BLIZZO

did you end up claiming some parts off this fella? i could be keen on the lucas pump of you havent already taxed it off him

im just really really struggling to picture you on this glen. is it going to wind up with rifle holders on it?

ill have an overdrive box going spare when i manage to strip the pi. I was gunna run carbs on mine but have heard of the running on problems so gunna do up the injection and use bosch pump etc. Let me know if you need anything that isnt already in your stash of goodies

Points dont wear out and dont have to set them. In theory shud get a better and more reliable spark. Worth doing if cheap enought. Pre crosflow shud if its same dizzy. Would need to check if coil is compatible I think. Ezcue chingrish on my phone

demonstration as to how they work - 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eq263AYgyYg

Fitting with British Leyland goodness I thought up chuck up a photo of my fiance's mini. She always wanted one as a kid after seeing two cooper S's racing with her old man at the port at nelson. Always wanted a red one in cooper S colours. Her old man brought her this for her what i think was her 15 birthday, it was her first car. Was in pus orange originally. Cute father daughter project over the proceeding years doing it up. Got minilites for her 16th birthday, 1275gt donk when she passed 7th form NCEA etc. Pretty neat little car and she drives it like a mad women. Drove it between havelock and blenhiem everyday for school. Now currently undercover in her old mans treasure chest with lots of other goodies, photo is from when he suprised her last christmas and put a new 1275 in it as the other one did a head gasket. First time she had driven it in years. It will come up to pamly with us when we get out own place / my shed

cheers for the help mate, and no there was no discussion thread so now there is  Sweet when i pick the car up ill give it a try, im guessing the guy just said metering unit fault as its easy to blame. I have heard the pumps are dodgy on these anyway, would it be worth using a bosch 044 or the likes, i guess it just has to match the pressure of the original one. wont be a few weeks till im back up there but ill let you know how i get on. Im looking forward to getting it running then stripping it down and pimping out my 2000 slash soon to be 2.5 PI.

Cheers

Blake

right so i have given up on the idea of a RV8, i want to keep it very much triumph. I have just aquired a 1974 2500PI for parts thats been parked up in a shed for 15 years. Was working mint when parked up apparently but now wont start. I havent seen it yet but he reckons its the metering unit. Father inlaw is trying to convince me to slap the PI donk in and bolt some 2" SUs onto it but i think i like the idea of the oldschool injection so might try fix it and use a better pump to solve those unreliability issues. The parts car also has a manual overdrive box which is a score. I already have one in the 2000 so if anyone wants it make me an offer. The car will just be getting stored for at least 6 months till i have time and or money to do anything with it so its just all planning at this stage. The other cool thing is that the plates are still live so i might use them rather than mine and fully convert mine to PI spec, get a signwriter to do the vinyl panel and put the badge on and use the PI dash etc. Any comments of recommendations fire away

emergency stop is at 20kmph which is ridiculously slow. The only point i lost in the whole thing (allowed to lose 15) was for locking up my backwheel in the emergency stop, i thought we were still practising when i was doing the test so went about 35 k and just slammed the brakes. Meh, but yea its shit easy

scored a set of 5 S mags with mint tyres and trumpy centre caps for 500, what a gentleman

Now british racing green, sitting at the painters with no springs, looks sick haha

Home now and engine in

Back from the upholsters, new door cards, hoodlining and carpet. Had to go black in the boot as the didnt have enough of the old brown looppile

These are all as she sits now - 

This ones from at my sisters wedding. Pretty proud of how it now sits and looks. Few annoying things like door lines not lining up and wavy bits in the paint but hey its probably still tidier than when it was new. Would just like more power to make it more fun to drive. Its never going to be original as i have already butchered the TC2000 originality and painted it BRG but would like to keep it british donk. Pondered with putting an injected 3.9 out of a rangie classic or just working a 2.5 to get some decent power. Probably a year away from doing anything more too it, gotta finish uni first. But always happy to hear ideas and what not from you knowledgeable fellows.

Cheers

Blake

Hey guys Blake here, new to this forum, spend most of my online time on ORE the offroad forum. Well im at uni now but when i first finished school i obtained a triumph 2000 and fell in love with it. Over the next 18 months she got a pretty much full restore. current set up is

-Triumph 2000

- S wheels

- power steering

- manual overdrive box

- 1.5" compressed springs

- new looppile carpets, hoodlining etc

it never officially got back on the road, its still on hold and in my parents garage in Wanganui. Still need to do a few things for a wof, wiring gremlins, rear wheel bearings (might try to find whole axles as i hear the bearings are a mish to replace) and a few other niggly things. Pretty annoyed with the gutlessness of the 2lt too and i have spent a bit of money getting the head reconed so might look at dropping a 2.5 block onto and with a bit of work on it.

Anyway here a some photos, wont put descriptions on all of them as i cbf

so here it was when i got it. looked kinda straight but there was a lot of rust hiding in there. It had one owner from new, who was the manager of the triumph dealership in wanganui

it had taken a good nudge in the rear end so that took a bit of work

silly double skinned guards, both sides were rooted. Panel beater did most of the work as this was before i had any panel skills. he rolled new ones and made a bloody good job of it.

so she slowly got stripped down

Engine got a birthday. Head was reconditiond. Rest of it was ok. is attached to 5sp manual overdrive box now. Love my handy engine trolley. its now my aunites washing trolley

found an UNCRACKED dash, so all the wood got a birthday

Name: Blake Jones
Location: Between CHCH and palmy
Cars you own: 77 triumph 2000 and suzuki samurai 4wd
Mods to them: Trumpy was a full restore with power steering and S wheels added. Was a high school project. Suzuki has too many mods to list, that stays on ORE the nz offroad forum

Pictures: Me and the trumpy - http://s1153.photobucket.com/user/blakesammy/media/trumpy.jpg.html
How you found out about oldschool: Mates with felixx