Popular Post legendlives Posted August 20 Popular Post Share Posted August 20 Well, following on with the disaster that was my 'Cheatin' The Reaper' 38 7Y, I have regrouped and decided to put the running gear (engine & box), seats, gauges, fuel system into another vehicle. My criteria was: It had to be a Ford, or at least a member of the 'blue oval' wider family. Left hand drive, so US origin. Road registered so I can have some legal fun. Modern. When I say modern I mean at least into the 1990's. So that was what I was searching the auction sites and Farcebook Marketplace earnestly looking for. What I ended up buying is none of the above! Nope, it's a late 70's / early 80's Triumph TR7 The shell is really clean so will not need any remedial rust work. Engine bay is wide enough to take my 5.4 quad-cam, so minimal cutting and fettling in the engine bay. The nice thing is that the bit's I'm transferring over are already made and/or already there, so there shouldn't be much fabrication work to do. I'm not going to be as anal with this build. It will be nice (hopefully) but not overly trick. 18 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post legendlives Posted August 20 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 20 I've been working on it a few months now. All of the rear chassis has been cut out and replaced with a RHS 'back-half' section, suitably narrow enough to allow the use of 12" wide wheels under the arches. Engine is in, and turbo's are mounted. It will all have to come out to paint but I'm really pleased with the way it all fits. 16 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post legendlives Posted August 20 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 20 Will look pretty good once it's done IMHO. 24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legendlives Posted August 22 Author Share Posted August 22 Rear axle is a severely narrowed Ford 9" It has 35 spline shafts, Strange centre section with Strange spool and 4.11 gears. Suspension will be adjustable coil-overs and adjustable 3-link. Rear brakes are Falcon rotors, calipers and internal handbrake. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post legendlives Posted August 22 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 22 Front suspension is TR7 struts, with Mazda Axela springs, dampers and top mounts. The original Axela struts were cut to donate the adjustable spring platforms. Brakes are Toyota Hilux vented rotors with Austin Princess 4-pot calipers suitably stretched to fit. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legendlives Posted September 13 Author Share Posted September 13 The engine is quite a tight fit in the bay, and the available height is a lot less than my old car that the engine came out of. The 'old' intake manifold was quite tall and would have required a huge bulge to cover it, the two blow-through Holley 4-barrel carbs and the pressure hat. The manifold stood nearly 200mm tall: 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legendlives Posted September 13 Author Share Posted September 13 So I modified it. Slightly: Then shortened and angled the runners in: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legendlives Posted September 13 Author Share Posted September 13 Then added a new plenum floor: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legendlives Posted September 13 Author Share Posted September 13 The top plate also lost some length: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post legendlives Posted September 13 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 13 Then it was all welded back together: It's not quite finished yet. The welds will be smoothed off and the manifold sandblasted to give a 'cast' effect. It will also need to be faced top and bottom after all of those heat cycles. The work has dropped the total height by over 75mm which makes it far more 'bulge' friendly: 26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post legendlives Posted October 2 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 2 Now all smoothed, inside and out. Looks like a bought one! 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiTurbo228 Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 Please delete if this is the wrong place to comment, but I can't see a discussion thread for this. Such an awesome car. Love a TR7, and this is nuts! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post legendlives Posted October 16 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 16 Thanks for the comment. Glad you like it! The new airbox / pressure hat has now been manufactured, complete with BOV flanges and fittings for wastegate and fuel regulator: It now sits a whole lot lower than when I started. The curvature of the bonnet means that it will only need about 100mm of bonnet bulge! Obviously it will need either painting or polishing, but the fabrication work is done. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legendlives Posted October 16 Author Share Posted October 16 The top of the rollcage has been painted. This was done as, with the roof fitted there is no way I could get paint all around it. And with that done, the roof can go back on: One of the dimple-died screen gussets in place, the other will follow shortly.... 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post legendlives Posted October 16 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 16 And it's about time I emptied a few boxes of stuff: And bolted it all together: Specs are: Strange alloy casing, Strange 35 spline spool, Richmond 4.8:1 gears. ARP bolts. Decent bearings! 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legendlives Posted October 20 Author Share Posted October 20 The transmission is a Getrag 6-speed from a 2012 Mustang, and it was slightly too big for the transmission tunnel: So I've put in a steel framework, this will be covered in removable aluminium panels to enable easy access: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legendlives Posted October 20 Author Share Posted October 20 For clutch and brake I was lucky enough to score this Wilwood pedal assembly cheap: This attached to the dashboard bar of the rollcage: Held in by 4 x 1/4" UNC bolts at the top and 2 x M8 bolts at either side. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post legendlives Posted October 20 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 20 Steering column is the original TR7 column and mount, but modified to give up/down adjustment (not that it will ever be adjusted once it's set). Front suspension and steering joints have been checked, cleaned, painted and treated to new rubber boots: In fact there is a lot of freshly painted components sitting in boxes and on shelves waiting for the final assembly. Me too! 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legendlives Posted October 29 Author Share Posted October 29 Time for some more paint to be splashed about! Front hubs are now painted and fitted with their larger-than-standard taper-roller bearings: and after adding a couple more tabs just in case I ever fit wheely bars, the back axle casing: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legendlives Posted October 29 Author Share Posted October 29 With the Ford 9" axle ready for final assembly, my attention turned to the links for it. Lower links are very straightforward, left and right handed rosejoints and a couple of sturdy tubes: Upper link (yes, just the one) is a bit more complex: The two forward rosejoints are the same size as the lower links, the single axle end one is far larger. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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