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A HS6 might have the potential to flow 215cfm but I cant Imagine that our old 4 pots could come any where near sucking 2 X 215cfm
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I have 6 X 15 Performance Superlites on my 4 with 205/65/15 on the rear and 195/65/15 on the front with telescopic shocks on the back. My car is lowered 1 inch all round and I have not had any rubbing problems. It all depends on the off-sets.
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Got to love insurance companies. We have an Insurance company in Australia called Shannons and they do classic car insurance. Through my own, and friends dealings with the company, I know that they are a top company to deal with, but a phone call to them last week surprised me. My 16 year old son has just got his "L" plates and is doing quite well driving my ute and his mums car. The predictable question soon arose about him having a drive of the TR4. My very confident reply was that unfortunately he wouldnt be covered by the car insurance being only a 16 yr old learner. He kept pestering me and I kept finding him sitting in the TR4 on his own in the garage. After one day of constant pestering I stupidly said " Lets ring Shannons and see what they say about a learner driving the TR" thinking of course that the guy on the other end of the phone would cough up his breakfast at such a thought. I spoke to a lovely sounding girl at Shannons and put the question to her expecting my predicted response. Her reply was " Of course your son can drive the car on his "L" plates and there is no age excess either" So my 16 year old is now learning to drive in a real car. No ABS, traction control or other electronic wizardry. He is doing really well and it is worth all the nervous tension just to see the big smile on his face as he cruises down the road in the coolest learners car ever. He now thinks he is getting the TR for an 18th Birthday present...................Pigs Arse!
And to top off a good story about an Insurance company my premium is only $275 a year. Nice one Shannons!
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Are 89mm head gaskets available at a reasonable cost and if so who would you recommend as a supplier?
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I wasnt thinking of racing. New chassis are available for the TR4 and Spyder make tubular chassis for elans and elan +2. I was just wondering if anyone had bothered to have a go at a tubular chassis as a road car replacement instead of just copying the standard chassis. Once a jig was set up would it really cost that much more to produce.
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I was talking to a friend about his tubular chassis that has been fitted to his elan +2 and was wondering if anyone has had a go at a full tubular chassis for the TR4. Could a tubular chassis be made lighter and much stiffer than the factory designed unit?
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Ethanol fuel does not store very well and can suffer from seperation of the ethanol out of the petrol. Once the ethanol seperates you end up with ethanol and maybe water in the bottom of your tank and petrol above it that will be of a lower octane. Ethanol is also a great solvent so if you are going to run ethanol fuel it might be a good idea to replace your old rubber fuel hoses with ethanol friendly new ones.
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I am running a close ratio W58 Supra turbo gearbox which is good for 350+ ponies and a customade tail shaft. This conversion runs a completely different clutch activating mechanism which is much stronger that the original.
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Not a good idea with the 4a chassis and drive line without some serious mods and some good handling and stopping power as well. Why bother unless you are going racing or rallying.
Stuart.
"Why bother"? Because its fun!
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I did consider a rover V8 transplant as a mate offered me a tired Range Rover engine for a case of beer. To do such a transplant in OZ requires a full report and approval by an engineer which adds a lot of expense on top of a V8 rebuild + a new bell housing and clutch assembly to fit the Rover engine to the Supra turbo box I have at the moment. Supercharging was my next idea but shipping alone was nearly $1000 as Moss will only airfreight the super charger and that is on top of the 4,000 dollars purchase price. I figured that $1300 for pistons liners and freight and $1200 for the webers plus say $500 for gaskets, bearings, flywheel lightening and block boring seems a bit better value for money. I must admit that a rover V8 engined TR4 could be an interesting drag at the lights against my mates Sunbeam Tiger. Probably the street sleeper that Triumph should have made.
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After considering a moss supercharger kit for a while I am now pondering putting 92mm pistons and liners in the beast as this would not be as expensive as the supercharger and hopefully give me a good power increase. So how many wild ponies should I expect at the rear wheels with 92mm pistons, 45mm webers, fast road cam, ported head, extractors and a big bore exhaust and straight through muffler?
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Is the body sitting unevenly on the chassis? Measure from either side of the chassis to the ground and see if the body is sitting wonky.
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Anyone fitted a Moss supercharger kit yet? It would be great to get some feedback on performance. Trying to figure out how to weedle one into the family budget and still stay married!
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You wouldnt like winter up here Jim. Mid 20's and nice sunny skies. My son is off to Canberra next week on a school trip and I think he is in for a big shock when he gets off the plane.
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I am running Pirelli P7's with 205/65 on the back and 195/65 on the front. The back tyres are the same circumferance as the originals so your speedo wont be out.
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Go to Supercheap and by a power bleeder that you connect to your compressor. You will wonder why you didnt buy one years ago.
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Dont bother getting one from England Jim. Go to Supercheap and buy a Master cylinder for hydraulic trailer brakes. They are .75 bore and are identical to the repro ones from thesuppliers of triumph parts. The good thing is that they are only 30 bucks.
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Fuel economy isnt a concern as I "drive it like I stole it". I am more interested in performance. Is fuel economy at cruise the only reason for vacuum advance?
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I have been having all sorts of problems with the timing on my 4 since dragging it out of Hibernation after our wet season. My distributor was re- bushed and the timing fettled when the engine was rebuilt and all was going well up to a couple of months ago. I was blaming problems with pinging on erratic quality of the 98 octane petrol at my local station but it seems that all that cursing of the petrol suppliers was all wasted effort. The problem is a vacuum advance that is giving anything up to 15 degrees advance and doing it in a totally erratic manner. I have disconnected it and set my timing at 32 degrees full advance and the beast is running like a dream. My question is "will I miss having vacuum advance" My Lotus elan didnt used to have it and to be honest I am not sure if I will be missing out on anything by leaving it disconnected?
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How about twin Mikuni HSR45's. Apparently they are excellent carbs and easy to tune.
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Penrite classic light has zddp for flat tappets.
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Alfa Romeo Rosso red. My 4 is this colour and I had a elan +2 the same. Beautiful deep red.
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P.S I had enough left over to make floor mats and a second set of spare carpets.
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The other option is to make your own. I bought commercial carpet remnants for$20 and used the old carpet for templates. I then got the place that I bought the remnant from to overlock the edges for $50. $70 for new commercial grade carpets that will probably never wear out.
Calling Weber gurus...
in TR4/4A Forum
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Check your pressures with a proper pressure gauge. I have had several fuel pressure regulators with some way out readings when checked with a proper gauge. Unfortunately some of them aren't made to fine tolerances.