with 3's and 3A's. FYI: all sidescreen TR's had a steering box.
I happen to own a TR3A in very good nick. There's nowt wrong with its steering, which is precise and suits the car perfectly.
The 'stone age junk' you're talking about probably consists of badly maintained and maladjusted steering boxes. There are a few of those about and I do agree they can be lethal. But that's no reason to condemn them all.
jellison said:
We had the race regs changed specifically for this in the TR Register Race series - (to allow all early cars that had non- rack and pinion to be allowed to run with one for safety, etc) Even in good nick they ARE CRAP compared to a rake a pinion setup.
I agree they're not as good as a rack & pinion setup and given a choice, I would prefer a heavily modified TR with R&P steering over an original one with steering box on the circuit. Then I'd also want to install a rollbar, modify the rear dampers and front suspension, replace the windscreen with aeroscreens and remove as much excess weight as I could.
But we're not all into racers. I think we're talking about a road car here.
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