Dave McDonald Posted June 15, 2021 Report Share Posted June 15, 2021 Am I correct in thinking that the TR5 air filter housing should be painted silver, as opposed to black on the TR6? Dave McD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pridewood Posted June 15, 2021 Report Share Posted June 15, 2021 Hello Dave, Have a look at this. Best regards John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave McDonald Posted June 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2021 Hi John, Thanks for the confirmation. I assume you've replicated the original colour? That looks excellent. Complete with the period decal too. Can you give me the size of that decal please? Is it just black print on a white background? Judging by the position of the decal, so that it can be seen from above, I believe the single inlet pipe should point towards the TR5 inner wing/wheel arch, rather than towards the centre of the car as on the twin inlet pipe unit on the TR6, even though that would appear to me to restrict air inlet flow? Is that correct? Dave McD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tim T Posted June 15, 2021 Report Share Posted June 15, 2021 (edited) I believe that the intake should face the centre of the car. My car had the original sticker on it which from memory was blue/black/white. Best check all that though! Tim Edited June 16, 2021 by Tim T Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted June 16, 2021 Report Share Posted June 16, 2021 11 hours ago, Dave McDonald said: Hi John, Thanks for the confirmation. I assume you've replicated the original colour? That looks excellent. Complete with the period decal too. Can you give me the size of that decal please? Is it just black print on a white background? Judging by the position of the decal, so that it can be seen from above, I believe the single inlet pipe should point towards the TR5 inner wing/wheel arch, rather than towards the centre of the car as on the twin inlet pipe unit on the TR6, even though that would appear to me to restrict air inlet flow? Is that correct? Dave McD Dave, knowing John thats an original unrestored casing and AFIK they face the intake to the centre of the car. Stuart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gary Flinn Posted June 16, 2021 Report Share Posted June 16, 2021 Here's a Photo of the Engine bay of an Original one owner TR5 from the Lincoln TR Event in 2016? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave McDonald Posted June 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2021 10 hours ago, stuart said: Dave, knowing John thats an original unrestored casing and AFIK they face the intake to the centre of the car. Stuart. Hi Stuart, I refer to an old Forum thread which made me ask the question. 5 hours ago, Gary Flinn said: Here's a Photo of the Engine bay of an Original one owner TR5 from the Lincoln TR Event in 2016? Gary, That confirms the silver colour but shows another direction for the inlet, pointing downwards. Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
roy53 Posted June 16, 2021 Report Share Posted June 16, 2021 Mine has a pipe which connects to the injector manifold body air screw Roy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave McDonald Posted June 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2021 This is the old thread that I referred to. Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ntc Posted June 16, 2021 Report Share Posted June 16, 2021 5 hours ago, Gary Flinn said: Here's a Photo of the Engine bay of an Original one owner TR5 from the Lincoln TR Event in 2016? There were a few things not quite right on that car and yes the intake should be facing under the headlight bole anyhow I thought you was going Weber’s Dave ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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