Always loved my S2000, fantastic fun!
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Always loved my S2000, fantastic fun!
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its that time of year again,i have dragged my triumph 1976 TR7 V8 out of hibernation.i always service it but it only does a few hundred miles a year,the old oil comes out pretty clean.i have owned this for the last 32years.i fitted the 3.5 ltr high compression V8 in 1990 and have increased the power over the years by fitting fast road camshaft,8 branch performance exhaust,JWR inlet manifold with four barrel Edelbrock carb.rear axle differential from a Rover SD1 3.5 auto was fitted giving 30mph at 1000RPM in fifth gear.braking and suspension upgrades were also done.i also carried out a 2+2 conversion when my kids were small.this involved fitting a different fuel tank and cutting out the rear bulkhead to accept a rear seat pan and fitting fold forward leather front seats from a toyota MR2 .my boys are now 26 and 36 and towering over 6ft..the cars scary quick, but still has that lovely V8 rumble which gets the adrenalin pumping,but i do not have the same level of testosterone in my blood at 66 as i did when i built it.:eek-new:..https://i.imgur.com/HO8E2ih.jpg.https://i.imgur.com/eY82Dyp.jpg
^^^ Absolutely superb. A true British classic.
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I’ve had my 991 RS a couple of years and 15,000 miles down the road still love every minute behind the wheel
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Great car and love the colour
There is some amazing tech in this thread.
A nice day today so I’ve had the +2 out for an Italian tune up and a wash and polish
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Not much tech but I love her
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Hi Kirk I’m glad you like. It’s my Elan +2 S 130/5 from 1973
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What a great car, enjoy.
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National Mustang day, spent lockdown renovating the interior, bolted the seats back in and took her for a spin.
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some incredible cars of late
So many fantastic cars!
One of my favourite recent memories was driving a friend's 991 GT3 around deserted streets in Los Angeles one summer night in 2019. What an engine! Awesome machine.
The Elan +2 looks amazing in that colour, suits it really well. I owned an Elan for 11 years and have so much love for the Twincam. I liked the car fine, but really loved the engine.
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The Elan & Mustang, just wow! Both lovely, great to see them gents.
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This is my favourite thing on this page. I thought Elan owners messed about with their cars but the TR7 boys do more mods than anyone, especially putting V8s in. Well done on your project I wouldn’t know where to start with that.
I’m not saying that this is one but Triumph put V8s in their later cars (called them TR8s IIRC) and there were various companies who did it too; I remember a place in Ramsbottom (yes it does exist, just north of Bury, look it up) who were always busy fitting V8s into TR7s.
There was company called Grinnall who put V8s into TR7s.
They still exist.
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Yes that’s right the factory V8 is a TR8. Most of them are in America but there are a lot more TR7 V8s in the UK where the owner has swapped a V8 in. I think you mean SS preparations in Bacup. They seem to be real specialists in TR7 and 8.
Where I am totally happy to see a V8 implanted in classic cars like TR8, MGB GT, STAG etc, I’m not quite sure how I feel about implanting an electric motor into a classic (as per this link from auto express)
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This do it all truck :-)
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Agreed. Sacrilege, IMHO!
I just cannot see the point, or the attraction for example, of an electric Ferrari or Lamborghini, or Porsche Taycan for that matter. You pay the money for those cars for their engines, just as you keep and run classic cars for the feel and charm of their engines.
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hi all ,thanks to those who wrote kind words about my beastie.i bought the car in 1989 as a scruffy but standard TR7.the bodywork was pretty much rust free and still is.it was possible in those days and still is now from a firm called Rimmer bros to buy a kit do a basic V8 conversion.in those days i had a young family and had only been in business as a motor trader for a couple of years,so money was tight but i had my own motor repair workshop so made/modified most of the conversion parts myself only buying brake and suspension parts and the rear section of the exhaust.where i didnt try to save money was on the bodywork.a friend in the trade gave it a complete bare metal respray in Ford Radiant red.it paid off as it still looks good on the car.cheers greasemonkey
S+S have been in Stacksteads near Bacup for the last 20 years since leaving Ramsbottom, their front yard had about 40-50 TR7/8 when I was on a building site near them and drove past every day.Always fancied going in for a mooch around
I, and many others, disagree with you here. Keeping classic cars on the roads is to be applauded however it’s done. I’d happily convert a classic to electric to keep running it in the future. Cars and classic cars are bought for many reasons and the engine is probably quite low down on the list of priorities for many.
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It must make it even more special to you as a car; I know that I get far more attached to bikes that I’ve modified than the one I haven’t.
I give you this:
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and the Mehari Eden
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Yeah, right. I’ll leave you and the many others you mention, to tell the owners of say, a Shelby Cobra, TR6, Testarossa, TVR, Lotus Elan, etc, just how insignificant the engine is in their classic car. You might even tell MCFastybloke, who decided to post a picture of his engine in this thread rather than the car itself.
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I never said the engine was insignificant for anybody. What I did say was that for many, it wasn’t necessarily high on their list of priorities when selecting which car or classic cars to buy.
However, for example, how many people do you think would have refused to buy a Testarossa if it only had a V8 engine in it? Non probably!
This is an interesting topic. My view is that it really depends on the car, or more specifically the engine. Some cars would not be the same without their original engine, while some could definitely be improved. This was a big topic of discussion in the Lotus Elan world as some owners fitted more modern Ford engines, but I and most others feel that the original Twincam is an integral part of that car and without it, it becomes something else. An AC Cobra without a Ford V8 would be a different car, same as a 911 without a flat 6, etc., they are a large part of the character. So I would also say that a Testarossa definitely wouldn't be the same car if it didn't have its flat 12.
Even more recently, just look at the outcry over the Boxter and Cayman with the 4 cylinder engines. It pressured Porsche to reintroduce the 6 in the top models.
I can't remember if I've posted this before, but it's another of our problematic toys which is out of action at the moment. It had an engine rebuild last year (440bhp) and it immediately ripped apart its clutch plate, so it's currently being fixed.
It's a 1964 AC Cobra FIA. It was originally just a normal Mk2 Cobra, but it was damaged and rebuilt into a full FIA racer and competed for a while before we bought it and it's now a road car, albeit barely.
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That is stunning. Imagine a bit of a handful with all that power.
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That looks like it must keep you on your toes!
It's raw and not particularly comfortable, but it's very exciting. I've never had it on the limit, so I've never had a scary moment in it. Its limits are quite high and being that exposed to the elements and the noise, it would take some serious commitment to push it beyond safety on the road in the dry. In the wet it would be different matter entirely, but I wouldn't want to be out in the rain in it anyhow (I knew a man who flipped his Mk4 Cobra in the wet being a bit silly on a roundabout). Having said that, it used to have about 270bhp, and it tore up the clutch on the first outing with the rebuilt 440bhp engine, so it's quite possible it will be lethal.
It has aluminium heads and is on quad Weber setup, so it sounds epic. Aluminium heads aren't allowed in historic racing, so we'd have to fit its original iron ones if we ever wanted to race it again.
Sounds like a lot of fun! Extra points for the colour and no stripes!!
I used to have one of these yonks ago. 1977 yellow 2.0L one. Total rust bucket tho. I had to fit new doors (green ones from a scrappy) and get them painted. Swopped the doors over myself, glass n everything!
Had it for just over a year, it was completely rotten underneath! I always remember the huge distance the bottom of the windscreen was from you as you sat in the car!
this one was also originally banana yellow,i think the reason this one did not rot it was made as a LHD and was exported to europe and brought back to the UK at a much later date.the chap i bought it from had converted it to right hand drive.i had several of these which i bought and sold and yes they sure could rust!.
That is indeed superb, never seen one in the flesh, I'd be gazing at it until my eyes watered think :D
I drive an E46 M3 from 2005. It has a few tasteful mods I feel and is generally better condition than most cars which are 2 years old these days lol.
127k miles
Evolve Eventuri carbon fibre intake
Evolve stage 1 remap (+19HP, +20Nm)
Storm Motorwerks Titanium weighted handbrake lever and gear knob in E36 M3 design
Nav unit running stock Android with custom launcher
Fast wireless charging DIY slot bay in centre console
Modded the glovebox torch charger socket to be a dual 12v output for devices
Various codings to make life easier (shift lights, oil temp reflected by tach lights, M-Track mode, de-limited)
Retrimmed steering wheel with flat bottom mod
CSL rear diffuser
Wider exhaust tips to better suit the diffuser
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Always wanted a photo straddling the road like that, but always convinced I’m going to be the one trying explain my stationary car blocking the road on an insurance claim!
Great looking E46 that.
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I bet that sounds great with the Eventuri
It was just before sunrise on a Sunday so pretty dead on that road in the middle of the New Forest! Although a car did come up over the horizon which meant I had 3 minutes to finish up before it reached me haha :D Another time a van simply drove around me still there and waved lol, guess some folks are ok in the grand scheme of things!
It does indeed, here's a clip or two:
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